Clinical Nurse

Requirements

• Adheres to applicable federal, state, and institutional regulations, policies, and procedures related to clinical research.
• Complies with NEXT Oncology SOPs
• Participates in providing timely, informative, and accurate communication with the interdisciplinary team to ensure protocol compliance and timeliness of protocol-related procedures
• Collaborates with the PI, pharmacy, and other appropriate personnel to ensure proper use of and accountability for study drugs
• Identifies and intervenes to address barriers to effective informed consent discussions and decision making (e.g., literacy, capacity, language, distress, lack of time, therapeutic misconception)
• Describes and abides by institutional policy and processes for informed consent
• Assesses patient's understanding of the information provided during the informed consent process
• Ensures timely re-consenting as needed by the physician investigator.
• Confirms informed consent is obtained prior to performing any study specific tasks.
• Provides complete patient assessment, including vital signs and pre-examination procedures
• Gathers and assess objective and subjective data from the patient
• Documents data and assessments accurately in the patient record
• Assists the providers in all aspects of the consultation, treatment, procedures, and follow-up care
• Records medical history and symptoms, completing documentation in the medical record
• Coordinates patient care, acting as a liaison with other departments and organizations
• Provides patient education before and after procedures, use of medical devices and equipment, and prescriptions
• Triage of calls for urgent appointments, referrals for patient consults and resting, insurance precertification, and documentation
• Educates the patient and family regarding clinical condition and/or disease process
• Ensures timely completion of protocol-required events and other requirements (e.g. pharmacokinetics or-dynamics, scans, study visits, QOL.)
• Assesses individual patients for physical, psychosocial, and financial factors that could impact adherence with study requirements and implement interventions as necessary
• Evaluates patient's adherence to and documentation of self-administered protocol agents and the return of such agents
• Collaborates with the investigator to determine disease response as defined by the protocol and communicates findings to the study team and other care providers
• Evaluates patient's adherence to and documentation of self-administered protocol agents and return of such agents
• Collaborates with the investigator to determine if any treatment schedule or drug dose modification is necessary and communicates findings to the study team and other care providers
• Ensures appropriate communication between clinical and research staff related to patient-specific care needs
• Ensures evidence-based symptom management as permitted by the protocol
• Patient health counseling and instruction, including meeting with families and caregivers
• Medication reconciliation, management, patient compliance, inventory, education
• Ensures regulatory compliance with OSHA guidelines, CLIA regulations, HIPAA medical privacy guidelines
• Documents all patient encounters in the legal medical record per licensure and institutional requirements
• Obtains documents from outside providers or laboratories that are needed
• Assesses documentation or discrepancies and ensures that inaccurate or discrepant documentation is addressed in the medical record or other source documents
• Maintains the privacy and confidentiality of patient's source documents
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Health and Welfare
• Bonus or Incentive Plans