Clinical Research Nurse

Job Summary

This position is funded through March 31st, 2027. The position is for a Clinical Research Nurse who will assist in implementing a National Institute of Health funded research program named Nutrition for Precision Health (NPH), powered by the All of Us Research Program. NPH will enroll a diverse subset of All of Us participants.

Specific Responsibilities

• Technical Screen, enroll, and follow a highly diverse population designed to study participants over the course of a controlled clinical study as outlined in assigned research protocols.
  • Performs physical examinations and biosample collection on participants according to protocol.
  • Provides direct nursing patient care including, but not limited to inpatient admission and discharge, where applicable, diagnosis, administration of medications, and performance of applicable clinical study-related tests as well as maintaining continual assessment of study subjects under the direction of the principal investigator, supervising physician and or project director.
• Collaborates with the principal investigators, physicians, and clinical research team in implementing this federally funded multi-center clinical trial.
  • Coordinates the implementation of clinical research protocols at Northwestern and subsites.
  • Works with sponsors, study staff, laboratory staff, data managers, pharmacists, clinic staff, investigators, and other departments to develop and implement protocol-specific standard operating procedures.
• Coordinates clinical and non-clinical study start-up activities including organization of study medical records and coordination of required laboratory and clinical evaluations.
  • Schedules and tracks study visits.
  • Schedules and tracks study visits.
  • Schedules and tracks study visits.
• Completes credentialing through Northwestern Memorial Hospital to see patients and access the electronic medical record system (Epic).
  • A health screening, covered by Northwestern, will be required as a part of the credentialing.
• Attends investigator's meetings, coordinates and attends pre-study site visits, study initiation visits, and all other study-related visits by Monitors or Sponsor representatives, when required.
  • Maintains and documents all study-related communication including, but not limited to the principal investigator or supervising physician, study subjects, Sponsor or Sponsor representative(s) and IRB throughout the clinical trial.
• Obtains and documents all adverse event data on appropriate forms and reports adverse event data to the appropriate parties as outlined by the study protocol, regulations and applicable policies and procedures.
  • Notifies principal investigator of any abnormal values and ensures follow-up and reporting of adverse events in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Supervises Trains other study specific research staff in collection and reporting of required data, where applicable.
  • Manages and acts as supervisor of study personnel.
  • Conduct performance check ins, quarterly reviews and year-end evaluation.
  • Responsible for ensuring performance excellence in study team.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program along with 1 years of clinical practice or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• A current license as a registered nurse with the state of Illinois.
• Must complete Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program training in information privacy security, HIPAA, and security and privacy.

Preferred Qualifications

• A master of science degree.
• Experience in clinical research, especially nutrition research.

Benefits

At Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful and competitive benefits. The available benefits package for this position will include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; paid vacation and holidays; paid medical/sick and parentalleave; tuition benefits for the employee and dependents; pre-tax and flex spending accounts for commuting and dependent care; generous retirement savings options; and wellness programs. For a comprehensive overview of available benefits, including eligibility details, visit us at https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/index.html.