Director, Nursing

Position Summary:  

Director (Director) of Research Nursing provides supervision to all research nurses, treatment room nurses, primary nurses, nurse navigators, referral intake team and schedulers. The Director of Research Nursing provides professional guidance and development to the nurses and staff that he/she supervises, ensures organizational goals and objectives are met by the departments under their responsibility, and ensures on-going training, education and high-quality care are delivered through effective processes and systems in their respective departments. 

Essential Responsibilities:  

• Provide effective, proactive leadership to research nursing team members, including nurse managers, research nurses, physician nurses, treatment room nurses, nurse navigators, schedulers, referral coordinators 

• Provide effective training and demonstrate competency of staff and management team for respective job roles; 

• Maintain adherence and demonstrate ongoing compliance for all departments (Research Nursing, Treatment Room,) with internal standard operating procedures and participate in ongoing review and updates as needed for the good of the patients, sponsors and organization; 

• 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 for the good of the patient and the organization; 

• 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 to ensure successful care delivery and compliance with all federal, GCP and regulatory agency requirements; 

• Support effective use and implementation of CTMS system, EHR system, and other necessary software to ensure appropriate and accurate documentation and data capture in the departments of responsibility; 

• Supervise nurse navigators and support growth goals of clinical research program with respect to new patient referrals and accruals; 

• Other duties as required. 

Qualifications & Skills:  

• Advanced practice degree and license required 

• Bachelors degree in nursing required; RN license in good standing with state of Michigan 

• Previous experience in oncology clinical research preferred; 

• 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.