Job Description

Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Functions as an expert research nurse or coordinates a multi-center trial.
Provides direction in auditing and monitoring activities.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary researchers to establish research programs that integrate new advances in clinical trials management.
Develops and conducts patient and family education.
Provides leadership and expertise in identifying and writing research grants, publications in medical and nursing literature, study materials, brochures and correspondence.
Conducts ongoing training of clinical trials staff, providing updated information on internal processes and resources and external benchmarks.
For multi-site studies, ensures sites fully understand and comply with study protocol and provides training of site coordinators and/or supervision of site coordinators.
Actively participates in planning and evaluation processes to improve and advance clinical research within the organization.
Leads or chairs committees or task forces to address and resolve significant operational issues.
Along with Principal Investigator, may represent a study at Patient Safety Monitoring Board meetings at the NIH.
Regularly functions as a preceptor or mentor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Georgia.
Four years research nursing experience or four years of clinical nursing experience in a related specialty and two years of research nursing experience.
Certified Research Administrator (CRA) or Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) preferred.
Must be credentialed through Emory Healthcare in RN II category.
Bilingual skills (Spanish) preferred but not required.


NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee.