Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner

Position Details:
Department: School of Medicine
Job Title: Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner
Location Address: Stanford, CA 94301
Duration: 4 Months + possible Extension
Schedule: Mon-Fri : Basic Shift hours
Start Date: ASAP

Pay Range: $80/hr - $90/hr

(Based on experience and expectations)

Job Description:

• We are looking for a professional Nurse Practitioner –
• Research who can assess primary medical needs to participants in clinical trials related to COVID treatments and vaccines.
• The NP will be responsible for assessing patient medical status and care needs, maintaining accurate and current patient and clinical research records, administering drug or vaccine per clinical trial requirements, and assessing follow-up appointments as required.
• The successful candidate will work as a team with our principal investigators, physicians, research nurses and clinical research team and will assist in ensuring participant safety and premium care experience during the clinical trial participation.
• The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities.

Duties include:

• Ensure the safety of study participants, and maintain communication with their families/caregivers and clinicians.
• Provide clinical and administrative medical support and oversight for research clinical trials based on scope of practice; obtain complete study participant history, conduct physical exams, review medical charts, assess findings, prescribe and re-fill medication, and perform designated procedures according to written protocols.
• Collaborate with clinical staff, researchers, outside vendors, and other staff to administer treatment and study protocols.
• Assess, grade, and document adverse events; apply triage and judgment to determine course of action.
• Oversee and, as needed, administer medications and treatments per study protocol and scope of practice.
• Comply with institutional policies, standard operating procedures, and guidelines; prepare and submit documentation as required by the study protocol and study sponsor; interpret complex protocols and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate and collaborate with principal investigator to review study protocol; assess and analyze feasibility, budget projections, and staffing needs.
• Supervise and train non- clinical and clinical staff/students, as needed.
  Identify, recruit, and enroll study participants, as well as maintain study participant records; determine study participant criteria.
• Support sponsor investigator research with investigational new drug/investigational device exemption applications.

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent, and five years of experience in nursing, with at least two years in a research setting.
• Excellent Verbal and written communications
• Ability to implement good clinical practices in all interactions with study participants, their families, and colleagues
• Ability to implement study protocols with minimal supervision