Clinical Research Nurse

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Work collaboratively with the principal investigator, Clinical Research Associates (CRA), and other Clinical Research Nurses (CRNs) on the conduct of multiple federally-funded trials to test supportive interventions to improve quality of life and quality of care for patients with cancer and their family caregivers. Specifically, the CRN will be responsible for the delivery of telehealth/remote telemonitoring-driven interventions (assessments, telehealth calls, triage management, education) to improve symptom management, quality of life, and reduce caregiving burden for patients with cancer and their family caregivers. The CRN role will also include coordination/communication with patients/family caregivers, oncology team and clinicians (physicians, APPs, supportive care medicine etc). The position will be on a highly collaborative team, with a great support structure, working hard to meet milestones and targets, but taking the time to celebrate victories and supporting each other throughout the work.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Collaborate with the investigator to ascertain study patient eligibility for clinical trial, including documentation of criteria specified in the clinical trial.
• Assess, identify and prioritize clinical information to physician, NP, PA and other clinicians for patients who are being evaluated or who are enrolled in to IRB clinical trials.
• Assess and document signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to treatment, changes in physical or psychological condition and general appearance in accordance with the IRB protocol assuring that the documentation is complete and accurate in order to avoid protocol deviations.
• Manage patient/family phone calls – collaborating with MD, NP and/or PA as needed to obtain orders for the management of the patient.
  Ensure the consent process is performed in compliance with institutional, FDA, IRB, clinical trial sponsor and other applicable regulations.
  

Your qualifications should include:

• BSN
• 2 or more years of experience in oncology. clinical research, research, ICU, other intensive care setting, pediatrics, case management or nurse navigation.
• Human subjects protection training (can be completed after hire)

Required Certification/Licensure:

• Current California RN License
• American Heart Association BLS Certification
  City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.