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UPMC Presbyterian is looking to hire a Full-Time Clinical Research Coordinator II to support WOC Nursing.

Schedule:

+ Monday-Friday

+ 8-hour days

+ Occasional weekends depending on study in progress and recruitment/data collection needs.

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will work under the direction of the clinical Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator. We are currently recruiting a CRC to manage and operationalize wound healing and pressure injury prevention related clinical trials. The CRC will be responsible to support, facilitate and coordinate the daily clinical trial activities and plays a critical role in the conduct of the studies. The CRC is responsible for protocol execution at the UPMC hospital sites level. This includes ensuring inclusion/exclusion criteria are applied without deviation, coordinating patient visits, managing sample collection logistics, and entering data into our RedCap electronic data system. Purpose:

The Coordinator II will work with physicians, nurses, other allied health professionals, and research staff to coordinate clinical research efforts provided at UPMC.

Responsibilities:

+ Demonstrates a strong commitment to developing others by enthusiastically and expertly precepting new hires during orientation and serving continuously as a mentor. Analyzes clinical and behavioral situations to identify learning opportunities that improve patient care and clinical research practices. Takes responsibility for ongoing professional development by independently seeking resources and opportunities, including participation in nursing, oncology, or research organizations, regularly seeking feedback, and applying continuous professional improvement.

+ Serves as a role model for professional nursing practice through strict adherence to ethical standards in clinical trials to protect patient rights, ensure well-being, and maintain high-quality data. Provides consistent and appropriate feedback to research team members, participates in peer review, and uses multiple communication methods to support effective trial conduct. Demonstrates advanced assessment and analytical skills by ensuring complete and accurate documentation that validates trial integrity, including ensuring patients are initially and continuously informed of protocol-related procedures, expectations, and responsibilities through proper informed consent documentation.

+ Provides ongoing annual professional contributions by maintaining comprehensive research documentation, supporting protocol compliance, promoting good clinical research practices, ensuring patient safety, and facilitating effective communication among colleagues. Uses diverse recruitment strategies while remaining sensitive to diverse patient populations and fiscal and contractual variables affecting research. Demonstrates strong communication skills, effectively articulating and translating relevant information, and fosters a caring and compassionate environment through healthy relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.

+ Identifies and leads opportunities to improve research practices, patient satisfaction, and workforce well-being by serving as a change agent, launching innovations, participating in unit- or department-specific quality improvement initiatives, and communicating improvement opportunities to colleagues and leadership.

+ Maintains productive internal and external working relationships through accountability, enthusiasm, motivation, and commitment to patients and colleagues. Demonstrates cultural awareness, holds peers accountable for healthy relationships, and balances work and personal life by modeling safe work hours, effective time management, and healthy lifestyle practices. Demonstrates age-specific competency by identifying and addressing patient needs related to age, education level, literacy, and language barriers, particularly during the informed consent process, and utilizes appropriate institutional resources to support these needs.

+ Bachelor's Degree preferred.

+ Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing required.

+ 3 years of clinical research or nursing experience required.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse license or eligible for State Board Licensure. BLS or CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

+ Registered Nurse (RN)

+ Act 34

*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran