Clinical Nurse

Lifelancer
Alexandria, VA
Category Healthcare
Job Description
The Clinical Nurse must be knowledgeable of standard research and oncology care practices, advocating for patient safety and protocol integrity, and ensuring effective conduct of clinical trials and quality patient care.

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.
  • Ensures timely re-consenting as needed by the physician investigator.
  • Provides complete patient assessment, including vital signs and pre-examination procedures.
  • Gathers and assesses 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Health and welfare benefits
  • Incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation
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