Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator 1 - Advanced Heart Failure

Inova Health System; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Retirement matching

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off and flexible schedules

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia seeks a dedicated Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator 1 - Advanced Heart Failure to join our team on a full-time, Monday-Friday schedule. This role focuses on patient education, protocol adherence and coordinating investigational therapies within the heart failure program.

The hospital emphasizes safety, quality and patient experience and offers benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, retirement matching, tuition assistance and mental health support,

Qualifications

• Certification/Licensure: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association; eligible to practice as RN in VA.
• Education: BSN or ADN; if ADN, must plan BSN and complete within 24 months.
• Minimum 1 year of research training or protocol implementation.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient education and information on medication dosage and disease treatment.
• Assesses patient and family needs, including educational, psychological and spiritual aspects.
• Administers investigational medications and conducts patient assessments during visits.
• Performs nursing duties as assigned to support study needs.
• Explains protocol elements and conducts study tasks under supervision.

Skills

One year research training

RN eligible VA

Education

BSN

ADN

Plan BSN within 24 months

Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator 1 - Advanced Heart Failure to join the team. This role will be full-time, Monday-Friday.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator 1 - Advanced Heart Failure J ob Responsibilities:

• Provides patient education and medical information to study patients to ensure understanding of proper medication dosage, administration, and disease treatment.
• Delineates and defines the physiological status of the patient; assesses the educational, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient/significant other/family.
• Administers investigational medications and performs patient assessments during clinic visits to determine the presence of side effects; notifies treating investigator of findings/issues.
• Performs nursing duties as assigned and relevant to credentials and research study needs
• Identifies and explains key protocol elements; performs study tasks under direct supervision.
• Explains basic elements of subject safety including the reasoning behind the required use of an Institutional Review Board/Independent Ethics Committee, study activity documentation, and event reporting requirements. Demonstrates subject protection under direct supervision.
• Explains the investigational products development process and identify key regulations to control these processes.
• Explains and performs study operational activities in compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and non-GCP related study management activities.
• Explains how to document data according to ALCOA-C (Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, Accurate and Complete) principles.
• Explains the importance of professional conduct and describe leadership principles that impact the effective operation of an investigative site.
• Explains the variety of communication channels, roles and relationship and outlets for study results that impact the conduct of clinical research.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certification/Licensure: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association; Must be eligible to practice as a Registered Nurse in VA

• Experience: One (1) year of research training and/or protocol implementation.

• Education: BSN or AD. If RN has an AD, within six months from date of hire, they must meet with their nurse leader and conduct the following: 1.) Identify which accredited school they plan to attend 2.) Provide a written plan with anticipated BSN completion date 3.) Submit a review of transcripts from the school indicating the required pre-requisites and timeline for taking the courses 4.) Complete BSN within 24 months of start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: minimum 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse
• Education: Bachelors degree in Nursing