Registered Nurse, Clinical Delivery – Remote, US

What We Do Care Access is a unique, multi-specialty network of research sites which operates as one connected team of physician investigators, nurse coordinators, and operations managers. Our goal is to engage every healthcare professional in clinical research and to make clinical trials a care option for every patient. By removing this bottleneck, Care Access is helping accelerate the approval and delivery of critical and life-saving therapies. Who We Are We care. Our people are the engines behind our mission: to revolutionize access to clinical trials for the benefit of patients everywhere. We care for one another, find new ideas to accelerate medicine, and seed a long-term impact for generations. Position Overview The Registered Nurse (RN) in this role will manage the communication of abnormal lab results to patients, ensuring compliance with state licensure requirements. This includes contacting patients, documenting communications, following up on lab escalations, and collaborating with providers to ensure all patient interactions are appropriately managed and documented. This role is critical in ensuring timely patient communication and maintaining compliance with clinical and legal standards. What You’ll Be Working On (Duties include but not limited to): • Receive and Review Lab Results from Pre-screening Program: Autonomously evaluate flagged abnormal, urgent, or critical lab findings to prepare them for patient communication, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. • Patient Communication: Proactively contact patients to discuss abnormal and critical lab outcomes. Ensure focused and uninterrupted communication, adhering to protocols while delivering only legally permissible information within the RN scope of practice. Use communication techniques to convey complex medical information clearly in a way non-medical patients will understand. Understand that the results shared with the patients may have serious health implications for them and relay them in a compassionate manner. • Patient Education: Develop and implement patient education initiatives to enhance understanding of lab result significance and promote informed decision-making. • Critical Thinking: Independently utilize critical thinking to assess the urgency and implications of abnormal and critical lab results, prioritizing patient communication based on clinical significance. • Documentation: Maintain comprehensive and precise documentation of communications in patient progress notes. Record abnormal and critical results, patient concerns, and subsequent actions. Ensure compliance with regulatory signature requirements. • Time Management: Exhibit exceptional time management skills to efficiently manage multiple lab results and patient communications, prioritizing urgent cases promptly. • Problem Solving Expertise: Apply advanced problem-solving abilities using medical training and experience to troubleshoot issues related to lab result discrepancies or data integrity. • Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage data analytics to identify patterns and trends in lab results, contributing to evidence-based practice and enhanced patient outcomes. • Regulatory Knowledge: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of healthcare regulations and compliance standards to ensure all communications adhere to legal and ethical guidelines. • Escalation to Providers: For questions beyond the RN’s medical scope, escalate to a licensed, on call provider (NP/PA/MD/DO) and manage the completion of result delivery and accompanying required documentation. • Retention Team Escalations: Address lab-related escalations from the Retention Team, such as result clarifications, data discrepancies, or additional test requests, and communicate resolutions back to the patient, documenting the outcome. Physical and Travel Requirements • This is a remote position with less than 10% travel requirements. Occasional planned travel may be required as part of the role. • PTO and On-Call Coordination: Work within a structured on-call system to ensure coverage when team members are on leave. What You Bring (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities): • Strong analytical capabilities, exceptional communication skills, and a commitment to fostering a patient centered environment. • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple patients efficiently. • Ability to work independently while collaborating with a larger clinical team. • This role is pivotal in upholding clinical and legal standards through meticulous communication and patient care management. ○ • Precision in data analysis and documentation to ensure accuracy in lab results and reporting. Certifications/Licenses, Education, and Experience: • Education: • Active RN licensure with a commitment to compliance and regulatory standards. Compact Licensure required. Additional licenses may be required in addition. • BSN or equivalent degree preferred. • Experience: • Minimum of 3 years of experience as a working nurse, clinical research, medical communications, and/or related field. • Proficiency in Salesforce or other EMR systems for documenting patient interactions. • Licensure Requirement: Compact licensure required, non-compact state license preferred. Willingness to maintain and obtain additional state licenses as needed. Must hold all licenses in good standing. ■ Compact States [42]: RNs with compact licenses can practice in all 42 states in the compact, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Texas, and more. ■ Non-Compact States [8]: California, Nevada, Illinois, Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Minnesota, New York. Benefits (US Full-Time Employees Only) • PTO/vacation days, sick days, holidays. • 100% paid medical, dental, and vision Insurance. 75% for dependents. • HSA plan • Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life Insurance. • Culture of growth and equality • 401k retirement plan Diversity & Inclusion We serve patients and researchers from diverse cultures and communities around the world. We are stronger and better when we build a team representing the people we aim to support. We maintain an inclusive culture where people from a broad range of backgrounds feel valued and respected as they contribute to our mission. We value diversity and believe that unique contributions drive our success. At Care Access, every day, we are advancing medical breakthroughs. We’re uniting standard patient care with cutting-edge treatments and research. Our work brings life-changing therapies to those in need and paves the way for newer and greater treatments to reach the world. We’re proud to advance these breakthroughs and work with the big players while engaging with the physicians and caring for patients. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Care Access is unable to sponsor work visas at this time. Employment Statement Care Access complies with all employment laws and regulations with respect to its employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, and pay equity and wages. Care Access does not engage in any unfair or forced labor practice and does not tolerate, under any circumstances, the use of any form of forced or involuntary labor, child labor, or human trafficking. This extends to suppliers, partners, or other third parties with whom Care Access does business. Care Access values and promotes the protection of human rights everywhere.