Research Nurse or Project Coordinator

Implementation Science in Health Care

Research Nurse or Project Coordinator %

Start of employment 1 April 2026 or by agreement, temporary

The Implementation Science in Nursing Group is based at the Medical Faculty's Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care and the University Hospital Zurich's Center of Clinical Nursing Science. Our research focuses on family health interventions and innovative, nurse-led models of care, primarily in acute-critical settings. We have a dual focus on intervention and implementation science research.

We invite applications for a 4-year Research Nurse/Project Coordinator position in the SNSF-funded FICUScale implementation-effectiveness trial, which investigates the national scale-up of an evidence-informed, family-focused model of care in intensive care units (FICUS). This position will offer excellent opportunities to strengthen your research project skills in a dynamic, clinical setting and an interdisciplinary, multi-lingual team.

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 is 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).

Information on your application

Office address starting in spring 2026: Plattenstrasse 10, 8032 Zurich

Please apply via the job portal by 10 December 2025. Please submit your electronic application (in a single PDF file), outlining your motivation for the position, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, publication record, and certificates.

What we offer

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
• Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH

Learning and Development

• Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
• Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich

Food

• Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
• Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution

Healthcare

• Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
• Free seasonal flu vaccinations
• Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower

Discounts

• Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
• Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
• Special conditions on hotel reservations

Conditions of Employment

• Policies of the UZH
• Most UZH staff are employed according to public law

International Services

• Support for people from outside Switzerland

Campuses

• Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
• Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg

Location
Implementation Science in Health Care

Universitätstrasse 84, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland

Further information
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Rahel Naef

Professor

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