Research Nurse or Project Coordinator 70-100%

Start of employment 1 April 2026 or by agreement, temporary

Your responsibilities

This Research Nurse/Project Coordinator involves the management of a national, multi-center implementation-effectiveness trial in close collaborations with a team of interdisciplinary researchers, patients, families, and critical care clinicians across Switzerland. Responsibilities included:

• Collaborate with different research partners and teams involved in the project across Switzerland and internationally.
• Coordinate project timelines, tasks and team meetings/events. Organize workshops and meetings.
• Support patient and public involvement and engagement strategy and coordinate activities of the patient and family member advisory board.
• Support trial preparation, including ethics submission, SOP development, study documents, and data capture systems set-up in collaboration with the group's research coordinator.
• Initiate study sites, train local research teams, and support study coordination and data collection at different sites, close-out visits.
• Collect survey and interview data, manage data capture system.
• Ensure GCP-conformity, data quality assurance and -monitoring strategy in collaboration with the group's research coordinator.
• Support the delivery of the study intervention.
• Implement communication plan.
• Prepare reports and manage communication with different bodies.

Your profile

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a strong background in nursing, critical care, or a healthcare profession:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Health or Social Sciences or equivalent qualification.
• Work experience in clinical research contexts and / or nursing in acute-critical care contexts.
• Prior experience in research project management or successfully managing multi-center research projects in clinical health care settings.
• Strong interest in family-focused health care, critical care, and nursing.
• Proficiency in project management, with excellent planning and coordination skills, including the ability to anticipate and respond to project challenges.
• Some expertise in implementation processes of novel intervention or in training colleagues is an advantage.
• Sound command of written and spoken German and English. Communication skills in Italian or French are an asset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enjoys and excels in collaborating with diverse groups, including patients, families, clinicians, and researchers throughout Switzerland.
• Enjoys working both independently and as part of a team.
• Command of MS Office, completed GCP Training, prior experience in data capture systems (such as REDCap).

Unsere Benefits

Universitätsspital Zürich
8091 Zürich