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Date Posted: June 30, 2026
Organization: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
Position Description:
The Inpatient Clinical Research Director of Nursing is responsible for the overall leadership, management, and coordination of inpatient clinical research nursing. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality patient care by developing and implementing nursing policies, procedures, and best practices. The Director leads and mentors a diverse team of nursing professionals, fostering their professional growth and maintaining a supportive work environment. Collaborating extensively with interdisciplinary teams and other departments, the Director optimizes patient outcomes and enhances service delivery. This position plays a critical role in strategic planning, promotes a culture of continuous improvement, and ensures compliance with regulatory standards.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.  

Leadership and Team Management: 
Effective leadership in nursing involves creating a positive work environment through direction and supervision, while implementing strategies to boost staff morale and retention. Regular performance evaluations and constructive feedback that help set clear expectations and goals, addressing staff concerns promptly to maintain team cohesion. Recruitment efforts focus on attracting top talent, promoting diversity, and ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet patient care needs, while managing workloads to prevent burnout. 

Collaborative Care Coordination: 
Building strong relationships with healthcare professionals such as physicians and pharmacists tosupportintegrated patient care. Leading interdisciplinary meetings and serving as a liaison between nursing staff and other departmentsthatfostersopen communication and collaboration, ensuring comprehensive care plans and positive patient outcomes. 

Change Management, Innovation, Quality Improvement: 
Leadinitiatives to implementnew programsand technologiesthatenhancespatient care and operational efficiency, with staff engagement being key to successful change processes.Utilizingdata analysis toidentifyareas for improvement,by engaging inquality assurance programstoensure adherence to evidence-based practices and regulatory requirements. Budget management and resource allocation areoptimizedtomaintainquality without compromising efficiency. 

Promote a Culture of Patient-Centered Care: 
Promoting patient-centered care involves initiatives to improve satisfaction and experience,advocating forpatient rights, and fostering open communication among staff. Recognizing and rewarding excellence in nursing practicebyencouraginga culture of safety and excellence, ensuring ethical considerations are prioritized in care delivery. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 
Leadership skills in nursing include mentoring and developing staffand leaders, team building, and conflict resolution. Strong collaboration and communication skills are essential for building relationships across disciplines and conveying information effectively. Organizational skills involve aligning nursing services with strategic goals, managing priorities, and navigating dynamic environments. 

Leadership and People Management Skills:
Exceptional leadership involves mentoring and developing nursing staff, fostering team building, motivation, and a positive workplace culture, while effectively resolving conflicts and facilitating difficult conversations.

Collaboration and Communication Skills:
Strong interpersonal skills enable building relationships across disciplines, with effective communication ensuring clear and compassionate information delivery to staff, patients, and families, and proficiency in facilitating meetings and discussions.

Organizational and Strategic Skills:
Aligning nursing services with organizational goals requires managing multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines efficiently in a dynamic environment.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degree required, one of which must be in Nursing. Advanced degrees in Nursing Administration, Healthcare Management, or related field are preferred.

Experience Required: Registered nurse with 3-5 years’ experience in health care, with progressive administrative experience. Oncology experience preferred. 5 years of clinical research experience preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Required: Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and or New Hampshire as applicable. Leadership, Oncology, or Research Nursing certification (required within 2 years of employment) preferred.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are committed to having faculty and staff who offer multifaceted experiences. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and compassionate professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.  

EEO Poster

Pay Transparency Statement. The hiring range is based on market pay structures, with individual salaries determined by factors such as business needs, market conditions, internal equity, and based on the candidate’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications. For union positions, the pay range is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). $180,000.00 - $230,200.00

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Title: Clinical Research Nurse Manager 
Organization: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA USA 

Position description: 

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.

At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care—and your career. 

A Brief Overview
Under the leadership of the Medical Director of the CTSA CHOP Clinical Research Unit (CRU), this role will be a key member of the leadership team, responsible for providing operational, clinical and administrative oversight of all CRU Research Nursing Core patient care activities.

Specifically, this includes supervising all research nurses and the implementation of all research protocols in the CRU nursing unit and inpatient areas, as well as serving as a resource for all studies requiring nursing support. This position will ensure that all nurses are trained appropriately and that they are in compliance with state and hospital licensing and training requirements. This role will also assist in budgetary preparations and planning as well as annual reporting.

