Summary

Competent level professional nurse who provides professional nursing skills involving patient related research efforts. Responsible for patient care in a clinical research area. Duties may include screening and enrolling subjects, obtaining blood and other specimens for tests, administering medications, recording data for research analysis, and maintaining patient records.  Reports to the Research Nursing Manager.

Our clinical trials focus on treatments and or vaccines for combatting infectious diseases.

Job Duties

Performs responsibilities in a manner that promotes quality and safe research participant care and customer service. 
Adhere to the scope of practices as defined by the Texas Nurse Practice Act. 
Recruits, screens, enrolls, and evaluates study participants for research studies. 
Schedules study visits and meetings for research trials. 
Collects study specimens, check study participants vital signs, and conduct pregnancy tests.
Collects, manages, and reports study data. 
Administers vaccines to study participants.
Conducts study visits according to established standards.
Conducts study visits according to established standards.
Develops required study documents, as needed,
Follows study participant’s progress and advises the Principal Investigators. 
Maintains study participant charts including research and medical records. 
Ensures that clinical studies are conducted in accordance with guidelines of the protocol, FDA, and other regulatory agencies. 
Educates study participants in significant aspects of the studies. 
Ongoing communication with study participants.
Participates in staff meetings and in-services.
Serves as a liaison and distributes research study information to the PI, the clinic manager, and others as required. 
Assists in developing clinical trial agreements. 
Maintains clean and safe work environment. 
Stocks and orders supplies. 
Infection control cleaning measures in clinic. 
Collaborates with clinical research associates for monitoring of study-related material. 
Assists study PI with IRB submissions and ongoing communication with the IRB.
Participates in Quality Management activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Two years of relevant experience as a licensed Registered Nurse (RN). 
• Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two years of experience in a research setting.