General Summary

Under limited supervision, assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of a program of research in collaboration with nurses and other healthcare providers.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

1. Mentors nurses and patient care services (PCS) staff to identify patient care problems and processes that can be addressed through nursing inquiry.
2. Identifies and obtains best available assessment methods to evaluate target outcomes.
3. Generates and facilitates the use of research evidence in guiding nursing practice.
4. Provides consultation in research methods and data analysis to guide decision-making in the research program.
5. Mentors nurses and PCS staff in developing data collection and management skills.
6. Manages databases, including data entry and cleaning.
7. Performs descriptive and inferential statistics using statistical software packages to analyze data generated from nursing and PCS research and evidence-based practice projects.
8. Assists in the development of research grant proposals.
9. Reviews research proposals to ensure scientific merit.
10. Collaborates with other nurse scientists, internal and external to UMMC, to coordinate research activities.
11. Develops and maintains policies and standards within the research program that meet institutional review board regulatory requirements.
12. Assists nurses and PCS staff in the dissemination of scholarly projects, including the preparation of abstracts and manuscripts.
13. Assists in the identification of learning needs of nurses and PCS staff in relation to nursing inquiry and develops educational activities for nursing and PCS staff.
14. Active participant of the University of Maryland, Baltimore Institutional Review Board.
15. Develops and maintains a personal program of research.
16. Makes scholarly presentations at regional and national levels.
17. Participates in regional and national nursing research organizations

Patient Safety

Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.

1. Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety
2. Reports adverse events and near misses to the appropriate management authority.
3. Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices, and communicates the same to those in charge.