Nurse Practitioner at GAP Solutions, Inc.

Position Objective: The purpose of the Certified Nurse Practitioner is to provide direct medical care and treatment for individuals enrolled in human subjects research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiate and coordinate visits, drug orders, laboratory procedures, consultations, and treatments for patients based on clinical needs or protocol requirements.
• Monitor patients for toxicities of treatment and other possible adverse reactions to drugs or procedures that may require emergency treatment or revision of the prescribed regimen.
• Administer and adjust trial medication under the guidance of a physician.
• Provide documentation and monitoring and grading of side effects related to a variety of study interventions including drugs and psychological behaviors.
• Monitor drug compliance by subjects throughout the life of the protocol and document missed doses of medication.
• Take histories and perform physical examinations or perform daily progress evaluations for inpatients or follow-up visits for outpatients and document appropriately.
• Review patient’s charts to collect relevant clinical data and analyze trends in patient responses collected through structured and semistructured interviews with patients and patients’ families.
• Perform intake and preliminary evaluation of potential subjects through e-Interviewing, review of medical records, completion of safety screening, consultation with treating professionals, and with medical staff.
• Screen healthy subjects and patients and interview subjects to obtain social and medical history and medication history.
• Communicate with patients’ home physicians and family care institutions for the release of medical records, imaging studies and pathology slides.
• Perform physical examinations of adult patients with complex and difficult multi-system diseases, enter results into patient charts and address any concerns that arise from research participants following completion of examination.
• Perform comprehensive medical histories research, and document findings per institutional and protocol standards.
• Perform clinical data recording and medical chart entries manually and electronically within standard applications and software programs using the appropriate format and following institutional and protocol standards.
• Assess the patient’s general health status through observation and appropriate screening procedures and document results and findings.
• Perform complex physical testing of patients and research participants in accordance with research protocols beyond general physical examination and record results and findings.
• Assess patient care needs such as acute and non-acute clinical problems and toxicities.
• Participate in patient rounds and protocol meetings and provide comprehensive patient management support.
• Participate in research group meetings and in the decision making process regarding patient inclusion in the studies, diagnoses and patient and family management throughout.
• Maintain individual patient schedules throughout the visit as liaison with nursing and other evaluating staff.
• Enter medical orders and review lab and other diagnostic tests and laboratory studies test results for normal and abnormal findings with guidance from a physician or collaboration with other staff.
• Provide education to patients and their caregivers on diagnostic procedures and treatment plans.
• Interpret data and determine normal and abnormal findings that merit immediate clinical action.
• Provide comprehensive documentation of procedures conducted, tests administered, results and findings and present to researchers and medical staff.
• Provide clinical coverage of clinical and research procedures and promote the safety of patients over time.
• Communicate and collaborate with the multidisciplinary research team to ensure that patient management strategies are successful in meeting patient care and research needs. 3
• Provide health care maintenance, diagnostic and therapeutic services, education and counseling.
• Meet with lab members to present updates.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Nursing.
• Certified Nurse Practitioner in the state of Maryland.
• Skilled in MS Office Suite.
• Experience in Good Clinical Practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with non-technical and technical staff.
• Detail-oriented and possess strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects.