Provide high-standard clinical care to healthy volunteers in Phase 1 clinical trials, ensuring participant safety and welfare. Responsibilities include administering investigational compounds, performing clinical procedures like venipuncture and ECGs, and documenting adverse events.
Requirements summary
Requires an Associate or Bachelor's degree in nursing with current state licensure and CPR/AED certification. Candidates should have 0-1 year of related experience and the ability to work in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
As one of the largest Clinical Research Organizations in the world, we have four Early Phase Clinical Research Units in the UK and US.
We are currently seeking a Clinical Research Nurse I (On-Call), to interact directly with our healthy volunteer participants while learning to read clinical research protocols and enjoy working in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.
Each day is different, you will be exposed to a wide variety of Therapeutic Indications and study types (ascending dose, first-in-human, food effect, drug to drug interactions, etc.) This is a full-time, office/clinic-based job in Madison, WI If you join us, you will work with some of the world´s leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies in a vital stage of clinical development: establishing the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a new drug.
Many Nurses are drawn to this profession because of its direct impact on patient care.
If this is your case, you will not miss that working in Phase 1 trials.
Whilst allowing you to have a close face-to-face relationship with participants, and as you continue to practice your clinical skills and knowledge, you´ll be involved with the latest medical technologies and treatments, witnessing their development firsthand.
When the drug you worked with gets approved, you know you´ll touch many patient´s lives around the world.
WHAT YOU WILL DO: You will utilize your skills, knowledge, and clinical judgement to provide a high standard of care clinical research.
Other key responsibilities: Ensure that the dignity, health, safety, and welfare of participants is given the highest priority at all times Be current with appropriate emergency certifications and company emergency policy and procedures Respond to emergency situations based upon nursing standards Utilize skills, knowledge, nursing diagnosis, and clinical judgement in order to provide a high standard of care for participants in clinical trials Utilize nursing assessment skills to observe participant general well-being and potential adverse events.
Document adverse events and takes appropriate action as needed Obtain Informed Consent and continue the ICF process by educating, explaining and informing participants of study procedures Administer investigational compounds (inclusive of parenteral) to participants according to the protocol and applicable regulations Perform study related activities such as cannulation, telemetry, holters, vital signs, ECGs, venipuncture Undertake any other duties as required Education / Experience: Associates Degree or BS degree in nursing with current licensure in applicable state.
CPR/AED certified ACLS-certified preferred upon entry to role.
ACLS certification maybe be gained in role if not yet certified Additional experience may be substituted for education requirements YOU NEED TO BRING… 0-1 year of related experience Additional experience may be substituted for education requirements The important thing for us is you are comfortable working in an environment that is: Fast paced: where no deviations from the study protocol are allowed, and not meeting a timeline for even few minutes will create a quality issue.
Changing priorities constantly asking you to prioritize and adapt on the spot.
Teamwork and people skills are essential for the study to run smoothly.
Technology based.
We collect our data directly into an electronic environment.
Physical Requirements: Ability to work in an upright and /or stationary position for 6-8 hours per day.
Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists to operate lab equipment.
Occasional crouching, stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
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