Job Description

This position’s responsibilities include screening patients for study eligibility and consent for clinical trials; educating patients on the scope of the study, potential risks and benefits, possible alternatives, and study requirements; communicating findings and information to the Principal Investigator; verifying patient eligibility; and administering study medication.

Specific duties include:

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  Apply clinical skills to deliver and evaluate research protocols
• Perform clinical/health care research activities within a skilled/specialized area
• Screen, recruit, verify eligibility, enroll, and obtain informed consent from patients for clinical research activities
• Educate patients on scope of study, potential risks and benefits, possible alternatives, and study requirements for patients
• Effectively communicate research findings and information related to patients and study/clinical trials to the Principal Investigator
• Review query reports; perform and monitor randomizations; enter study data into the study database; and maintain study database, including query resolution
• Assist patients with problems related to protocol and resolve all monitoring visit issues
• Serve as liaison to local health care practitioners, agencies, and sponsors
• Oversee the recruitment of subjects and scheduling of trial-related procedures
• Administer study medication as per study protocol; perform phlebotomy for collection of blood specimens as per study protocol; process and ship samples to the central lab or specimen control for testing; and assess patients for adverse events
• Perform study-related procedures and assessments as assigned by the Principal Investigator and the delegation of authority log
• Develop and prepare complex study recruitment materials; manage and organize regulatory documentation; prepare regulatory submissions; and prepare and present Institutional Review Boards or other submissions and required regulatory documents

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a closely related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Iowa Nursing License
• Minimum 36 months (3 years) experience in performing clinical/health care research activities in a skilled/specialized area and
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer software applications
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills, and organizational skills

Additional information to be included in the advertisement:

Application details:

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Position details:

• Job openings are posted for a minimum of 30 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.
• For additional questions, please contact Heather Youngquist at heather-youngquist@uiowa.edu.

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