(Archived) Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practioner

Akahi Associates, LLC is seeking a highly qualified Nurse Practitioner to work at our client site the National Human Genome Research Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. This is a full-time position with benefits. 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

TASKS/SERVICES. The contractor shall:

• Provide advanced expertise in clinical study coordination and implementation, data and protocol management.
• Oversee the coordination, tracking, data abstraction and collection, data reporting; provide assistance with special procedures and clinical studies focused on lysosomal disorders and neurodegenerative disorders in affiliation with an NHGRI program of research.
• Serve as an Associate Investigator on clinical protocols.
• Ensure that all aspects of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and federal regulatory requirements are met or exceeded and comply with all mandatory NIH training requirements.
• Coordinate the recruitment, scheduling and intake of patients; manage challenging patient or protocol populations; complete intake tools, screening forms and general administration of protocol’s implementation.
• Organize and maintain a patient database.
• Communicate with patients’ home physicians/institutions for the release of medical records, imaging studies and pathology slides.
• Perform comprehensive history and physical examinations; document findings per institutional and protocol standards.
• Assess the patient’s general health status through observation and appropriate screening procedures.
• Order and interpret laboratory tests and diagnostics studies as per protocol and medical necessities.
• Provide teaching and patient education; promote optimal health status for patients.
• Collaborate with other disciplines in obtaining and maintaining informed consent/assent and addressing complex ethical and legal implications of same.
• Perform data management through, CRIS and electronic databases maintained for each study; monitor to ensure accurate and reliable data entry; ensure pristine record keeping of all enrolled patients and families as is standard practice; ensure that security assurance of sensitive patient data is of utmost importance, with all data in strict compliance with NIH policies.
• Perform and/or coordinate the collection, processing and handling of laboratory samples, including appropriate storage and shipping.
• Provide care for pediatric patients (1 to 21 years) with GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis, and related neurodegenerative disorders Coordinate care for patients with GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis receiving gene therapy.
• Identify which patients are due for follow-up evaluations; track study participants.
• Screen inquiries from prospective patients.
• Coordinate weekly clinical research meetings with clinical staff.
• Act as point of contact among lab personnel, families and phlebotomy services to ensure timely acquisition and receipt of samples.
• Report data to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies; anticipate and create database/data capture forms to meet protocol needs; share data collaboratively.
• Pursue activities to facilitate the ease of reporting, avoidance of repetition of data entry procedures and generation of reports appropriate to various agencies.
• Serve as an expert consultant in matters related to the research process and specific, complex patient populations; consult and collaborate with medical and multidisciplinary staff colleagues from the specific institute, department or program; specializing in patients with GM1 and GM2 gangliosidosis and related disorders.
• Provide on-call services to the multidisciplinary team, relevant to all matters of clinical research issues, specifically for patients with lysosomal disorders who are seen on-site.
• Provide mentorship to staff nurses, developing skills and expertise program areas; provide in-services to inpatient and outpatient unit nursing staff, as well as informal education to care providers in-house, to ensure complete and competent care for these patients.
• Serve as a consultant and role model for professional practice, collaboration and communication.
• Problem-solve complex or unpredictable situations and improve processes and services to patients and colleagues.
• Participate in clinical practice and research support meetings and develop multidisciplinary performance improvement programs and projects.
• Collaborate with peers and other multidisciplinary team members to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care delivery and to identify and implement new practice patterns as appropriate.
• Perform skin biopsies when indicated; prepare the necessary kits, local anesthetic and wound care.
• Perform lumbar puncture procedure when indicated and collect CSF for clinical and research studies

DELIVERABLES. Upon request, the contractor shall provide documentation evidence of any and/or all work product, including, but not limited to, the following tasks:

• Work products and documents related to providing advanced expertise in clinical studies and implementation, data and protocol management; oversee the coordination, tracking, data abstraction and collection, data reporting, specimen shipping; aid with special procedures and clinical trials.

• Work products and documents related to communicating with patients’ home physicians/institutions for the release of medical records, imaging studies and pathology slides; perform comprehensive history and physical examinations; document findings per institutional and protocol standards.
• Work products and documents related to assessing the patient’s general health status; order and interpret laboratory tests and diagnostics studies; perform skin biopsies when indicated; prepare the necessary kits, local anesthetic and wound care.

• Work products and documents related to implementing and evaluating complex patients with lysosomal disorders; triage patient inquiries; coordinate patient admissions; complete intake tools, screening forms and general administration of the protocol’s implementation.
• Work products and documents related to obtaining and maintaining informed consent/assent for natural history and treatment trials; address complex ethical and legal implications; perform data management; perform and/or coordinate the collection, processing and handling of samples.
• Work products and documents related to appropriate regulatory and monitoring agencies; anticipate and create database/data capture forms; provide on-call services to team; provide accurate data capture and entry to electronic database from source documents.
• Work products and documents related to providing mentorship to staff; provide services to nursing staff; serve as consultant and role model; provide teaching and patient education; promote optimal health status for patients; patient database is organized and maintained.
• Work products and documents related to solving problems; improve e processes and services to patients and staff; participate in support meetings; develop multidisciplinary performance improvement programs and projects; work with staff to analyze and evaluate current systems of health care delivery; identify and implement new practice patterns.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSE, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER EXPERTISE REQUIRED. The contractor must have:

• Master’s degree as a Nurse Practitioner issued by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC).
• Current ACLS/BLS and CPR certificates.
• Minimum of six (6) years of FNP experience.
• Strong diagnostic and clinical skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Strong communications skills, both oral and written.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.

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