Registered Nurse Manager

This position is responsible for supervising research nursing personnel (i.e. Nurse Researchers Sr. Research Support Specialist and Research Assistants). Utilizes education and expertise to oversee patient-related services and activities to help enhance the clinical research opportunities in the Diabetes Center.

Supervise and manage USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Center clinical research personnel (including clinical research nurses) and provide leadership through program development and oversight and support of Center clinical research activities. Manages leave and time policies reviews and approves leave requests for staff; evaluates staff performance; and recommends further action if performance is substandard. Provides training and support to research staff for clinical systems. Work in concert with the Clinical Director to supervise the clinical research team and to assess the clinical research programs current and future needs i.e. infrastructure staff and supplies dependent upon the number and nature of clinical research protocols. Investigates and resolves subject and staff complaints. Interviews prospective and new clinical research employees; ensures proper orientation and training for each employee. Establishes competency measures for
each position.

Consultation and coordination with Clinical Director to support the efforts of clinical research staff to evaluate potential research participants; schedule and perform screenings; explain consent process; randomize participants into appropriate research study. Assist with coordination and scheduling of study visits and followups. Collect analyze and perform quality assurance of study data. Monitor overall clinical studies to ensure quality control measures are in compliance with protocol. Oversee ordering dispensing and maintenance of supplies and study medications. Ensure consistent interpretation and adherence to protocols at all stages of trials by team members. Perform procedures as necessary such as venipuncture electrocardiograms quantitative Sensory Testing glucose/insulin testing etc. as required per protocol.

Support TrialNet Affiliate Center activities including conduct of ongoing clinical trials communication with the TrialNet Coordinating Center and the UF Clinical Center.

Coordinate correspondence with research sponsors including completion of feasibility questionnaires oversight of query responses. Work with the USF Office of Clinical Research in preparing and negotiating research study budgets.

Collaborate in development of new research grants; work with USFD&EC principal investigators to prepare and submit protocol applications amendments annual reviews Adverse Event reports and study sponsor communications to IRB as required. Provide clinical nursing consultation in the development of protocols research instrument design coding analysis and selection of assessments.

Recommend changes in protocols to improve quality of data gathering or overall study. Cover evening and weekend research visits (when necessary) and outreach events. Assist in planning and performing research subject recruitment/screening at appropriate outreach events including camps/walks and
education/support events for patients families and care providers Actively travel to and participate in research study meetings as required to discuss progress/status of study.

Oversee USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Center Research protocol regulatory compliance including IRB submission and correspondence. Utilize principles of Problem Oriented Recording (POR) and Subjective Objective Assessment Planning (SOAP) to diagnose and document patient records.
Recognize physical or emotional abnormalities that require immediate referral and takes appropriate action. Assist physician or nurse practitioner with special exams and procedures. Administer medication vaccines and injections per protocol or physician order; records administration of medication. Counsel patients in self-care prevention treatment and follow-up of problems.

Minimum Qualifications

This position requires licensure as a registered nurse in accordance with Chapter 464 Florida Statutes or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Chapter 64 B9 Florida Administrative Code with six year of directly related professional nursing experience. A bachelors degree in Nursing or directly related field/discipline may substitute for up to two years of the required experience. A Masters degree in Nursing or directly related field/discipline may substitute for up to an additional two years of the required experience.

Senate Bill 1310- The Florida Senate ( is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
SB 1310: Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required not to exceed:
(a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
(b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelors degree;
(c) Six years of direct experience for a masters degree;
(d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
(e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure certification or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical research coordinator experience bilingual (English/Spanish) diabetes educator certification and pediatric phlebotomy/IV insertion experience preferred.