clinical Research Nurse

Job: IRC24640DescriptionJob Title clinical Research NurseLaboratory / Department HospitalDepartment DescriptionThe Rockefeller University Hospital is funded by the National Institutes of Health and has 20 patient beds for clinical research. The Hospital provides researchers with an opportunity to conduct clinical studies, and offers both normal volunteers and people with diseases under study the opportunity to stay in the hospital and help to contribute to important advances in science. The Hospital has an inpatient unit as well as an outpatient center where prospective patients are screened and many outpatient studies are conducted. The Hospital is staffed 24 hours a day with professional nurses and has nutritional research, social work, art and recreation departments, and a radiology suite as well as its own research pharmacy. Our staff hospitalist and on-call physicians provide additional medical support to the clinical research teams. For more information, please see the hospital web site at: http://www.rucares.org/Detailed DescriptionThe Clinical Research Nurse will be responsible for collaborating and carrying out assigned clinical research protocols accomplished through development or updating protocols, procedures, and standards for a study in collaboration with the research team. Responsibilities include reinforcing compliance to protocol procedures, collecting research data as required, providing direct nursing care as needed, and teaching research participants protocol-specific information.Job RequirementsBachelor's degree in nursing required; current New York State Registered Nursing License and a minimum of two years of clinical nursing experience required. Must obtain BLS upon hire and ACLS certification within six months of hire. Phlebotomy/IV certification preferred. Must be detail-oriented, highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks, and problem solve. Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills required.Additional DetailsThe Rockefeller University is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans