Oncology Clinical Research Nurse

WHY VITALIEF?
Vitalief is an innovative Healthcare consulting company, focused on empowering Research and transforming Clinical Trials.  As a result, we are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Oncology Clinical Research Nurse to join our exceptional team (as full-time, fully benefited Vitalief employee) to support our mission and our clients’ mission to impact and save lives.  This is an excellent opportunity for an Oncology experienced Nurse that is interested in transitioning into a rewarding career in the clinical research profession.

Reasons to work for Vitalief:

• You can actively contribute to our clients’ mission of advancing scientific discoveries that have the potential to change patients' lives for the better.
• Our PEOPLE FIRST culture prioritizes personal and professional growth for all Vitalief employees.
• We give everyone a seat at the table – we encourage innovation.
• Life/work balance that includes 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days plus 9 paid Holidays annually.
• Other benefits include Company paid life insurance and short / long term disability coverage; 401K retirement program; Robust healthcare plans to choose from.

• Under the direction of the Clinical Research Study Site Leader, this resource will be responsible for supporting mostly Medical Oncology interventional studies (phase I through phase III) - Solid Tumor, Lung, Head and Neck, Melanoma and Neurology.  Studies are mostly drug and Biologic (very few device studies).  Studies often involve radiation and surgery.
• Proactively manages, coordinates, and delivers high-quality, compassionate hands-on competent oncology nursing care and coordinates with the assigned clinical team, investigators, and ancillary departments (such as pathology, radiology, clinical laboratory, surgery, infusion services) as per protocol requirements and ensures adherence to the treatment plan and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.
• Assist investigators (physicians) to prepare and implement new clinical trials, screens and enrolls study participants, and provides protocol-related clinical management to those participants while on study.
• This is NOT a typical nursing role that is task-based, and tasks dictated by physicians. The Nurse has to be a critical thinker, to prioritize, and be “appropriately assertive” and comfortable pushing back on physicians to “save them from themselves” – looking at study protocol and see are orders all correct as it relates to medical record, is anything missing, does the patient have what they need?
• The role will follow group assignments.  The Physicians have designated clinic days.  These are the days the Nurses will see more patients.  On non-clinic days, the Nurse will see less patients and perform administrative tasks including patient documentation, patient phone calls, making sure orders are correct (ensuring nothing is missing) and perform project management related activities.
• Collaborate with Protocol Activation office to initiate and activate all new clinical trial protocols assigned utilizing Oncore Study-start up task list.
• Reviews patient’s charts and medical history to confirm protocol eligibility and obtains source documents (i.e., medical record documentation) as needed.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge to accomplish core tasks such as recording and reporting Serious Adverse Events (SAE) in a timely manner, accessing protocol attachments via OnCore™, enter charts into Medical Records Database, formatting, and printing patient study calendars, etc.

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a license to practice in the State of New Jersey.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree.
• 2 or more years of nursing experience working in a hospital setting.
• 1 or more years of experience working in an Oncology specialty area in a hospital or clinic setting.
• Experience working in a clinical research/trial participant facing role is a big plus (but this is not a requirement – resource will be trained in clinical research).
• Must be a critical thinker, prioritize, and be “appropriately assertive” and comfortable pushing back on physicians stressing the importance of accurate patient information relative to the study protocol.
• Communication Skills: The Nurse is the point person for communication with other departments.  Able to communicate and articulate, translate complicated information back to a patient in a way they can understand (very important part of this job).
• Document Management Skills:  comfortable editing in Microsoft Word, basic reporting in Excel, converting PDFs or Word Documents in Adobe.  Comfortable with PowerPoint to provide education with other Nurses. MS Office, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Detail oriented but not to the point of stagnation. 
• Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, Academic, diverse environment.
• Must be proactive - it’s a learning environment, where Nurses are encouraged to ask questions.
• Proficient in computer applications (i.e., Microsoft Word & Excel, OnCore™ or other Clinical Trial Management Systems, medical records database systems, etc.).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, visual perception, talking and hearing. Lifting up to 20lbs.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Vitalief partners with clients such as major medical centers and academic institutions that often requires all on-site resources such as prospective Vitalief consultants to be inoculated annually for Influenza and successfully pass a Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

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