Job Description
Job Summary:
Want to join a fun, hard-working, collaborative team? Come join the Pediatric Clinical Research Coordination team! The UW Pediatric Clinical Research Coordination team supports clinical research across multiple divisions in the Department of Pediatrics. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to research aimed at prevention, detection, and treatment of disease in children. This position will assist with coordinating a variety of clinical research studies by performing various tasks and activities. These tasks include but are not limited to recruitment, screening, and enrolling study participants and families as well as ensuring study participants and families follow the research study protocol.
Our team of clinical research coordinators and research nurses apply expertise, knowledge, and skills to a broad range of clinical studies, navigate resources, identify issues requiring escalation, and contribute to the development of new team and unit processes, procedures, and tools. The Research Nurse will work in collaboration with pediatric faculty, nurses and staff to coordinate clinical research studies for the Department of Pediatrics ranging from industry partnered to PI initiated clinical trials.
Responsibilities:
Assists in research logistic management, screens study participants, and provides participant information and clinical care according to established research plans to ensure accuracy of research.
- 15% Secures and schedules logistics for clinical research projects according to the research plan
- 20% Assists in the recruitment and screening of subjects for clinical studies by conducting physical health assessments
- 5% Provides professional nursing care to patients according to established protocols
- 5% Provides appropriate treatment plan direction and information to study participants
- 20% Serves as main point of contact and liaison to project participants, investigators, research sponsors, and the research team delivering study information in accordance with established research project standards and protocols
- 20% Collects, verifies, and enters data into database and analyzes clinical information data
- 5% Serves a primary point of contact for emergent study participant situations related to adverse effects or complications of the study
- 10% May provide expertise, training, and guidance to the community, peers, and/or students
Education:
Required:
Bachelor's Degree
Degree in nursing preferred.
Qualifications:
Required:
1. Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical setting
Preferred qualifications include:
1. 2 or more years of nursing experience
2. Experience working in a clinical research role
3. Experience working with the pediatric population
4. Experience working in a healthcare setting
5. Experience working with research data collection and/or sample processing
6. Experience utilizing a variety of platforms including Health Link or other electronic medical record, Microsoft Office Suite, REDCap, OnCore, and Google Drive
7. Clinical Research Certification OR Clinical Research Nurse Certification
Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
1. Effective oral and written communication skills
2. Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
3. Excellent attention to detail and organization skills
4. Excellent time management and prioritization
5. Ability to independently and creatively problem solve
License/Certification:
Required:
RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure
Current or Eligible for WI Registered Nurse licensure
Work Type:
Full or Part Time: 90% - 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum: $68,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Additional Information:
This position is required to travel to multiple sites around Madison to facilitate recruitment and enrollment so the candidate should have access to reliable transportation or a willingness to use public transportation.
University sponsorship is not available for this position, including transfers of sponsorship. The selected applicant will be responsible for ensuring their continuous eligibility to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment. This position is an ongoing position that will require continuous work eligibility. UW-Madison is not an E-Verify employer, and therefore, is not eligible to employ F1-OPT STEM Extension participants. If you are selected for this position you must provide proof of work authorization and eligibility to work.
This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and every four years.
How to Apply:
To apply for this position, please click on the "Apply Now" button. You will be asked to upload a current resume/CV and a cover letter briefly describing your qualifications and experience.
Contact:
Kelsey Scholtens
kscholtens@pediatrics.wisc.edu
608-262-0006
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Research Nurse(HS042)
Department(s):
A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/PEDIATRICS/PEDIATRICS
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
307041-AS
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