Oncology Research Nursing Professional (RN) - Early Drug Development

Stanford Health Care•Stanford, CA

22d•$87 - $115•Hybrid

About The Position

The Oncology Research Nursing Professional (ORNP) is a registered nurse who works collaboratively with clinical research staff—including physicians, clinical research associates, advanced practice providers, clinical nurses, pharmacists, and clinic staff—to coordinate care for patients enrolled in cancer center clinical research trials. As the research expert on the multidisciplinary team, the ORNP independently manages an assigned cancer research protocol portfolio and is accountable for its accurate conduct. The role includes educating the team about protocols, establishing operational workflows, and ensuring that research is conducted in accordance with good clinical practices. The ORNP works with principal investigators to assess, manage, and coordinate research patient care across outpatient, inpatient, and home settings, including phone-call triage and proactive patient communication. The ORNP educates patients and families about trial treatments, testing, visits, and expectations, and leads the disease center research portfolio in partnership with clinical research coordinators to implement, coordinate, and document trial requirements. The position manages clinical trial screening, eligibility, enrollment, assessments, treatment, follow-up, informed consent, and protocol compliance. It supports study monitoring and audits, develops protocol-specific order sets and staff education, and coordinates appointments and diagnostic testing. The ORNP also contributes to protocol development, feasibility and workflow design, research projects, clinical-results analysis, and presentations, while mentoring research staff or students and serving as a clinical research subject matter expert. Care and research activities must comply with institutional policies, the California Nurse Practice Act, and applicable GCP, ICH, FDA, IRB, sponsor, and other regulatory requirements.

Requirements

BSN or higher-level nursing degree.
At least 5 years of nursing experience, or at least 3 years in an oncology research nurse role.
At least 2 years of oncology experience.
California Registered Nurse (CA-RN) license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Ability to communicate vetted information at all organizational levels and with internal and external vendors.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously across various platforms, prioritize effectively, and maintain attention to detail.
Ability to understand information flow and solve problems under pressure.
Ability to manage conflict and adapt, troubleshoot, and work with ambiguity in a fast-paced, changing environment.
Expertise with Outlook scheduling, Webex, telepresence, and other technology.
Experience working in a team environment and interacting with senior and executive-level staff.
Experience managing work and relationships in a volatile environment.
Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.
Independent critical-thinking skills.
Advanced written and verbal communication and facilitation skills.
Ability to understand and follow instructions with minimal direction and respond to varied personalities and work or management styles.
Knowledge of resource management and utilization in projects, and financial and business acumen.
Advanced proficiency with the organization's research-management information systems, analytics, and metric-management tools.

Nice To Haves

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
Master's degree in research or a healthcare-related field.
Experience in clinical research, research, an ICU or other intensive-care setting, pediatrics, case management, or nurse navigation.
Human-subjects-protection and Good Clinical Practices training; training may be completed after hire.
Previous experience as an oncology research RN or in clinical research in a related field.
Oncology Nursing Certification (OCN).
Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP).
ONS Chemotherapy/Biotherapy certification.
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead study-patient screening, eligibility determination, and enrollment assessments with investigators, documenting clinical-trial criteria.
Assess, prioritize, and communicate clinical information about patients being evaluated for or enrolled in trials to physicians and other clinicians.
Assess and document symptoms, treatment reactions, and changes in physical or psychological condition in accordance with research protocols, maintaining complete and accurate records.
Manage patient and family phone calls and coordinate with physicians and advanced practice providers to obtain orders as needed.
Coordinate protocol-defined care with physicians, healthcare professionals, and research team members.
Work with clinical research coordinators to ensure therapeutic-trial flags are placed and removed appropriately.
Plan and complete randomization when applicable, patient assessments, diagnostic tests, questionnaires, treatments, and follow-up according to protocol requirements.
Manage and document the informed-consent process in compliance with institutional, FDA, IRB, sponsor, and other applicable requirements; alert the principal investigator to patient concerns and ensure signed consent is scanned promptly.
Oversee and assist clinical research coordinators with study-monitor visits, site visits, close-outs, and protocol-audit documentation reviews.
Develop protocol-specific Beacon or paper order sets with pharmacy, nursing, and investigators; ensure review, approval, and posting in Clinical Trials on Line.
Promote compliance with trial procedures and coordinate with scheduling staff to ensure follow-up visits and diagnostic testing are scheduled accurately and on time.
Develop and deliver clinical-trial education to nursing staff to support protocol adherence and safe medication administration.
Follow institutional and regulatory guidelines and provide care within the California Nurse Practice Act, delivering population-specific care that accounts for age, culture, and social factors.
Maintain awareness of organizational and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures; design and provide training and guidance to operational teams.
Assess feasibility and design, set up, and implement research workflows, programs, and projects.
Assist principal investigators with protocol development, contribute to clinical-results analysis and interpretation as appropriate, and present at research meetings or conferences as appropriate.
Proactively report activities and outcomes, manage multiple research tasks and projects across platforms, and complete other assigned duties independently.
Interact with senior and executive staff and serve as a subject matter expert on clinical research matters.
Precept or mentor new research staff members and students as applicable.
Communicate vetted clinical research information across organizational levels and with internal and external stakeholders, including physicians, sponsors, home-care agencies, and community resources.
Support a collaborative, organized, efficient, and positive work environment and working relationships across the disease-cluster team and medical center.