Overview
Join Cleveland Clinic's Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute to become part of one of the world's most respected healthcare organizations. This center cares for patients with heart, vascular and thoracic diseases, providing advanced treatments in a welcoming environment.
Innovative research and groundbreaking discoveries happen every day at Cleveland Clinic. Each member of our team contributes to our mission of caring for life, analyzing health and educating caregivers. As a Research Nurse Coordinator, you will oversee the implementation and conduct of human subject research projects within HVTI, collaborating with Principal Investigators across multiple cardiology subspecialties to ensure the highest standards of clinical research practice, regulatory compliance, and patient-centered care. You will use your nursing knowledge to perform care plan development, condition evaluations, telephone triage, documentation and more.
A caregiver in this role works days from 8 : 00 a.m. – 4 : 30 p.m.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate the implementation and conduct of research projects ensuring adherence to research protocol requirements including timely completion.
- Complete and communicate regulatory documents, develop data, monitor plans, report Serious Adverse Events as they occur and complete FDA and sponsor forms.
- Serve as a liaison between investigators, research personnel, outside study personnel and central research administration offices to assist in protocol interpretation, enrollment and safety questions.
- Assess research subjects, complete nursing assessments, document findings in research subject records and notify the physician of abnormal findings.
- Establish a care plan in collaboration with the research subject, family and research team and coordinate ongoing care.
- Identify discharge needs and facilitate discharge planning as appropriate.
- Perform telephone triage, nursing procedures and treatments.
- Evaluate, initiate and maintain standards of care consistent with CCHS policies & procedures.
- Assist with specialized patient care equipment as required by the clinical research protocol.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician or LIP.
- Direct, coordinate and participate in the evaluation & supervision of nursing care provided to research subjects, establishing patient care priorities and delegating nursing activities according to patient needs and staff qualifications and capabilities.
- Conduct and document the informed consent process.
Minimum qualifications
Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursingCurrent state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)Four years of clinical experienceTwo years of research experienceUnderstanding of the research process and terminologyIn-depth knowledge of the specialty under investigationWorking knowledge of federal regulations and good clinical practice (GCP)Meet clinical competency requirementsPreferred qualifications
Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN)Proficient with computer applications (Outlook, Excel, research databases)Physical requirements
Requires full range of body motion, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.Exposure to communicable diseases and / or body fluids.Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and / or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and / or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.Personal Protective Equipment
Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as requiredPay and benefits
Pay range information may be shown on independent job search websites and does not reflect direct from Cleveland Clinic. Salary / hourly specifics should be discussed during the application and hiring process.
Job details
Seniority level : Mid-Senior levelEmployment type : Full-timeJob function : OtherIndustry : Hospitals and Health CareJ-18808-Ljbffr