What you will do

Strategic Planning

  • With the Medical leadership and administrative leadership, develop and implement short- and long-term plans for facilities and services to accommodate growth and complexity of the studies led by investigators

  • Develop working relationships among investigators in different divisions and departments to facilitate the implementation of clinical studies under CHOP PI-sponsors or industry sponsors

  • Ensure alignment of and communication with key stakeholders

Operational Management

  • Provide operational, clinical and administrative oversight of patient care activities and coordinate resources for studies requiring nursing support

  • Work collaboratively with other team members and leaders to review the resource requests and ensure that applications submitted by investigators requesting nursing core resources reflects what is needed in the IRB approved protocol

  • Attend monthly operations meetings; make recommendations about level of nursing resources available

  • Hold monthly nursing meetings to review activities, projected utilizations, schedules and any issues involving nursing requests or services

  • Make recommendations to administrative and program leadership to resolve any nursing or patient care issues within the nursing areas

  • Oversee nursing patient census records and reporting, ensure staff is keeping accurate records of protocol utilization and patient visit activities

  • Assist in budgetary preparations and prepare the annual report to be shared with senior leaders

  • Schedule and oversee implementation of studies to maximize resource allocation at family/patient convenience

  • Work in the various nursing areas implementing current protocols, manage all protocols at the patient bedside

  • Ensure safety of research subjects through communication and collaboration with the hospital and research safety teams

  • Purchasing including Supply chain and COUPA; assist studies in purchases that are required

Investigator/Nursing Core Liaison

  • Evaluation of research studies

  • Understand diagnosis and pertinent medical findings, rationale, goals in treatment, and nursing care protocols

  • Review plan of study with the nursing personnel to establish full understanding of the research protocol and to facilitate the research study

  • Assist and/or oversees assistance given to investigators, in protocol development and planning by educating them on resources and activities

  • Promote high quality clinical research through oversight, policy development and QA mechanisms

  • Meets with investigators and/or nursing personnel prior to the implementation of study to ensure all necessary processes are clearly established prior to study initiation

  • Attend educational sessions, conferences, or patient care rounds which are pertinent to current protocols

  • Ensure that accurate, dependable data is relayed to investigators

Personnel Management

  • Supervise all research nursing staff

  • Assist the lab core leadership by support scheduling of laboratory and medical assistant staff

  • Approve time off requests, complete performance evaluations, ensure adequate new employee and continuing training of staff, when necessary develop and implement job performance improvements goals and plans

  • Create staffing plans and documents future staffing needs; justify additional staffing requests; ensure productivity of all staff

  • Work with the administrative leadership in filling any vacant positions by reviewing current job description, reviewing candidate credentials, interviewing and making recommendations for hire

  • Aim to retain experienced nursing staff; develop plans for nursing retention

  • Utilize patient satisfaction data, QI data, incident report data and other forms of feedback to improve care provided by nursing staff

  • Immediately investigate patient/family complaints and provide prompt feedback

  • Supervise, and as needed perform, the insertion of IVs, drawing of blood samples, accessing ports, collecting biospecimens as designated by the protocol

  • Coordinate and supervise all necessary services performed by nursing staff to complete study requirements and minimize disruption to patient/family; this can include ECGs, Holter monitors, IV infusions, oral and injectable medications and any other services in the protocol under nursing services

  • Document study related activities in electronic health record including vital signs, urine pregnancy tests, medication dosing

  • Provide support of the lab core and laboratory staff, including
    -Collaborate to set up studies in systems
    -Assist study staff in identifying samples that need to be pulled and sent out from systems
    -Review lab protocols with laboratory staff, including additives and special processing

Regulatory Compliance

  • Oversee adherence to principles of infection control and universal precautions, adherence to OSHA standards, hazardous material guidelines, and isolation procedures

  • Ensure all necessary licensing and training requirements are current and documented

  • Distribute and track investigational medication

  • Oversee with refrigeration systems – making sure units are checked, temperature probes are calibrated annually

  • Prepare temperature logs and follow up on freezer or refrigerator alarms

  • Oversee the NOVA glucose monitors including training and adding new lot numbers to the system for both the sticks and controls

  • Reviewing POC, including yearly staff competency

Education Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree Nursing Required

  • Master's Degree Nursing Preferred

Experience Qualifications

  • At least five (5) years of pediatric nursing experience Required

  • At least three (3) years of leadership, management or supervisory experience Required

  • At least two (2) years of clinical research experience including the conduct of clinical trials Preferred

Skills and Abilities

  • Advanced proficiency with electronic medical records systems (EPIC)

  • Intermediate proficiency with office software (Microsoft) including email & calendar, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, collaboration and content/knowledge management software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint)

  • Advanced knowledge of policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems.

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

  • Excellent time management skills

  • Excellent organizational skills

  • Strong leadership skills

  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism

  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

  • Ability to gather, analyze and make recommendations/decisions based on data / best practices

  • Ability to convey complex or technical information in an easy-to-understand manner

  • Ability to influence others to accomplish tasks outside of the direct span of control

  • Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

Licenses and Certifications

  • Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or

  • Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required

 

Type of position (permanent, full-time, part-time, temporary): full-time

How to apply:https://careers.chop.edu/us/en/job/1023908/Clinical-Research-Nurse-Manager?utm_source=https://iacrn.memberclicks.net/&utm_medium=jobboard&utm_campaign=1023908