Clinic Research Nurses

LIH’s Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation Centre (CIEC) aims at promoting, supporting local projects and helping researchers to consolidate experimental findings through quality-assured clinical research involving patients and healthy individual.
The Clinical Research Nurse will assist the research Nurse Team in its day to day activities :

• Assist the investigator and the medical team in all stages of a study,
• Organise the research protocol and participate in data collection and management,
• Carry out nurse-related activities as stated in the clinical research protocol,
• Participate in communication activities for clinical research.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure the comprehension of the clinical research protocol hence its realization.
• Participate in informing and recruiting participants, obtaining their informed consent in closed collaboration with the leading physician and organizing clinical visits.
• Perform nursing activities and assist the clinical team as mentioned in the protocol.
• Collect and transfer biological samples to the laboratories concerned in line with the protocol procedures.
• Ensure data management (collection of clinical data, pseudo-anonymisation, coding, case filing, monitoring, etc.).
• Ensure data safety reporting.
• Manage and maintain study equipments.
• Assist in internal and external project meetings.
• Participate in specialization training required for the concerned study.
• Promote clinical research to professionals and/or lay public.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Nursing degree – working authorization in Luxembourg is needed.
• At least 2 years of experience as a nurse in a hospital or healthcare network is a prerequisite.
• Driving licence category B is required.
• Preferably experience in clinical research and/or oncology, neurology is an asset.
• Able to work independently.
• Eager to learn, pro-activ, well-organized, good communication skills, responsible and flexible.
• IT skills: MS Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook); experience with patient data bases.
• Language skills: Fluent in French and English. Any other commonly spoken language in Luxembourg such as Portuguese, German or Luxembourgish would be an added advantage.