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Axle Informatics is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Axle is seeking a highly ambitious, adaptable, structured, and detail-oriented Research Nurse to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) located in Bethesda, MD.

Overall Position Summary and Objectives Under this task order, the contractor will independently provide support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of the National Human Genome Research Institute. The primary objective is to provide services and deliverables through performance of support services.

Deliverables

• Work products and documents related to designing and maintaining a selection of materials for health care referral sources; perform data searches of medical records; survey literature for background information; participate in support meetings. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to the execution of trials; ensure that all aspects of GCP and other regulatory requirements are met or exceeded; design, implement and evaluate complex protocols and screening forms. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to collection, processing, handling, storage and shipping of laboratory samples; engage in team meetings; report data to regulatory and monitoring agencies. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to developing new standards for research; provide on-call services; provide mentorship to nurse specialists and in-services to inpatient and outpatient staff; provide education to caregivers. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to obtaining and maintaining informed consent/assent; direct and perform quality assurance and quality control activities; manage databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry. - Ad-Hoc
• Work products and documents related to interviewing, screening and recruiting patients for entry into protocol; communicate with patients and caregivers to obtain medical records; conduct family interviews; perform data retrieval; ensure consents. - Ad-Hoc

Work Details

• Develop new standards for novel and unpredicted research situations and interventions.
• Engage in team meetings to update team members of changing directions in study implementation.
• Participate in direct patient care, in coordination with interdisciplinary team and specific team members to create and communicate a plan of care that balances clinical care needs with research.
• Obtain and record complete health histories and conduct physical assessments; communicate data from these and other sources.
• Review findings from assessments and other sources in clinical rounds
• Initiate active efforts for protocol enrollment.
• Problem-solve complex or unpredictable situations and improve processes and services to patients and colleagues.
• Perform accurate data entry into research database, including the use of standardized scales and assessments
• Participates in training and mentoring new staff.
• Serve as point of contact among laboratory personnel, families and phlebotomy services to ensure timely acquisition and receipt of samples.
• Present clinical data in terms which may be understood by the patient, as well as, interpretation at a level which is conversant with other health professional including physicians.
• Work with staff on drafting of new protocol amendments and associated documents by providing editorial support and expert opinion.
• Provide on-call services to the multidisciplinary team, relevant to all matters of clinical research issues, for patients who are seen on-site.
• Perform data searches of medical records for analysis of patient characteristics.
• Ensure informed consent process and human subjects protection in clinical research and counsel patients regarding the potential risks.
• Develop intake tools and screening forms; work with staff on the general administration of protocols’ implementation.
• Provide training to clinic staff with regard to Investigator, brochure information, protocol implementation, general and specific data collection and research practices.
• Communicate with families and caregivers to obtain medical records; conduct family interviews to obtain comprehensive understanding of the care needs of the patient and family members during travel to and from the NIH and throughout the evaluation period.
• Performs data input and management.
• Complete medical and psychiatric assessments of potential participants in multiple research protocols by collecting and reviewing past and present medical records and conduct interviews with research applicants and their families.
• Provide information about the study to referring physicians, advocacy groups, NIH offices, and in response to inquiries from potential study participants.
• Review charts to collect relevant clinical data such as laboratory test results and social background.
• Recruits and screens patients for inclusion in protocols and clinical trials.
• Design and maintain a selection of materials appropriate to send to health care referral sources seeking eligibility information or other objectives.
• Serve and point of contact among laboratory personnel, families and phlebotomy services to ensure timely acquisition and receipt of samples.
• Provide mentorship to nurse specialists to develop skills and expertise in program areas.
• Design, implement and evaluate complex protocols and manage challenging patient populations and assist with document preparations and processes.
• Work with principal investigator to make recommendations to patients and families regarding disease management.
• Provide mentorship to nurse specialists to develop skills and expertise in program areas.
• Adjust patient’ plan of care in the absence of established guidelines.
