Research Nurse - Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences

The Clinical Research Unit (CRU), part of UTHealth Houston’s Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences, provides specialized nursing, laboratory, regulatory, fiscal management and operational support for clinical research studies across multiple therapeutic areas. The Research Nurse will join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that supports investigator-initiated, federally funded, and industry-sponsored studies while promoting participant safety, regulatory compliance, and high-quality research. https://www.uth.edu/ccts/investigator-resources/cru

The Research Nurse will provide protocol-specific nursing care to research participants, including clinical assessments, vital signs, medication administration, IV placement, blood collection, specimen processing, and participant monitoring. The nurse will document study activities accurately and collaborate with investigators, research coordinators, and other clinical teams to ensure participant safety and protocol compliance.

Preferred skills

Clinical research nursing experience; knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and research protocols; experience with phlebotomy, IV placement, medication administration, specimen collection and processing. Strong assessment, documentation, organization, communication, and time-management skills. Ability to manage multiple studies and collaborate with investigators, coordinators, and multidisciplinary teams.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

100%25 paid medical premiums for our full-time employees

Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)

• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary

The Research Nurse coordinates and conducts research projects and implements the nursing care functions. Recruits, screens, enrolls and follows up with participants throughout the course of the research. May be assigned multiple protocols.

Position Key Accountabilities

Recruits, screens & consents participants, and educates research participants regarding the overall research objectives and potential benefits and/or risks for participants, as necessary for research projects.

Coordinates and administers the nursing care functions within a research project in accordance with research protocols and the daily administration and staff supervision of the project.

Schedules follow-up visits and maintains contact with participants, participants' families, department staff, pharmaceutical company representatives, other faculty members.

Distributes research information to faculty, research staff, principal investigator, and others as requested.

Responsible for preparation of regulatory submission to IRB and applicable regulatory agencies as well as the day-to-day activities of enrolling in clinical studies including trials.

• Inputs data and maintains research databases and related records needed for research.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills

• Clinical knowledge
• Ethics and Regulations
• Interpersonal Skills
• Data Management
• Health Services\RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure required
• Research & Development\Association of Clinical Research Professionals - (ACRP-CP) preferred

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree in nursing from an accredited nursing school required May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.

Minimum Experience

1 year of experience in research required

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C. F. R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.