About this opportunity
Kaiser Permanente lists this Research Nurse III, Clinical Trials LVN (Durational with Benefits) opportunity in los angeles, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
PLEASE NOTE: This position will require working onsite 4 days a week (5 days a week for the first few months)
Job Summary:
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for contributing to patient care management during clinical studies; preparing and administering medications as outlined in study protocols; documenting care provided to patients; monitoring and reporting changes in patient condition; leveraging comprehensive knowledge to support medical operations and patient safety; and providing educational materials to patients.
Essential Responsibilities:
Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listen to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.
Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.
Works on budgeting and financing by: developing a working understanding of how to provide input on implementing budget components for internally funded standard and nonstandard projects.
Conducts clinical research by: independently collecting data in clinical trials (e.g., recruiting human subjects, administering surveys and/experiments); leveraging a comprehensive foundational knowledge of source data and the tools leveraged for analyzing, and interpreting clinical data; leveraging a comprehensive foundational knowledge of clinical trials, studies, and interventions at the site-level; independently contributing to the development of standard and nonstandard clinical research protocols and other processes of clinical trials; preparing and/or supporting the submission of study documentation to regulatory bodies (e.g., IRB) for review and approval prior to implementation; may also be responsible for executing standard and non-standard clinical trial activities (e.g., informed consent process, lab support and processing, pharmaceutical documentation data, sample processing, adverse event assessment process); and may be involved in supporting standard and non-standard research lab operations(e.g., biological specimen collection, including patient preparation, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, processing or preparation, and transportation and storage of specimens).
Ensures research compliance by: independently drafting and/or preparing and submitting clinical trial applications in compliance and consistency with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and reviewing and providing input on KP compliance policies and procedures; identifying compliance and/or quality issues and assisting in the development of corrective action plans, escalating as necessary; identifying opportunities to update compliance-monitoring/audit systems and documentation; utilizing standard approaches to analyze risk-management data and making recommendations to mitigate potential risk; independently implementing research protocols, procedures, and guidance to ensure confidentiality, privacy, and security of clinical research data; and leveraging comprehensive research expertise to provide guidance to investigators and other key stakeholders to ensure compliance with IRB approved protocols and local and federal guidelines.
Maintains internal and external effective working relationships by: leveraging a comprehensive foundational knowledge of how to partner with research stakeholders and investigators within and across units to contribute to research projects; independently communicating with key contractors and subcontractors, study sponsors, collaborating internal and/or external clinical sites, and data coordinating centers as applicable; and developing materials for supporting the education of staff and/or participants on protocols, documentation procedures, clinical best practices, or timeliness of submissions with limited guidance.
Ensures documentation of clinical research files by: completing documentation of all research activities (e.g., consent forms, reports, tracking forms) in a timely and accurate manner; assisting with the development and/or implementation of standard and nonstandard quality control and/or assurance measures and documenting feedback for the research staff and management; assessing volunteers and/or patients for eligibility to participate in Clinical Trials using standard procedures and criteria; and leveraging a comprehensive foundational knowledge of how to monitor and audit Clinical Trials as well as documenting findings.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)
Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
Attention to Detail
Business Knowledge
Communication
Critical Thinking
Cross-Group Collaboration
Decision Making
Dependability
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
Drives Results
Facilitation Skills
Health Care Industry
Influencing Others
Integrity
Learning Agility
Organizational Savvy
Problem Solving
Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall
Teamwork
Topic-Specific Communication
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)
Employee/Labor Relations
Health Care Operations
Nursing Principles
Regulatory Agencies
Research Databases
Accountability
Adaptability
Autonomy
Business Relationship Management
Clinical Research
Clinical Research Quality
Compliance
Computer Literacy
Data Quality
Experimental Design
Innovative Mindset
Laboratory Equipment
Laboratory Procedures
Managing Diverse Relationships
Organizational Skills
Project Management
Project Management Tools
Quality Assurance Process
Quantitative Research Methods
Research Ethics
Stakeholder Management
Survey Methodology
The Scientific Method
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Science, Public Health, Health Care Administration, or related field AND minimum two (2) years of experience in clinical research or a directly related field OR Minimum five (5) years of experience in clinical research or a directly related field.
Vocational Nurse License (California) required at hire
Preferred Qualifications:
Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) from Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA); OR ACRP Certified Professional, Certified Clinical Research Associate, Certified Clinical Research Coordinator, Certified Principal Investigator, ACRP Medical Device Professional, or ACRP Project Manager from Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP); OR Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) from Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA).
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification from the American Heart Association.
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Worksite address
los angeles, CA, 90079, US
Who can apply
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