CMRR
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology
Research Nurse 3
Qualifications
Required:
● BS degree in Nursing with at least 4 years of experience or a combination of related education and work experience to equal eight years
● Candidate should have current Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the State of Minnesota.
● Candidate should demonstrate ability to operate independently under general supervision of the Principal Investigator while maintaining the integrity of the research study.
● Candidate should be able to solve complex problems to keep the research study in compliance with regulatory guidelines.
● Candidate will operate in a leadership capacity on the team and should demonstrate leadership in previous work.
Preferred:
● Experience as RN within a clinical research environment
● Experience with patients and medical records
● Experience collaborating with clinical and research faculty in an academic setting
● Experience prioritizing among competing deadlines, task, and projects
About the Job
Position Summary
Provides professional research and nursing services for diagnostic and research projects, studies, and clinical support of the joint Department of Radiology and greater Medical School clinical and research objectives. This may involve participation in identification of lab resource needs and related cost estimates, serving as liaison to outside labs, and advising on measures to ensure quality control. In addition, some of these projects require high-level coordination assistance. Namely, the demands for both coordination and communication, with the subjects themselves and their clinical care teams during recruitment (physicians, personnel at nursing homes, families), require specialized clinical expertise that generally is not necessary in the coordination of studies with healthy adult subjects or coordination of studies that do not involve complex metabolic interventions during the MRI scan.
This role will play a vital role at connecting the logistical/coordination duties that are needed to allow for free flowing research to come into CMRR / CCIR from external users both with the Department of Radiology and throughout the University; acting as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience.
Position will primarily work independently with day to day activities; and report to the Lead Nurse/Study Coordinator in CMRR. This position could include potential supervision and management of a new coordinated research core within CMRR that will act as the outreach liaison for CMRR with other constituents both internal and external to the University.
TYPICAL TASKS (These examples do not include all possible tasks in this work and do not limit the assignment of related tasks in any position of this class.)
● 40% - Provide specific specialized nursing services for both research and clinical studies performed at CMRR.
● Prepare subjects/patients for MR scans
● Working with blood glucose clamps both in and out of the MR scanner
● IV placement, blood sampling over multiple hours, and managing infusions,
● Assess study participant / clinical patient
● Able to process biological specimens Administer drugs
● 30% - Screen and recruit clinical trial subjects by pre-screening clinic patients, plan and facilitate data base searches, community outreach and collaborating with collaborative volunteer databases.
● Facilitate the successful implementation of protocols, read and interpret clinical protocols, assess needs, evaluate feasibility and provide input to facilitate implementation.
● Assess, troubleshoot, and report problems with data collection or other research processes.
● Obtain or confirm subject's consent to participate in research. Assess the subject's understanding of the research process, procedures and plan; implement and conduct subject and family education in response to identified needs.
● Duties are determined by protocol-specific requirements and may include any research activity from protocol development through study closeout. May assume responsibility for continuity of research subject care and follow the subject from beginning to completion of the study.
● 20% - Prepare and maintain regulatory documents from the initial submission through study closure.
● Oversee regulatory conditions of studies
● Review protocols and provide estimates of time needed during the budgeting process of potential studies
● Assist with development of clinical research protocol documentation
● Perform research procedures for collection of meaningful research data
● 10% - Provide overall study leadership and day-to-day supervision to meet key benchmarks in the areas of study setup, participant recruitment rates, development and implementation of data management systems and regulatory and reporting responsibilities.
● Participate in project update meetings
● Provide assistance in defining and working through study logistics and feasibility
● Collaborate with other disciplines involved in the research process. Demonstrate effective and efficient communication with study sponsors, monitors, study/department staff, and health team members
● Ensure informed consent to participate in research. Assess subject's understanding of research processes, procedures and plan, implement and conduct education in response to identified needs. Interpret study/medical results to families and /or health care staff and report significant findings to appropriate study staff.
How To Apply
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