Scientist - Clinical Research jobs in Lorain, OH

Position Highlights:

• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more. 
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do: 

Technical Skills:  Coordinates protocols as assigned. 

• Obtains detailed knowledge of all components of study protocol through independent analysis and review of study, prior to study initiation.
• Reviews basic study information and prepares synopsis of protocol.
• Performs day-to-day activities related to clinical research studies including: recruit and screens participants, obtain informed consent, educate participants regarding study requirements, and complete case report forms (CRF). Validates potential patient-participant data against pre-established inclusion criteria for various studies.
• Conducts nursing assessments of research participants including appropriate reporting.

Recordkeeping and Documentation: 

• Documents, records and assimilates accurate participant records and study records to ensure documentation compliance with sponsor guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOP) and internal and external regulatory agencies.
• Provides sponsoring organization with informative/case report forms as requested and for each audit visit.
• Establish and maintain communications with Investigator, Sponsor and internal constituents.
• Completes and maintains case report forms per FDA/NCI guidelines; retains or forwards copies of forms as required by the sponsor.
• Responsible for submission of related documents to the appropriate research review committees and maintenance of regulatory.
• Informs referring doctor of patient’s participation in studies and outcome of any adverse drug reactions.
• Ensures that all laboratory tests are performed at the designated lab facility.
• Assists with data collection for possible prospective and retrospective studies that may be arms or addenda of given protocols.

Appointments and Schedules: 

• Works with front desk staff to schedule visits and procedures and provides instructions and dates to patients.
• Scans existing schedules in order to provide patient with convenient time for appointment.
• Reviews schedules of patients’ diagnostic tests in hospital and clinic for potential participants in assigned studies.

Patient Care: 

• Meets patient at/in clinic for each visit and provides assistance, as necessary, in a courteous and professional manner.
• Explains to the patient, in layman’s terms, the purpose and possible benefits of participating in the study.  This is based on detailed knowledge of each protocol.
• Assists patients with any questions regarding the consent form or other records required to substantiate their participation in the study.
• Acts as a liaison between the study patients and their physicians concerning any problems, adverse reactions, etc. related to the study medication.
• Ensures that the patient has signed the consent form and has been registered to the protocol before becoming involved in any aspects of the study as a participant.
• Notifies patient, physician, and sponsor of any adverse reactions to study medication and identifies what is a serious adverse event versus non-emergent adverse reaction.
• Incorporates evidence-based practice into daily patient care.
• Uses appropriate resources to answer evidence-based practice questions.
• Identifies evidence-based practice/ research findings with potential implications for changing clinical practice. 

What You Will Need:

• Must possess a current nursing license from the State of Ohio.  LPN or RN license required.
• Maintain current BLS certification.
• Demonstrates proficiency in interpersonal, written, and basic computer skills.
• Flexibility in scheduling.
• Demonstrates effective organizational skills.
• Demonstrates ability to be self-directed.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and focus on specific issues.