Research Nurse Job at University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Pittsburgh, PA

Job Description

Essential Functions

Supports clinical research projects by coordinating projects and drug trials, assessing patients' qualifications, and facilitating protocols. Collects and reviews lab results, patient data, and lab specimens; administers medications and protocol-specific treatments. Performs general laboratory duties and specialized nursing duties, trains new staff, and ensures regulatory adherence.

Physical Effort

The Health Studies Research Center (HSRC), Department of Epidemiology is seeking a Research Nurse to work on several research projects within the HSRC focusing on healthy aging and prevention of disability and mobility loss. Projects will include observational studies and clinical trials, and will involve all aspects of research including recruitment, screening, clinical measures, safety monitoring, data management and outcomes investigation. The Research Nurse will serve as a study Medical Safety Officer. Responsibilities may include the following:

Attend to study participant incidents that may arise during study visits and communicating these to the study MDs; address study alerts, adverse events, and incidental findings as per protocol; perform telephone and in-person eligibility screening; schedule study visits; conduct clinical measurements (anthropometric measures, blood pressure, heart rate, vision, physical performance and cognitive function testing) and administer study-related questionnaires; perform phlebotomy; processing and shipment of biological samples; conduct telephone visit reminder calls and follow-up assessments ; cc
• ompile study endpoint documentation to support participant-reported health events; data entry and editing; train, certify and supervise study staff and student research assistants.

Job Tags

Full time,

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