• Serve as point of contact for families and their physicians; perform data retrieval; communicate test results to outside entities; ensure adequate consents.
• Good Practice (GCP) and federal regulatory requirements are met/exceeded.
• Recruit and follow up with patients for clinical and basic research studies and protocols and provide clinical support to patients participating in protocol.
• Design and maintain a selection of materials appropriate to send to health care referral sources seeking eligibility information or other objectives.
• Ensure that standard operating procedures (SOPs) reflect the highest standard of rigor.
• Assist with data through CRIS and UDPICS databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry.
• Report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies and create database to capture forms to meet protocol needs.
• Provide mentorship developing skills and expertise in research protocols and all aspects of clinical research.
• Performs assessments and physicals, and collects medical histories.
• Mentor health care members in the execution of trials and resolution of logistical constraints and update team members of changing directions in study implementation.
• Provide in-services to inpatient and outpatient unit nursing staff; provide informal education to care providers.
• Perform data searches of medical records for analyses of patient characteristics.
• Coordinate various activities to ensure proper and filing of serious adverse events, amendments, annual reports, and other regulatory documents.
• Problem-solve complex or unpredictable situations and improve processes and services to patients and colleagues.
• Manage clinical and research support activities to ensure patient safety and address the clinical needs of the patients.
• Prepare documentation and track and report regulatory and institutional protocol requirements and resolve all stipulations from protocol oversight groups.
• Contribute to all study related IRB and regulatory matters, including all reporting requirements (including deviations, unanticipated problems, adverse events) and report issues and variance promptly to the research team.
• Participate in the design and implementation of current and future protocols and studies.
• Survey medical literature for background information on specific aspects of the diseases under purview.
• Perform and/or coordinate the collection, processing and handling of laboratory samples, including appropriate storage and shipping.
• Report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies; anticipate and create databases and data capture forms to meet protocol needs.
• Administers protocol consents and documentation and monitors compliance.
• Serves as point of contact for families and their physicians; perform data retrieval; communicate test results to outside entities; ensure adequate consents.
• Conduct family interviews to obtain comprehensive understanding of the care needs of the patient.
• Serve as liaison between NIH and various outside agencies to further the mission of education and protocol implementation.
• Document observations and identify and evaluate trends and important findings, communicating information to the multidisciplinary research team for prompt clinical action.
• Participate in recruitment and outreach activities and contribute to recruitment strategies through innovative ideas.
• Assist with and perform quality assurance and QC activities relating to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data collection, data abstraction and data analysis.
• Determine suitability of patients for travel. 5
• Assist with and performs quality assurance and QC activities relating to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data collection, data abstraction and data analysis.
• Collect and report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies.
• Utilize established resources to design new study methods to meet research study objectives.
• Facilitate the ease of reporting, avoidance of repetition of data entry procedures and generation of reports appropriate to various agencies.
• Collaborate with staff to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care delivery and to identify and implement new practice patterns.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control activities relating to protocol adherence, protocol monitoring, data collection, data abstraction and data analysis and protect research participant data in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Facilitate the ease of reporting, avoidance of repetition of data entry procedures and generation of reports appropriate to various agencies.
• Perform and/or coordinate the collection, processing and handling of laboratory samples, including appropriate storage and shipping.
• Initiate active efforts for protocol enrollment.
• Assist research and medical staff interview, screen and evaluate the appropriateness of eligible subjects for participation in the research protocol.
• Performs clinical data interpretation and evaluates and interprets protocol and clinical trial findings.
• Provide expertise in clinical trial coordination and management of data acquisition.
• Work with Principal Investigator to make recommendations to patients and families regarding disease management.
• Organize and facilitate the training program and teach physicians, physicians in training, nurses and other staff.
• Assist with data through CRIS and UDPICs databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry.
• Respond to phone calls from patients or potential patients inquiring about specific diseases.
• Collaborate with staff to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care delivery and to identify and implement new practice patterns.
