Research Nurse

22 hours ago


Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time R80 000 - R120 000 per year

Duties/Pligte

  • Recruiting, consenting and following up with study participants.
  • Working closely with doctors and nurses to manage patients in the wards.
  • Completing research notes and entering them into the electronic REDCap database.
  • Assisting with coordinating and booking special investigations, including MRI scans and echocardiography.
  • Meeting recruitment targets.
  • Assisting with tracing patients.
  • Collecting, processing and storing biological specimens including blood, cerebro-spinal fluid, saliva, urine and placental samples.
  • Working closely and maintaining good relations with other research nurses, hospital and clinic staff, field staff, study clinicians and laboratory staff.
  • Capturing participant information electronically with high attention to detail
  • Performing clinical nursing procedures related to our studies.
  • Performing various administrative tasks related to our studies, including ordering consumables, drafting standard operating procedures and writing reports.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

  • Registration with the South African Nursing Council as a professional nurse.
  • A qualified midwife.
  • Work experience in an adult or neonatal or paediatric intensive care unit, or similar experience working in a high care setting or theatre.
  • Work experience in obstetrics and/or paediatrics.
  • At least two years' applicable experience.
  • Computer literacy (MS Word and Excel) which will be assessed with a competency test if candidates reach the interview stage.
  • Mobile phone and iPad literacy (must be able to WhatsApp, use a mobile phone to record records, send emails from a phone), which will be assessed with a competency test if candidates reach

the interview stage.

  • Sound interpersonal skills which will be assessed if candidates reach the interview stage.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills which will be assessed with a competency test if candidates reach the interview stage.
  • Fluency in English and isiXhosa or Afrikaans.
  • Phlebotomy skills: must be able to draw blood and insert intravenous cannulas.
  • The ability and willingness to work overtime as needed.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) accreditation.
  • Experience in conducting research.
  • Experience recruiting for randomised control trials.
  • Experience with REDCap.

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