Research Nurse I

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Job posting number: #7112242 (Ref:13282-en_US)

Posted: September 30, 2022

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Summary

Full time research nurse interested in establishing or continuing a career in clinical research. Our clinical trials focus on treatments and or vaccines for combating infectious diseases. Our current focus is on COVID-19 trials.

The ideal candidate will have excellent phlebotomy skills, able to perform vaccinations on children and adults, has good organizational skills and excellent attention to details.

Job Duties

  • Performs responsibilities in a manner that promotes quality and safe participant care and customer service.
  • Adheres to the scope of practices as defined by Texas Nurse Practice Act.
  • Recruits, screens, enrolls, and evaluates study participants for COVID and other focused research trials.
  • Collects study specimens and checks participant vital signs
  • Administers COVID and other vaccines/treatments for research trials.
  • Follows participant progress and advises investigators on status.
  • Collects study-related data and enters the data into an online database.
  • Maintains research charts and medical records, as applicable.
  • Performs quality assurance activities, as needed.
  • Collaborate with Clinical Research Associates for monitoring of study-related activities. 
  • Ensures that the clinical studies are conducted in accordance with FDA guidelines and other established regulations,  guidelines, and procedures and protocol requirements.
  • Educates study participants in significant aspects of the COVID-19 and other trials.
  • Maintains research clinic cleanliness and re-stocks supplies.
  • Extrapolates applicable medical data from EPIC, as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. 
  • No experience required.
  • Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the State of Texas Board of Nursing.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Self-directed, organized, and flexible.
  • Team player with good interpersonal skills.

 

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.


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