• Develop new standards for novel and unpredicted research situations and interventions.
• Respond to phone calls from patients or potential patients inquiring about specific diseases.
• Interview, screen and recruit patients for entry into protocol; contribute to conferences determining who will be accepted into the UDP. 4
• Develop intake tools and screening forms and work with researchers and medical staff on the general administration of protocols’ implementation.
• Design, implement and evaluate complex protocols; assist with challenging patient populations.
• Develop intake tools and screening forms; work with staff on the general administration of protocols' implementation.
• Ensure that standard operating procedures (SOPs) reflect the highest standard of rigor.
• Maintain computerized patient files and databases containing research data generated through protocol studies and perform data searches of medical records for analyses of patient characteristics.
• Participate in clinical practice and research support meetings; develop multidisciplinary performance improvement programs and projects.
• Organize and maintain an active referral list and master schedule for planning follow up and new patient admissions.
• Manage data through research databases to ensure accurate and reliable data entry.
• Advise health care members in the execution of trails and resolution of logistical constraints; ensure that all aspects of
• Participate in clinical practice and research support meetings and develop multidisciplinary performance improvement programs and projects to improve operating procedures, patient care and decrease costs.
• Provide instruction to potential clinical study subjects and those involved in care of subjects on aspects of subject’s care, treatments, and side-effects.
• Communicates with families and caregivers to obtain medical records; conduct family interviews to obtain comprehensive understanding of the care needs of the patient and family members during travel to and from NIH and throughout the evaluation period. 3
• Engage in team meetings to update team members of changing directions in study implementation.
• Survey the medical literature for background information on specific aspects of the diseases under purview.
• Determine suitability of patients for travel. 2
• Participate in data analysis and management as well as manuscript preparation and presentation of findings.
• Examine and monitor patients during protocol studies; ensure the collection of a complete clinical database on each patient.
• Collaborate with staff to obtain and maintain informed consent/assent and address ethicaland legal implication of same.
• Advise health care members in the execution of trials and resolution of logistical constraints; ensure that all aspects of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and federal regulatory requirements are met/exceeded.
• Support the general implementation, tracking, data acquisition, collection and reporting of all elements of the protocols.
• Serves as a liaison between NIH and various outside agencies to further the mission of education and protocol implementation.
• Interview, screen and recruit patients for entry into protocol; contribute to conferences determining who will be accepted into the UDP. 1
• Monitor activities pertaining to clinical protocols such as monitoring patient recruitment and retention, trial progress, and the need for extension or renewal of ongoing trials.
• Adjust patient care in the absence of established guidelines.
• Continually assess ongoing understanding of the research process for patients and families and provide teaching and support as indicated.
• Collaborate with researchers and medical staff to obtain and maintain informed consent and assent and address ethical and legal implication of the research protocol.
• Survey the medical literature for background information on specific aspects of the diseases under purview.
• Develops new research protocols.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 represents priority rankings, where 1 is highest priority and 5 is lowest priority of those ranked

Minimum Education

Associate's

Additional Qualifications

Certifications & Licenses

• Master’s degree in Nursing
• CPR Certification
• Current state nursing licensure

Field of Study

• Nursing

Software

• MS Office

Skills

• Expertise in matters related to the research process and specific, complex patients with undiagnosed diseases.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in Pediatrics.
• Two (2) years of specialized experience plus a bachelor's degree is equivalent to a Master's Degree.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.

Benefits

• Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Educational Benefits for Career Growth
• Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
• 401K Matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 100% Medical Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
• Profit Sharing
• Healthcare (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (Including Holidays)

The diversity of Axle’s employees is a tremendous asset. We are firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment based on age, race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, status with respect to public assistance, and other characteristics protected under state, federal, or local law and to deter those who aid, abet, or induce discrimination or coerce others to discriminate.

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Disclaimer The above description is meant to illustrate the general nature of work and level of effort being performed by individual’s assigned to this position or job description. This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.