"Research Nurse"

Job Overview

The Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) is the leading academic center for Stanford Medicine and provides state of the art ambulatory and laboratory research services for over 200 - 300 clinical trials and research projects. The center is a multidisciplinary organizational unit, whose mission is to streamline, accelerate, and promote the translation of basic discoveries into practical solutions that improve human health.

CTRU is seeking a Research Nurse who, under the direction of the CTRU Nurse Manager, will apply medical knowledge and experience to implement the clinical progress of research participants in clinical trials. The Research Nurse provides hands on care to research participants, practicing in an evidence-based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and Stanford University policies. Within this role, the Research Nurse performs all steps of the nursing process including assessing research participants, planning, implementing and evaluating care, administering protocol defined medications, treatments and vaccines in compliance with study protocols. As an integral team member of the CTRU, you will support study conduct while ensuring the safety of each research participant.

Success in this role requires exceptional attention to detail, strong critical-thinking abilities, and effective communication with multidisciplinary partners. The ideal candidate thrives in an environment with multiple concurrent studies, shifting priorities, and the need for real-time problem-solving to support both participant care and protocol requirements.

Duties include:

• Support the safety of study participants and maintain communication with their families/caregivers and clinicians.
• Provide clinical and administrative nursing support for research clinical trials based on scope of practice. Collaborate with clinical staff, researchers, outside vendors, and other staff to administer treatment and study protocols. May coordinate multi-site studies.
• Conduct study participant evaluations according to the study protocol, assess adverse events, and apply triage and judgment to determine course of action.
• Administer medications and treatments per study protocol for out study participant research participants. May collect, process, and ship lab specimens.
• Comply with institutional policies, standard operating procedures, and guidelines, and prepare and submit documentation as required by the study protocol, study sponsor, and regulatory authorities. Manage essential regulatory documents and handle confidential information (verbal and written) with tact and diplomacy, adhering to all HIPAA guidelines.
• Supervise research staff, coordinating staffing or scheduling assignments as needed.
• Participate in budget preparation and billing reconciliation.
• Identify, recruit, and enroll study participants. Participate in the informed consent process.
• Participate and host monitor visits.
• Assist sponsor investigator research with Investigational New Drug/Investigational Device Exemption applications.

* - Other duties may also be assigned

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong time management skills to prioritize, triage, and act proactivity
• Strong mathematical, organizational and comprehension skills
• Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities are required as related to various aspects of the protocol
• Knowledgeable on all aspects of patient care including assessing, planning, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating the patients’ progress through continuum of care
• Ability to collaborate with peers in the best interest of the patient to provide consistent quality of care
• Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, patients/families and other departments and staff
• Ability to adapt and exhibit flexibility to handle new, different, or changing environments
• Skill in completing assignments accurately and with attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and/or in a collaborative environment
• Ability to maintain cooperative working relationships with internal and external colleagues in a clinical research environment

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent, and two years of experience in nursing, preferably in a research setting.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Demonstrated ability to work with research subjects of all ages and backgrounds.
• Verbal and written communication skills to convey medical and research-related information to research subjects of all ages and backgrounds.
• Ability to identify confidential and sensitive information (written and verbal).
• Ability to implement good clinical practices in all interactions with study participants, their families, and colleagues.
• Ability to identify adverse reactions to study treatments and the required study protocol documentation to record these activities.
• Ability to implement study protocols with supervision.
• Ability to provide work direction to research support staff.
• Demonstrated understanding of good clinical practices and regulatory compliance.
• Demonstrated experience with electronic data capture, including database management.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the functions of the position with some supervision.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:

• Current license as a California Registered Nurse.
• Current basic CPR certification.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, use a telephone, writing by hand, sort/file paperwork or parts, twist/bend/stoop/squat, and grasp lightly/fine manipulation.
• Occasionally reach/work above shoulders, grasp forcefully, operate foot and/or hand controls.
• Rarely kneel/crawl, climb (ladders, scaffolds, or other), scrub/sweep/mop/chop/mix, operate a manual pipette.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid California non-commercial class license and operate vehicle during daylight hours

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May be required to work with, take specific precautions against, and/or be immunized against potentially hazardous agents.
• May be exposed to blood borne pathogens.
• This position is fully onsite and based primarily at Stanford main campus, but may also work in Stanford’s Research Park and Stanford Redwood City campus.

The expected pay range for this position is $114,953 to $148,232 per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.