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About the Role

The Director of Nursing provides supervision and professional guidance to clinic and infusion nurses, nurse navigators, referral intake team, and schedulers. This role ensures organizational goals are met and that ongoing training, education, and high-quality care are delivered through effective processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective, proactive leadership to team members, including managers, clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, schedulers, and referral intake coordinators.
• Provide effective training and ensure competency of staff and management team for respective job roles.
• Maintain adherence and demonstrate ongoing compliance for all departments with internal standard operating procedures and participate in ongoing review and updates.
• Ensure high quality, coordinated care by communicating care plans and schedules to patients, return patient calls promptly and provide same-day/next-day visits for patients with time-sensitive issues.
• Provide clinical support and guidance for study coordinators, primary nurses, and treatment room nurses.
• Serve as nurse educator / preceptor for new clinical research staff, including treatment room nurses, triage LVNs, primary nurses and study coordinators.
• Develop and deploy necessary training and education to support compliance with internal quality standards.
• Ensure departments are using efficient, effective processes and systems to support patient care workflows and compliant care delivery in the context of clinical research protocols.
• Use continuous process improvement techniques to proactively identify and address areas of improvement.
• Review all incoming protocols for feasibility with respect to nursing operations and study coordinator teams.
• Manage study allocation equitably across study coordinator team members.
• Track and maintain effective standards and metrics with respect to referral intake, new patient visit, enrollment, and screening steps in research process.
• Lead efforts related to growth in enrollment; identify and prevent any barriers to new patient visits and enrollment.
• Ensure effective inter-departmental interaction and communication with other support departments including regulatory, quality, site development, pharmacy and finance.
• Support effective use and implementation of CTMS system, EHR system, and other necessary software to ensure appropriate and accurate documentation and data capture.
• Supervise nurse navigators and support growth goals of clinical research program with respect to new patient referrals and accruals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• RN license in good standing with state.
• ONS/ONCC chemotherapy immunotherapy certificate course.
• Knowledge of GCP, GDPR and federal clinical research regulations required in US and Europe.
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Office applications and clinical documentation systems.
• Required to travel up to 5% of the time.

Skills

• Leadership
• Training
• Compliance
• Patient Care Coordination
• Clinical Support
• Nurse Education
• Process Improvement
• Protocol Review
• Inter-departmental Communication
• CTMS System Use
• EHR System Use
• Documentation
• Data Capture

Location

• Manhattan, New York

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• Director

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Advanced degree in nursing or leadership (Preferred)
• ONS/ONCC chemotherapy immunotherapy certificate course
• Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) (Preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $180,000.00 - $190,000.00

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Eligibility for an annual performance bonus
• Generous paid time off and paid holidays
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Optional insurance options
• Company paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible FSA and HSA plans
• Supportive environment that values balance, wellbeing, and flexibility

About the Company

• The START Center for Cancer Research (“START”) is the world’s largest early phase site network, fully dedicated to oncology clinical research.
• START has provided hope to cancer patients in global community practices by offering "Hope Through Access” to cutting edge trials throughout the United States and Europe.
• START clinical trial sites have conducted more than 1,000 early-phase clinical trials, including dozens of therapies that were approved by the FDA or EMA.
• START represents the world’s largest roster of early-phase principal investigators across its Network of clinical trial sites.
• Committed to accelerating passage from trials to treatments, START delivers hope to patients, families, and physicians around the world via our mission of “Hope Through Access”.
• Learn more at STARTresearch.com.
• Join us in our mission to conquer cancer, one clinical trial at a time.
• Your expertise and dedication can help us bring hope and healing to patients worldwide.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.