What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Research Nurse position at University Cancer & Blood Center?
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Job Description
Role Overview
The Clinical Research Nurse/Coordinator supports, coordinates, and leads clinical research studies—ranging from industry-sponsored trials to government-funded and investigator-initiated projects. This role ensures efficient progress from planning and approval through study closure, including participant recruitment, data collection, regulatory compliance, and billing coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Study Coordination & Participant Management
At University Cancer & Blood Center, we pride ourselves on listening. On providing hope, guidance, and comfort. On getting up each day and striving to make a positive impact on the lives of patients and their families. From our front-desk staff to our counselors, nurses, technicians and physicians – who’ve chosen to accept their calling, we salute them for their efforts and recognize them as the very special individuals that they are.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO JOIN US? IF SO WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU!
Job Description
Role Overview
The Clinical Research Nurse/Coordinator supports, coordinates, and leads clinical research studies—ranging from industry-sponsored trials to government-funded and investigator-initiated projects. This role ensures efficient progress from planning and approval through study closure, including participant recruitment, data collection, regulatory compliance, and billing coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Study Coordination & Participant Management
- Collaborate with the Principal Investigator (PI) to ensure adherence to study protocols and regulatory requirements.
- Screen, recruit, and enroll participants; explain protocols and secure informed consent.
- Schedule and conduct patient visits: perform assessments, vitals, ECGs, labs, administer investigational treatments, and monitor for adverse events (AEs/SAEs).
- Document and enter clinical findings into source documents, CRFs/eCRFs, and sponsor databases accurately and on time.
- Extract, collect, and manage study-related data from medical records and other sources.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date regulatory binders and documentation, including informed consent forms, IRB submissions, and study logs.
- Ensure compliance with GCP, FDA, OHRP, and institutional guidelines.
- Document and report all AEs and SAEs per protocol, sponsor, and regulatory timelines.
- Oversee investigational product ordering, receipts, storage, preparation, and accountability logs.
- Coordinate laboratory specimen collection, labeling, processing, and shipment per protocol.
- Contribute to protocol development, site feasibility assessments, budgeting, and study start-up tasks.
- Assist with staff training, onboarding, and continuous process improvement.
- Participate in monitoring visits, audits, and sponsor/CRO oversight activities.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Advanced certification (CCRC, CCRP) or Prior Clinical Research experience advantageous.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and coordination ability across multidisciplinary teams.
- Proficiency in Computer skills such as Microsoft Office suite.