The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) is seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Developer to support cutting-edge biomedical research and data science. In this role, the developer serves as the primary application and data developer for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) supported research projects, owning the full lifecycle from requirements gathering through implementation, maintenance, and technical debt management. This role is critical in enabling researchers and clinicians to advance discovery, improve patient outcomes, and accelerate translational science. The position will coordinate with central Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) IT and institutional partners as needed to align with security, compliance, and hosting standards, while remaining focused on ICTS research systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in software engineering, a strong understanding of data management and architecture in biomedical contexts, and experience collaborating in academic or research-driven environments.

Duties to include but not limited to:

• Collaborate with colleagues and research community end users (both local and national) to define functional/technical specifications and offer solutions. Lead design and analysis.

• Consult with colleagues and research community end users to define system requirements, identify programming and output needs, and verify preliminary design and output. Write documentation and educate community in application and or data warehouse functionality.

• Recommend tools, languages, technologies, techniques, and standards to improve our processes.

• Build development environment automation.

• Propose software maintenance procedures and schedules.

• Provide on-call coverage for complex issues.

• Scope potential projects to create summaries and make recommendations.

• Develop work plan and time schedules for computing projects including outlining phases and identifying personnel and computing equipment requirements.

• Gather business system solution requirements by interviewing and analyzing work processes and operations; evaluate business and information systems functionality.

• Act as a functional expert for the translation of business practice into systems.

• Build and foster relationships. Provide leadership in multiple areas of expertise.

• Seek ways to improve assigned processes.

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At the University of Iowa’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is where cutting-edge discoveries move from the lab to patient care. As the front line of clinical research for both pediatric and adult populations, the CRU provides the space, expertise, and support to advance groundbreaking studies that impact lives in Iowa and beyond. Supported by the Carver College of Medicine and the Early Phase Trials Unit, the CRU conducts Phase I–IV clinical trials across a wide range of conditions. Our health care providers play a central role in bringing these studies to life, delivering care with compassion while ensuring research is conducted safely and with the highest standards of integrity.

Under the supervision of a physician, and/or Nurse Manager and/or designee the Clinical Research Paramedic or Respiratory Therapist is at the forefront of medical innovation, administering investigational treatments and clinical assessments. Our expert health care providers monitor participant health and safety according to trial protocols while collaborating closely with physicians, research staff, clinical teams, patients, and families. Their work strikes the critical balance between protecting research participants and ensuring fidelity to each study design, ultimately contributing to the discoveries that shape tomorrow’s standard of care.

Duties to include but not limited to:

• Provides direct care within the parameters of the research protocol to attain expected measurable outcomes.  

• Provides care to acute and complex patient populations and utilizes appropriate professional judgment and critical decision making in planning and providing care.

• Collaborates with nursing, medical staff and research professionals in the review of clinical research protocols in relationship to clinical standards of care, protocol needs, and participant safety.  

• Provides leadership for direct patient care and protocol adherence collaborating with unit-based nurse management team and study teams.

• Participate in the design, development, collection and testing of clinical research trial data systems.

• Acts as a liaison between health care clinical information systems and research data systems.

• Acts as a participant advocate. Keeps participants safe in the conduct of clinical research, research interventions and protocol activities. Continually assesses risk and coordinates research activities to minimize participant risk.

• Assures consent is completed prior to visit activities.

• Ensure that medical care is safe, effective, and efficient. Identify opportunities to improve protocol adherence and data collection that is cost-effective.

• Provide assistance with tracking grant budgets and identify opportunities to ensure that grant funding is being used as intended and awarded.

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At the University of Iowa’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is where cutting-edge discoveries move from the lab to patient care. As the front line of clinical research for both pediatric and adult populations, the CRU provides the space, expertise, and support to advance groundbreaking studies that impact lives in Iowa and beyond. Supported by the Carver College of Medicine and the Early Phase Trials Unit, the CRU conducts Phase I–IV clinical trials across a wide range of conditions. Our nurses play a central role in bringing these studies to life, delivering care with compassion while ensuring research is conducted safely and with the highest standards of integrity.

The Clinical Research Nurse is at the forefront of medical innovation, administering investigational treatments and clinical assessments. Our expert nurses monitor participant health and safety according to trial protocols while collaborating closely with physicians, research staff, clinical teams, patients, and families. Their work strikes the critical balance between protecting research participants and ensuring fidelity to each study design, ultimately contributing to the discoveries that shape tomorrow’s standard of care.

At the University of Iowa’s Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is where cutting-edge discoveries move from the lab to patient care. As the front line of clinical research for both pediatric and adult populations, the CRU provides the space, expertise, and support to advance groundbreaking studies that impact lives in Iowa and beyond. Supported by the Carver College of Medicine and the Early Phase Trials Unit, the CRU conducts Phase I–IV clinical trials across a wide range of conditions. Our nurses play a central role in bringing these studies to life, delivering care with compassion while ensuring research is conducted safely and with the highest standards of integrity.

The Clinical Research Nurse is at the forefront of medical innovation, administering investigational treatments and clinical assessments. Our expert nurses monitor participant health and safety according to trial protocols while collaborating closely with physicians, research staff, clinical teams, patients, and families. Their work strikes the critical balance between protecting research participants and ensuring fidelity to each study design, ultimately contributing to the discoveries that shape tomorrow’s standard of care.

Duties to include but not limited to:

• Provides direct nursing care including infusions, medication administration all routes and assessments in relation to the research protocol to attain expected measurable outcomes.  

• Provides nursing care to acute and complex patient populations and utilizes appropriate professional judgment and critical decision making in planning and providing care.

• Collaborates with nursing, medical staff and research professionals in the review of clinical research protocols in relationship to clinical standards of care, protocol needs, and participant safety.  

• Provides leadership for direct patient care and protocol adherence collaborating with unit-based nurse management team and study teams.

• Acts as a participant advocate. Keeps participants safe in the conduct of clinical research, research interventions and protocol activities. Continually assesses risk and coordinates research activities to minimize participant risk.

• Assures consent is completed prior to visit activities.

• Design and implement participant/family health education activities for clinical research. Supports participant/family/educational activities.

• Serves as an educational and clinical resource or consultant for clinical research participants, family and research staff. 

• Ensures that nursing practice is safe, effective, efficient and patient centered. Identifies barriers and opportunities to improve protocol adherence and data collection. 

• Recommends strategies to improve nursing quality and operationalization of required protocol activities.

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