Research Nurse.

Concentric Methods is seeking a Research Nurse to join our team in Bethesda, MD in support of the NIH.

Responsibilities:

• Recruit and follow patients for clinical and basic research studies on HIV vaccines and emerging/re-emerging vaccines.
• Review charts to collect relevant clinical data such as laboratory test results and social
• background.
• Interview patients to obtain medical history, sexual history, medication history, history of use of substances such as alcohol and recreational drugs, previous HIV-related risks factors, and history of participation in other clinical research.
• 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.
• Design and maintain a selection of materials appropriate to send to health care referral sources seeking eligibility information or other objectives.
• Organize and maintain an active referral list and master schedule for planning follow-up and new patient admissions.
• Provide instruction to potential clinical study subjects and those involved in care of subjects on aspects of subject's care, treatments, and side effects.
• Provide information about the study to referring physicians, advocacy groups, NIH offices, and in response to inquiries from potential study participants.
• 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.
• Ensure informed consent process and human subjects protection in clinical research and counsel patients regarding the potential risks.
• Collaborate with researchers and medical staff to obtain and maintain informed consent and assent and address ethical and legal implications of the research protocol.
• Contribute to all study-related IRB and regulatory matters, including all reporting requirements (including deviations, unanticipated problems, adverse events), and report issues and variances promptly to the research team.
• Collect and report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control activities relating to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data collection, data abstraction and data analysis and protect research participant data in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Perform accurate data entry into research database, including the use of standardized scales and assessments.
• Participate in data analysis and management as well as manuscript preparation and presentation of findings.
• 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.
• Manage data through research databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry.
• 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.
• Present clinical data in terms which may be understood by the patient, as well as interpretation at a level which is conversant with other health professionals including physicians.
• Develop intake tools and screening forms and work with researchers and medical staff on the general administration of protocols' implementation.
• Collaborate with staff to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care delivery and to identify and implement new practice patterns.

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