Research RN - Clinical Translational Research Center

Required

• BSN or MSN
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• ACLS certification from the American Heart Association (or American Red Cross)
• PALS certification from the American Heart Association (or American Red Cross)
• Ability to follow and manage complex research protocols, document accurately and in a timely fashion, and report protocol deviations; role requires working PM shifts, holidays, and weekends as needed
• Ability to complete a nursing physical assessment
• Willingness to adapt to changing workload requirements, including flexibility in work location as needed to support the unit's mission to investigators and research participants
• Demonstrates responsibility for effect on others by respecting others' opinions and ideas, maintaining cooperative and collaborative relationships with co-workers, demonstrating professional control in stressful situations, and readily assisting co-workers while maintaining interdepartmental communication
• Demonstrated ability to assess patients, synthesize and analyze data, and make decisions to ensure patient safety in a research environment
• Ability to perform with limited supervision amid frequent changes in priorities and deadlines, and to delegate tasks in a management style consistent with promoting leadership and teamwork
• Knowledge base or willingness to learn new information to educate patients, families, and staff on clinical research and patient care issues
• Ability to read a clinical trial protocol, meet with the principal investigator and study team, synthesize a written protocol summary, and work with the team to create a plan to open the study in the CTRC
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively determine priorities
• Interpersonal skills to communicate positively and effectively with patients, colleagues, and people from diverse cultures and backgrounds
• Ability to work in different areas of the Health System and in the community, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed for operational needs
• Ability to use computer systems to manage documentation and patient care through the EMR, use internal databases to retrieve information, and send emails, calendar invites, and create teaching documents
• Ability to complete required competencies throughout the year to maintain up-to-date skills and knowledge in rapidly changing patient care and clinical research situations

Preferred:

• Experience with peripheral IV access and maintenance and venipuncture
• Clinical research experience, particularly with administration of investigational products
• Oncology experience, including administration of chemotherapy and immune effector cell therapy
• Pediatric experience
• Experience with a wide variety of diagnoses, treatments, and severity of illness, as well as managing emergency situations