Clinical Trials Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Hold a current Washington State Registered Nurse Multistate License (MSL), or a current MSL from another state and the ability to update it to Washington as the Primary State of Residence within 60 days of hire. The requirement may be waived in specific circumstances, subject to approval.
• Hold a current BLS AHA Health Provider Card or equivalent course, such as an American Red Cross course, and renew it every two years.
• Obtain an ONS Chemotherapy Provider Card within three months of hire.
• Demonstrate critical thinking, including the ability to analyze, apply standards, discriminate, seek information, reason logically, predict, and transform knowledge.
• Ability to develop clinical judgment.
• Demonstrate time-management skills and the ability to organize and manage time and tasks independently.
• Communicate effectively by observing and listening for cues, asking open-ended questions, exploring cues, using pauses, screening and clarifying responses.
• Listen effectively using reflection, acknowledgment, summarizing, empathy, and paraphrasing.
• Provide information effectively by checking what a person already knows, giving information in small amounts and clear terms, avoiding jargon and unnecessary detail, checking for understanding, and pausing for a response.
• Additional certification may be required depending on the department.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• Two years of nursing experience.
• Certification in oncology or a specialty practice area.
• Two years of RN oncology experience in an ambulatory infusion setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and evaluate their adaptation to health changes.
• Develop a plan of care based on patients’ disease, symptoms, and response to treatment.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, treatment, side effects, and symptom management.
• Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to support continuity of care.
• Refer patients, families, and caregivers to appropriate clinical resources and professionals, such as social work, home health care, and clinical nutrition.
• Implement, evaluate, and modify the plan of care.
• Integrate research and evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of standard treatments and medication side effects.
• Perform nursing assessments, review relevant laboratory results, and assess pain and other symptoms.
• Administer IV hydration, electrolyte replacement, chemotherapy or biotherapy, and blood products.
• Use appropriate precautions when handling potentially hazardous agents and follow procedures for safe disposal of materials used in administering chemotherapy, other hazardous agents, and blood products.
• Provide patient and family education in coordination with treatment and the care plan.
• Assess learning needs for patients and caregivers, and ensure patients have clinic contact information and understand when to call about symptoms after infusion therapy.
• Communicate or escalate patient symptoms and concerns to a provider as needed.
• Collaborate with the care team and request consultation from social work, dietitians, spiritual care, or other supportive care teams when indicated.
• Participate in continuing education, departmental projects, committee work, and quality improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical and vision coverage
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Family life support
• Employee assistance program
• Onsite health clinic
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacation: 12–22 days per year
• Paid sick leave: 12–25 days per year
• Paid holidays: 13 days per year
• Paid parental leave: up to four weeks
• Potential eligibility for relocation assistance
• Shift differentials and other pay premiums, including for advanced degrees, precepting, and certification