• Assist with the development and implementation of research protocols, participant recruitment and regulatory documentation.
• Assess the health status of assigned study subjects. Review and interpret screening and diagnostic reports. Bring abnormalities to the attention of study M.D.s or the principal investigator. Manage coordinate and assume responsibility for activities of the assigned aspects of specific research protocols to ensure safe and competent care and effective protocol management.
• Implement subject intake and schedule subjects for studies as needed.
• Administer medications if needed per protocol.
• Assess the health status of assigned subject- perform medical histories and physical examinations. Conduct medical procedures as needed including blood draws, ECGs and placement of ECGs for heart rate variability monitoring.
• In collaboration with study physicians plan, implement, feedback to research participants and as needed communicate results to participants and with appropriate to consent to the participants health care providers.
• Monitor participants to ensure that research protocol is being followed. Keeping accurate records documenting activities.
• Complete case reports forms to ensure that data is detailed and accurate
• Design and implement teaching plans for study subjects to meet learning needs in relation to treatment and research process.

• License to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in NYS is required.
• Masters Degree and 5 yrs patient management experience in clinical research with an administrative leadership component is preferred
• • The individual is expected to establish and maintain effective communication with professional and ancillary personnel, and to demonstrate a high degree of self-motivation.
  • Must be able to work with a research and clinical trials team including principal investigator, laboratory personnel, research coordinators as well as other physicians and scientist.
  • Use standards of good clinical practice.
  • Familiarity with database utilization, regulatory compliance and human subjects’ protection issues.
  • Must be able to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to change.

  Scope of Responsibility – This position will report to the Director of Neurology (Jessica Zwerling, MD) and to the study PI (Richard Lipton, MD). The position will interact with the study Neuropsychologist and research staff. The position has independence in clinical assistant with ready back-up from medical personnel.

Founded in 1955, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is one of the nation’s premier institutions for medical education, basic research and clinical investigation. A full-time faculty of some 2,000 conducts research, teaches, and delivers health care in every major biomedical specialty. The college has some 730 medical students, 193 Ph.D. students, 106 MD/Ph.D. students and 275 postdoctoral fellows.Einstein’s major strength, in addition to training physicians and scientists, is its science. During fiscal year 2015, the faculty’s consistently high level of scientific achievement resulted in the awarding of more than $150 million in peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).Einstein is part of Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, an integrated academic delivery system comprising seven campuses, including 8 hospitals, a multi-county ambulatory network, a new state-of-the art “hospital without beds”, a skilled nursing facility, school of nursing, home health agency, and the state’s first freestanding emergency department. As the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is a premier academic health system, employing Einstein’s clinical faculty and training Einstein’s medical students, over 1,300 residents, 420 allied health students, and 1,600 nursing students annually.

We have also been recognized by Forbes as one of the country's best midsize employers in 2019. Forbes ranked Einstein in the top overall nationally among midsize employers. Einstein ranked 3rd within the education category in New York State and 9th nationally among all midsize education employers.The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Einstein seeks candidates whose skills, and personal and professional experience, have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence, and the communities we serve.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) will assess older adults using structured mental status examination and a clinical examination, independently or in autonomous collaboration with other health professionals. The NP is responsible for managing the assessment of patients, providing feedback to participants on medical and neurologic issues that arise from the assessment and providing information to the participants treating clinicians when appropriate. The NP is expected to establish and maintain effective communication with professional and ancillary personnel and ancillary personnel, and to demonstrate a high degree of self motivation. Must be able to work with several members of the study team at various locations as needed.