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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking for a Research Nurse to work with the Clinical Research Center in the School of Medicine. This is a full-time position that is located in Farmington, CT.
At UConn Health, this class is accountable for independently supporting research projects by providing patient care to study participants; and implementing and maintaining research protocols.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
- Participates in recruitment and selection of study participants by interviewing and documenting medical history to determine compliance with eligibility requirements;
- Educates participants about study details to ensure the patient fully understands their options including study timelines, procedures, any applicable drugs used, anticipated side effects, and procedures for documenting symptoms;
- Provides medical information to study participants to ensure understanding of proper medication dosage, administration, and disease treatment;
- Performs medical tests, such as vital signs, point of care testing, imaging studies, and electrocardiograms;
- Collects blood and other research specimens, administers investigational medications, and reviews lab results;
- Assesses patient's health and reviews adverse events or treatment toxicities; notifies Principal Investigator of findings/issues;
- Ensures compliance with study protocols by providing thorough review and documentation of each subject study visit;
- Provides accurate and timely collection, documentation, entry and reporting of data throughout the study;
- Maintains regulatory documents;
- Performs related duties as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL & ABILITY:
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of nursing, with considerable nursing skills;
- Knowledge of research protocols;
- Knowledge of crisis theory, family dynamics;
- Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills;
- Efficient computer skills;
- Ability to establish priorities.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
General Experience:
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program and two (2) years professional nursing experience preferably including work in Clinical Research.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must possess and maintain a current State of Connecticut Registered Nurse license.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Skill with phlebotomy and peripheral IV placement.
- Completion of Good Clinical Practice modules in Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) within the past 2-years.
- EPIC experience.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Incumbents in this class may be required to lift and restrain patients; may have exposure to communicable/infectious diseases, to risk of injury from assaultive/abusive clients, and to disagreeable conditions.
SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week. Primarily Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., occasional weekends and holidays and off-hours as needed based on research needs.
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
