Job Description

_ A Day in the Life_

• The Clinical Research Nurse on the Multidisciplinary team assists in the conduct of clinical trials in a variety of therapeutic areas including neurology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery among others. A clinical nurse provides patient care. A research nurse cares for their patient, but follows a research protocol using very specific timelines, assessments and evaluations.

• Each day is different, but a typical day will include collaborating with coworkers and off-site project team members, extracting data from multiple sources, providing education to and communicating with nursing and medical staff as well as ancillary teams with a dash of research directed patient care mixed in. No two days are the same, no two studies are the same.

Tasks and processes of a clinical research nurse:

• Review/screen new and established patients for eligibility for clinical trials

• Approach providers about the studies for review

• Facilitate the informed consent process and ensure regulatory approvals are in place

• Communicate with providers on patient study status

• Collaborate with investigators for treatment plans and orders

• Work with ancillary departments such as lab, pharmacy, etc. to facilitate research protocol compliance

• Facilitate/collaborate with clinical staff to make sure patient visits, surgical procedures or treatments include protocol required care

• Managing non-clinical study elements – examples:

  • Special testing
  • Specimen collection, processing and shipping
  • Data collection and submission
  • Safety reporting
  • Administering questionnaires, assessments and collection of patient reported outcomes

• Participate in monitoring and auditing activities

• Maintain open communication with the patient throughout their participation in trial activities

• Your work will make a difference! As a research nurse, you will be a part of the foundation that drives advances in medical science.

Qualifications

_ What’s Required_

• Current Registered Nurse license, in good standing with State of Michigan Board of Nursing required.
• 3 years recent clinical experience required.

Additional Information

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Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.