Clinical Research Nurse - Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital Vaccine Trials FT Day

Overview

The Clinical Research Nurse evaluates, coordinates, and manages clinical trials and subjects who participate in research protocols throughout the System and with collaborative coordinating research centers. The Clinical Research Nurse coordinates study activities with the Primary Investigator and Sub-Investigators of clinical studies within the STRIVE Vaccine Research Clinic. 

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) has taken the community to another level of service to provide care for the growing population of children in our region.  At 247 beds, LCH is the largest children’s hospital between Atlanta and Washington DC.  It serves high acuity patients as the flagship children’s hospital within the innovative Atrium Health and offers a full complement of over 125 pediatric subspecialists in over 30 different pediatric specialties.  We have 4 pediatric hospitalist teams, a 20-bed PICU (including Cardiac ICU), an 85-bed Level IV NICU, and an inpatient pediatric rehabilitation floor.  Levine Children’s Hospital is also Charlotte’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center, staffed by doctors trained in pediatric emergency medicine.  LCH has successfully ranked as a Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 16 consecutive years.  Additionally, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital have earned Magnet re-designation from The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. Magnet designated health care organizations showcase excellence in nursing practice and patient outcomes.  

Job Summary

The Clinical Research Nurse evaluates, coordinates, and manages clinical trials and subjects who participate in research protocols throughout the System and with collaborative coordinating research centers. The Clinical Research Nurse coordinates study activities with the Primary Investigator and any Sub-Investigators of clinical studies.

Essential Functions

• Recruits, interviews and obtains informed consent from prospective subjects for entrance into clinical trials and studies.
• Coordinators appropriate laboratory tests and other procedures for subjects participating in studies; including drawing blood or collection of other samples.
• Coordinates with Investigational Pharmacy for subjects to receive required drugs.
• Communicates with Sponsored Programs Administration to ensure proper management of charges and billing.
• Coordinates and submits IRB protocols, reports, revisions, updates, approvals.
• Records appropriate clinical and laboratory data on forms provided by the principal investigator(s), federal government, and/or industry sponsors.
• Communicates with study sponsors, federal agencies, principal investigators, and sub-investigators about research projects.
• Provides resources for staff, patients, families. and community regarding research.
• Travels to clinical research sites, hospitals, physician offices, and facilities within the System as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned within department

Physical Requirements

• Requires ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time. Reaching, stooping, bending in file drawers. Lifting, pushing, pulling up to 30 lbs. of weight. Working in fast-paced clinical setting. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch and manual and finger dexterity. Must be able to be mobile within the entire healthcare system and other facilities as required

Education, Experience and Certifications

• NC RN licensure required; BSN preferred. Clinical research experience preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Certification in clinical research (SoCRA, ACRP) preferred.