Odyssey Systems has an exciting new opportunity for a Research Nurse supporting the Clinical Investigation Program at the 99th Medical Group at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

• Perform nursing and administrative functions for the Integrative Medicine and CIP including but not limited to, patient appointments, performing integrative medicine treatments for research and clinic patients.
• Accept and assess referrals, plan and evaluate information, identifying any key issues to formulate treatment plans based on sound, practical judgement, experience, and common sense.
• Deliver individualized integrative medicine therapies to patients, which is tailored to their needs; abiding by and performing specific integrative medicine therapies as outlined in any given clinical research protocol.
• Record treatment and procedures rendered, and observe effects.
• Establish and maintain good interpersonal relationships with co-workers, families, peers and other team members.
• Adhere to infection control procedures including use of personal protective equipment, disposal of waste and aseptic technique.
• Perform central sterile supply duties and ensure all equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift.
• Ensure preventive maintenance and routine cleaning are performed as directed.
• Perform basic life support and triage in emergency situations.
• Maintain patient medical records; prepare and submit administrative reports.
• Participate in in-service training and continuing education programs for new procedures, techniques and equipment.
• Provide training related to patient care (especially integrative medicine modalities) to staff from other DoD clinics and facilities.
• Scheduling in multiple formats to include schedule creation, updates, patients scheduling/rescheduling.
• Coordinate patient flow to insure quality, on-time patient care.
• Ensures stock levels are adequate and initiates orders for replenishment.
• Complete accurate and timely documentation of patient visits.
• Creating patient clinic packets, makes copies, prints labels.
• Ensures compliance with each study’s protocol by providing thorough review and documentation at each subject study visit.
• Participates in recruitment and selection of study participants by interviewing and documenting medical history to determine compliance with eligibility requirements.
• Administers investigational medications and/or treatments and performs patient assessments during clinic visits to determine presence of side effects; notifies Principal Investigator of findings/issues. Recommends corrective action as appropriate.
• Provides patient education and medical information to study patients to ensure understanding of proper dosage, administration, and treatment.
• Documents medical data in patient chart to capture protocol requirements.
• Provide administrative support to include the collection, compilation, and documentation of research data, in accordance with the details outlined in the research protocol for a given study and in according with HIPAA guidelines.
• Assist Principal Investigator in identifying recommended protocol changes as needed.
• Provide support to plan and organize technical and consultative meetings.
• Liaise regularly with the Clinical Investigations Program to keep abreast of current clinical research protocols and regulations; attend their department meetings as appropriate.
• Meet with potential research subjects; explain the research project in detail, independently judge suitability of research participants, review subject inclusion/exclusion criteria, and recruit eligible subjects into the study by obtaining written informed consent and HIPAA Authorization, ensure Principal Investigator signs inclusion/exclusion prior to entering research subject into the study.
• Serve as point of contact for research subjects; schedule research visits, clinic room time and other services where needed.
• Maintain integrity of data within data collection tools, spreadsheets and databases. Monitors and evaluates procedure data.
• Ensure compliance of general and study specific regulatory processes across multiple studies of different therapeutic areas and phases, in accordance with the details outlined in: research protocols, applicable Standard Operating Procedures, Food and Drug Administration regulations, Air Force Instructions, Defense Health Agency (DHA) directives, DoD Directives, MDG Instructions, Department of Veterans Affairs regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB) specific regulations, Office for Human Subject Research Protections, The Declaration of Helsinki, The Belmont Report, National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidance and Good Clinical Practices.
• Perform light duties and other related duties as required and assigned.
• Assists CIP Director in various tasks.
• Maintain a safe workplace; observes appropriate safety and occupational health rules and regulations. Employee is required to attend safety and other training relative to his/her position and report infractions of safety procedures to the facility Safety Officer. Must obtain and maintain CITI training and annual Human Subject Research Protection training in accordance with IRB policy.

• Must have current Human Subject Research Protection training Office of the Under Secretary of Defense “Personnel and Readiness”.
• Must have current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Must be detail oriented and able to work independently following a brief period of specific technical training.
• Available to travel in order to provide services, receive specialized training, and/or coordinate between research sites when it’s in the best interest of the Government.

• Experience assisting with acupuncture research preferred.
• Experience with alternative medicine modalities including MEND frequency specific microcurrent Avazzia, preferred.
• Experience working within the Military Medical system (e.g., as military, civilian employee or government contractor) preferred.