Research Nurse 1

SLAC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SLAC’s Tass Lab at Stanford University seeks a Research Nurse 1 (RN1) to support brain-disorder clinical trials and translate research into clinical practice. You will work with faculty and study teams to ensure participant safety, regulatory compliance, and high-quality trial conduct.

You will provide nursing and administrative support for trials, evaluate participants, administer treatments, manage documentation, supervise staff, and assist with enrollment and sponsor communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent, plus two years of nursing experience.
• Clinical research experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate medical information clearly to participants and families.

Responsibilities

• Support the safety of study participants and maintain communication with families, clinicians, and study teams.
• Provide clinical and administrative nursing support for research trials per scope of practice.
• Conduct participant evaluations, assess adverse events, and triage actions per protocol.
• Administer medications and treatments per protocol; collect and process specimens as needed.
• Prepare regulatory documents and manage essential study documentation per sponsor and regulatory requirements.
• Supervise research staff and coordinate staffing and scheduling.
• Assist in budget preparation and billing reconciliation.
• Identify and assist in recruitment and enrollment of study participants, and participate in informed consent.
• Participate in monitor visits and sponsor-investigator interactions.

Skills

Nursing

Clinical research

Communication

HIPAA

GCP

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

The Tass Lab at Stanford University is seeking a Research Nurse 1 (RN1) who is passionate about clinical research and is looking to deliver high quality results for our pioneering research in in the therapeutic area of brain disorders, which include and are not limited to Parkinson's Disease, movement disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders and brain tumors. This key role offers a unique opportunity to partner directly with faculty to transform groundbreaking research visions into clinical reality. You will serve as a key team member of the study team of clinical research staff and post-doctoral researchers by applying medical knowledge and experience to operationalize, coordinate and implement the clinical course of research for participants in the clinical trials and studies. You will support study conduct and ensure study participant safety while ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, institutional and sponsor regulations. Additionally, top notch communication skills and prior experience in clinical research are desired for this role.

Duties Include*:

• Support the safety of study participants, and maintain communication with their families/caregivers and clinicians.
• Provide clinical and administrative nursing support for research clinical trials based on scope of practice. Collaborate with clinical staff, researchers, outside vendors, and other staff to administer treatment and study protocols. May coordinate multi-site studies.
• Conduct study participant evaluations according to the study protocol, assess adverse events, and apply triage and judgment to determine course of action.
• Administer medications and treatments per study protocol for out study participant research participants. May collect, process, and ship lab specimens.
• Comply with institutional policies, standard operating procedures, and guidelines, and prepare and submit documentation as required by the study protocol, study sponsor, and regulatory authorities. Manage essential regulatory documents and handle confidential information (verbal and written) with tact and diplomacy, adhering to all HIPAA guidelines.
• Supervise research staff, coordinating staffing or scheduling assignments as needed.
• Participate in budget preparation and billing reconciliation.
• Identify, recruit, and enroll study participants. Participate in the informed consent process.
• Participate and host monitor visits.
• Assist sponsor investigator research with Investigational New Drug/Investigational Device Exemption applications.

* - Other duties may also be assigned.

Qualifications:

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Clinical research experience.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Bachelor's degree in nursing or equivalent, and two years of experience in nursing, preferably in a research setting.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Demonstrated ability to work with research subjects of all ages and backgrounds.
• Verbal and written communication skills to convey medical and research-related information to research subjects of all ages and backgrounds.
• Ability to identify confidential and sensitive information (written and verbal).
• Ability to implement good clinical practices in all interactions with study participants, their families, and colleagues.
• Ability to identify adverse reactions to study treatments and the required study protocol documentation to record these activities.
• Ability to implement study protocols with supervision.
• Ability to provide work direction to research support staff.