Summary

Full time registered nurse who is interested in establishing or continuing a career in clinical research. 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. 
• Adheres 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, checks study participants vital signs, and conducts pregnancy tests.
• Collects, manages, and reports study data. 
• Administers vaccines to study participants. 
• 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. 
• Facilitates 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. 
• Participates in 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.

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

• Self-directed with excellent organizational skills. 
• Team player with good interpersonal skills.