Heart Institute - Research Nurse I, Dr. Susan Cheng Lab

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The Research Nurse I provides hands-on treatment, monitoring and follow-up clinical analysis of patients participating in clinical trials. Ensures adherence to federal and regulatory requirements in providing direct patient nursing care within the context of supporting clinical trial study implementation.

Works collaboratively with the Prinical Investigator, physicians and other research staff in providing hands-on care in triaging, documenting vitals, administering investigational drugs or interventions, and providing clinical educational services to participants and their families.

May assist with coordinating aspects of research, including interactions with research staff and study participants, data compilation, and patient recruitment/logistics.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient nursing care to research participants. Interacts with research participants to provide nursing care, administration of research interventions and specimen collection.
• Provides clinical education services to research participants and family regarding study participation, participants current clinical condition, and or disease process.
• Monitors research participant and reports potential adverse events to a member of the research team.
• Records research data (vital signs, research compound administered, participant responses) in approved source document (medical record, data collection sheet).
• Triages patient by phone and provides clinical information to the patient.

May also coordinate patient visit to follow up on clinical issues and provide necessary care.

• Assists with recruitment and logistics of study participants.
• Completes and documents study participant enrollment, assessment/reassessment, education, and follow-up activities.
• Performs and coordinates study participant interventions as required.
• Serves as a liaison between study participants and PI or other research staff.
• Prepares data spreadsheets for Investigator and/or department.
• Completes Case Report Forms.
• Assists with data compilation and documentation

• May process, ship, track or otherwise handle research specimens.

The Research Nurse will support participant recruitment and study protocol operations. Dr. Cheng, Chair of Cardiology at the CSMC Heart Institute, leads a large-scale Firefighter Research Program. Her team requires nursing support to review abnormal HTE reports, communicate findings to patients, and coordinate appropriate follow-up as needed.