Junior Research Nurse

SUMMARY:
The University of Cape Town Lung Institute (www.lunginstitute.co.za) requires applications for a JUNIOR RESEARCH NURSE* on a Fixed Term Contract to be based at the Centre for Child and Adolescent Lung Health Unit.
 
The incumbent will be responsible for providing nursing care to the participants enrolled on the studies ongoing at the Unit under the Director, Prof Heather Zar. The Nurse will support a team of counselors, Professional Nurses, and Medical Officers and work with the research team’s laboratory and data teams as required as part of the research studies.
The nurse will be based at Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch, however there will be frequent travel to local clinics for phlebotomy and recruitment of participants for the Unit’s ongoing and upcoming clinical trials with pregnant mothers and infants.

POSITION INFO:
Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma / Degree in Nursing
• Registered with SANC
• Experience working in paediatrics as a Professional Nurse/Midwife
• Additional experience working in Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases would be advantageous
• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Ability to co-ordinate, multi-task and work under pressure
• Strong planning and organising skills
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Ability to work as part of a clinical team
• Good computer skills, proficient with MS office applications and comfortable with data entry of clinical information on tablets/laptops/desktop computers

• Administer routine vaccinations
• Perform infant and paediatric blood sample collection in accordance with study protocols.
• Recruit participants (pregnant mothers and infants) for the Unit’s ongoing observational cohort and clinical trials
• Provide nursing care for enrolled participants
• Perform study procedures including but not limited to: phlebotomy (in adults, children and infants), and the following procedures in children and infants: urine collection, stool collection, induced sputum and nasopharyngeal aspirate procedures, exhaled breath collection, point-of-care ultrasound, exhaled breath collection and collects SATS, respiratory rate and the collection of demographic information from participants
• Support Senior Professional Research Nurse with stock taking, consumables management and ordering, and the maintenance of the emergency trolley
• Support Senior Professional Research Nurse with distribution of patient payments for study reimbursement
• Look up study test results using TrakCare and other databases as required and ensure results from tests are communicated to appropriate research team members
• Perform duty-specific data collection and questionnaire administration with participants
• Perform quality control of data using electronic data capturing
• Perform other research-related duties as assigned

• Position will be based at Red Cross Children’s Hospital
• 12-month Fixed Term Contract
• Full-Time, 40 hours per week (Monday to Friday)