Nurse Research Scientist - Nursing Professional Development & Research

Position Highlights:

• Position: System Nurse Research Scientist
• Location: Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL
• Full Time/Part Time: FT, 40 hours
• Hours: Monday-Friday

What you will do:

Research Educator/Mentor 50%

• Develops and coordinates education related to research and research related activities, including the nursing scientific process.
• Provides didactic education to facilitate nursing research.
• Provides mentorship to nurses and nursing teams at all levels and at all campuses.

Committee/Council Participation 10%

• Executive Sponsor and facilitator of the Nursing Research Council with clinical nurse co-chairs.
• Serves as a voting member of the IRB, representing nursing.
• Active member and provides leadership to guide the nursing Research & Innovation Council.
• Participates in other committees/councils/task force etc. as assigned
• Membership in the Magnet Steering Committee/Magnet Champion Meetings

Research Activities 10%

• Provides mentorship to nurses at all levels and at all hospital campuses to conduct and disseminate research activities.
• Assist nurses in the development and design of research projects; including preparing proposals for IRB
• Maintains tracking system for current nursing research, evidence based practice and quality improvement activities within nursing.
• Reviews nursing quality improvement projects to determine if the quality improvement project is a potential research study.
• Monitors progress of ongoing research studies to assist nurse research for meeting established deadlines and maintaining forward progress on research studies.
• Assist nurse researcher in the analysis of data, which includes statistical analysis.
• Mentor nurse researcher as to how to interpret and present research outcomes.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the Magnet Program Director regarding meeting Magnet expectations related to nursing research.

Presentations and Publications of Nursing Research 10%

• Maintain on the intranet ongoing/updated list of current research, publications, and presentations of nursing research.
• Identifies and communicates opportunities for nurses to present research on a local/national level; assisting nurses in completing calls for abstracts.
• Provides guidance for writing nursing research for publication, assisting nurse research through the process of application to completion of article for publication in scholarly journal.
• Coordinates an internal mechanism/activity for disseminating nursing research at on an annual basis.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership to establish a system of recognition for research-related achievements by nurses.

New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements 10%

• Keeps abreast of scientific literature; assists in literature reviews and evidence-based practices.
• Assist in the evaluation of literature/best practices and the application of a new practice/innovation/improvement in nursing practice. 
• Identifies funding opportunities for nursing research.
• Create environment of inquiry where nurses can bring questions/ideas regarding nursing practice and these questions/ideas potentially result in a research study.
• Facilitate and promote nursing exposure for podium/poster presentations to both internal and external audiences.

Magnet Designation 10%

• Responsible for providing the "table of research" required for the Magnet Document and any interim monitoring requirements.
• Writes the narrative for the Sources of Evidence (SOE) in the Magnet Document related to Nursing Research.
• Collaborates with the Magnet Program Director and Hospital Site Coordinators.
• Ensures the development, implementation and periodic evaluation of nursing research standards, policies and procedures that elevate nursing performance and are consistent with all applicable regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Formulate and evaluates the system nursing research strategic plan.
• Implements research strategic planning and provides mentorship and guidance to new principal investigators in the scientific research process.  
• Provides leadership in development implementation and evaluation of departmental nursing research and knowledge generation.
• Provides leadership and guidance for development of nursing research capabilities and funding.

What you will need:

• Education: Doctorate Degree is required. If doctorate is in a specialty outside of nursing, a baccalaureate or master’s degree in nursing is required.

Certification:

• Current professional Nursing Licens