Research Nurse

Job Title: Research Nurse

Location with zip code: Bethesda, MD 20892

Duration: Full time

Certification Required:  CPR certification

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Recruits and screens patients for inclusion in protocols and clinical trials.
• Assist research and medical staff interview, screen and evaluate the appropriateness of eligible subjects for participation in the research protocol.
• Participate in recruitment and outreach activities and contribute to recruitment strategies through innovative ideas.
• Recruit and follow up with patients for clinical and basic research studies and protocols and provide clinical support to patients participating in protocol.
• Provide information about the study to referring physicians, advocacy groups, NIH offices, and in response to inquiries from potential study participants.
• Facilitate screening patients for the projects that focus on adolescents with major depressive disorder. 1 - Screen for studies on Major Depression.
• Respond to parents and teens who contact NIMH expressing interest in research participation; explain the nature of the research studies; provide guidance on how to complete preliminary screening using secure, on-line methods or hardcopy responses to screening questions; provide log-in passwords and review files to ascertain that questionnaires have been completed.
• Performs assessments and physicals and collects medical histories.
• Participate in direct patient care, in coordination with interdisciplinary team and specific team members to create and communicate a plan of care that balances clinical care needs with research.
• Obtain and record complete health histories and conduct physical assessments; communicate data from these and other sources.
• Manage clinical and research support activities to ensure patient safety and address the clinical needs of the patients.
• Review findings from assessments and other sources in clinical rounds
• Review charts to collect relevant clinical data such as laboratory test results and social background.
• Complete medical and psychiatric assessments of potential participants in multiple research protocols by collecting and reviewing past and present medical records and conduct interviews with research applicants and their families.
• Conduct family interviews to obtain comprehensive understanding of the care needs of the patient.
• Continually assess ongoing understanding of the research process for patients and families and provide teaching and support as indicated.
• Administers protocol consents and documentation and monitors compliance.
• Contribute to all study related IRB and regulatory matters, including all reporting requirements (including deviations, unanticipated problems, adverse events) and report issues and variance promptly to the research team.
• Coordinate various activities to ensure proper and filing of serious adverse events, amendments, annual reports, and other regulatory documents.
• Prepare documentation and track and report regulatory and institutional protocol requirements and resolve all stipulations from protocol oversight groups.
• Performs data input and management.
• Perform accurate data entry into research database, including the use of standardized scales and assessments
• Maintain computerized patient files and databases containing research data generated through protocol studies and perform data searches of medical records for analyses of patient characteristics.
• Support the general implementation, tracking, data acquisition, collection and reporting of all elements of the protocols.
• Examine and monitor patients during protocol studies; ensure the collection of a complete clinical database on each patient.
• Provide expertise in clinical trial coordination and management of data acquisition.
• Performs clinical data interpretation and evaluates and interprets protocol and clinical trial findings.
• Document observations and identify and evaluate trends and important findings, communicating information to the multidisciplinary research team for prompt clinical action.
• Monitor activities pertaining to clinical protocols such as monitoring patient recruitment and retention, trial progress, and the need for extension or renewal of ongoing trials.
• Participate in clinical practice and research support meetings and develop multidisciplinary performance improvement programs and projects to improve operating procedures, patient care and decrease costs.
• Participates in training and mentoring new staff.
• Mentor health care members in the execution of trials and resolution of logistical constraints and update team members of changing directions in study implementation.
• Provide mentorship developing skills and expertise in research protocols and all aspects of clinical research.
• Develops new research protocols.
• Design, implement and evaluate complex protocols and manage challenging patient populations and assist with document preparations and processes.

Deliverables:

• Work products and documents related to screening patients and their families; administer, score and interpret assessments, including structured and semi-structured interviews. - Ad-Hoc.
• Work products and documents related to providing patient and family support, care plans, crisis management services; make recommendations for appropriate referrals; locate, evaluate and maintain contact with community organizations and facilities. - Ad-Hoc
• Computer generated work including documenting research and clinical findings; collect, store and analyze data, enter orders in Medical Record. - Ad-Hoc.
• Work products and documents related to evaluating research participants for appropriate, safe participation in brain imaging research; evaluate the degree to which participants meet clinical and research criteria for participation in research. - Ad-Hoc.
• Work products and documents related to the assessment of safety and patient protection in the context of research children, adolescents, and adults. Ability to document in the medical record the safe, appropriate conduct of clinical research on mental illness, particularly with brain imaging and other associated procedures. - Ad-Hoc.
• Assist in preparation of documents for the IRB review. - Ad-Hoc.
• Work products and documents related to participation in research group. meetings and presentation of research findings. - Ad-Hoc.

Qualifications:

• Experience in clinical research setting with protocols and clinical trials. Experience providing clinical services in a medical setting.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies Inc., (TSCTI) is one the fastest growing healthcare staffing companies in the United States. With presence in all 50 States and 6000+ employees nationwide, we have been providing unparallel healthcare and technology staffing services to Public and Private sectors for over 26 years.

Started as a technology staffing company in 1997, we have significantly expanded our healthcare practice to both Clinical and Non-Clinical staffing, serving various facilities, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Our ISO certified staffing practices and technology driven staffing procedures – from recruitment to onboarding, along with an internal pre-vetted resume database of healthcare professionals, enable us to serve our customers with their immediate staffing needs.
TSCTI has extensive experience providing Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists and other Allied Health professionals to various states – California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Vermont, Virginia to name a few, and Our valued relationships with employees as well as commitment to meet and exceed clients’ expectations through our exemplary employees proves our competency in today’s healthcare staffing industry.

Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.