Oncology Research Nurse

Responsibilities

• Manages the screening, enrollment, and maintenance of patients on clinical trials.
• Assures protocol compliance for all patients on trial, participation in consent process, ongoing assessments for changes in condition and adverse events, accurate and timely documentation/data entry.
• Responsible for education and training of other staff and patients.
• Understands the strategic and operational objectives of the research program, may performs high level financial work including budget oversight.
• Trains and promotes professional development of staff.
• Ensures site research quality by practicing in compliance with US Oncology Research, Inc. (USOR) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), principles of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and applicable federal, state, and local regulations through OSHA, CDC and HIPAA.
• Screens potential patients for protocol eligibility.
• Presents trial concepts and details to the patients, participates in the informed consent process, and enrolls patients on clinical trials.
• Reviews patients for changes in condition, adverse events, concomitant medication use, protocol compliance, response to study drug and thoroughly documents and reports all findings to physician and care team.
• Enters orders to assure that protocol compliance is maintained.
• Communicates with physician regarding study requirements, need for dose modification, and adverse event reporting.
• Provides clinical services as required including patient assessments.
• Reviews protocol specific billing guides and submits billing information to appropriate personnel.
• Compiles and reports protocol activity, accrual data, and research financials to practice administration and physicians.
• Maintains regulatory documents in accordance with USOR SOP and applicable regulations.
• Participates in scheduling, monitoring, and auditing visits.
• Interacts with the monitors/auditors while onsite.
• Provides input in determining, and implementing improvements to policies/processes.
• Works with clinic staff to solve complex issues around patient trial participation.
• Develops SOPs in collaboration with research and clinical teams.
• Conducts protocol-specific training for study personnel.
• May work with SRL to determine study recruitment and enrollment goals.
• Oversees subject recruitment and study enrollment to meet goals.
• Leads efforts to find effective strategies for promoting/recruiting research participants and retaining participants in long-term clinical trials.
• Trains and promotes professional development of staff.

Qualifications

• Education/Training: Graduate from an accredited program for nursing education required (BSN preferred).
• OCN, SoCRA or ACRP certification preferred.
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in state of practice.
• Current BLCS or ACLS certification required.
• Business Experience: Minimum three years of nursing experience required, including one in oncology. Experience in clinical research strongly preferred.
• Specialized Knowledge/Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures such as protocols, informed consent documents, and regulatory documents. Ability to work independently, organize, prioritize, and follow through with results. Strong ability multi-task. Must have excellent communication skills. Must have a strong interpersonal skills to be able to interact with multiple people on many different levels. Must have a high level of attention to detail. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. May be responsible for basic clinical assessments.
• Physical Requirements: Large percent of time performing computer based work is required. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.