Description
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Description
The Per Diem Clinical Research Registered Nurse is a professional registered nurse responsible and accountable for the care of patients participating in clinical trials. In this per diem role, you will serve as a research infusion nurse for the Clinical and Translational Research Center, administering investigational products including gene therapies, first-in-human agents, radioligands, and other novel therapeutics.
Research care may occur across a variety of settings, including UCLA Health outpatient clinics, inpatient units, and community-based locations. Under the direct supervision of the Unit Director, primary responsibilities include providing direct patient care using the nursing process; maintaining meticulous attention to detail within the research environment; adapting to changing clinical settings and patient populations; applying effective management and communication practices; educating patients and staff; and upholding the highest professional and regulatory standards.
This is a part-time per diem position. May convert to career.Per Diem Hourly Rate: $96.74Qualifications
Required:
- BSN or MSN – required
- Active California Registered Nursing License
- Minimum 2 years of direct clinical experience within the past 3 years.
- ACLS, BCLS and PALS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association
- Ability to follow and manage complex research protocols, to document accurately and in a timely fashion and to report deviations from the protocol.
- The CTRC research nurse is required to work, PM shifts, Holidays and weekends as needed.
- Ability to complete a Nursing physical assessment
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Willingness to adapt to changing workload requirements, including flexibility in location of work as needed to enable the unit to fulfill its mission to investigators and research participants.
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Demonstrates responsibility for effect on others by:
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Respecting others’ opinions and ideas
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Maintaining a cooperative and collaborative relationship with co-workers
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Demonstrating professional control in stressful situations and
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Readily assisting co-workers and maintaining inter-departmental communications
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Demonstrated ability to assess patients, synthesize and analyze data and make decisions to ensure patient safety in a research environment
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Ability to perform with limited supervision and with frequent changes in priorities and deadlines and to delegate tasks in a management style that is consistent with promoting leadership and teamwork
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Knowledge base or willingness to learn new information in order to provide education to patients, families, and other staff regarding clinical research and patient care issues
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Ability to read a clinical trial protocol, meet with principal investigator and study team and synthesize a written protocol summary and then to work with the team to create a plan to open the study in the CTRC.
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Excellent organizational skills and the ability to effectively determine priorities.
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Interpersonal skills to communicate positively and effectively with patients, colleagues and other persons from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
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Ability to work in different areas of the Health System and in the community, and to work nights, weekends and holidays as required for operational needs.
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Ability to use the computer to manage documentation and patient care through the EMR, to use internal databases to retrieve information and to send e-mails, calendar invites and create teaching documents.
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Ability to complete required competencies throughout the year to ensure up to date skills and knowledge in rapidly changing patient care and clinical research situations.
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CITI certification in Human Research Protections and Good Clinical Practice within 1 month of hire
Preferred:
- Experience with peripheral IV access and maintenance and venipuncture
- Clinical Research experience, particularly with the administration of investigational products
- Oncology experience, including administration of chemotherapy and immune effector cell therapy
- Pediatric experience
- Experience with a wide variety of diagnoses, treatments, and severity of illness as well as managing emergency situations.