Research Nurse Blood Cancer

This position is located in the Colorado Blood Cancer Unit at Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.

As the Research Nurse for Blood Cancer and Bone Marrow Transplant your primary responsibility is to screen, enroll and follow study subjects, ensuring protocol compliance and close monitoring while the subjects are on study. You are responsible for all data collection, source documentation, and recording of adverse events. 

• You will be enrolling patients onto clinical trials through recruitment, screening, enrollment, treatment, and follow-up of eligible participants according to protocol requirements. 

• You will review the study design and inclusion/exclusion criteria with physician and patient. 

• You will ensure the protection of study patients by verifying informed consent procedures and adhering to protocol requirements. 

• You will use the protocol as the only tool to screen, treat, and follow patients. 

• You will complete and document screening/eligibility accurately. 

• You will complete and document the informed consent process accurately and has all parties sign/date as required, including HIPAA Authorization. 

• You will accurately complete and submit on-study forms within two weeks of enrollment. 

• You will ensure that patient documentation is completed at each clinic visit while in screening. 

• You will ensure that all medications are approved prior to initiating treatment or when changing medication regimens, such as crossover studies. 

• You will accurately calculate and document BSA, Creatinine Clearance, Urine Protein: Creatinine ratio, and any other calculations or conversions required per protocol. 

• You will ensure that follow-up appointments, scans, or related procedures are scheduled correctly according to protocol requirements. 

• You will document appropriately when patients are removed from protocol. 

• You will ensure reconsent of patients at the next scheduled visit, following availability of updated ICF, and documents process appropriately 

You should have for this position: 

• An Associate Degree; preferably a Bachelor’s Degree 

• RN License  

• Knowledge of medical and research terminology 

• Knowledge of FDA Code of Federal Regulations and GCP 

• Knowledge of the clinical research processes 

• At least on year of oncology experience, preferably hematology and/or transplant. 

• At least one year of experience in a research setting preferred 

• Research Certification (ACRP or CCRP) Preferred