Director of Research Nursing, Cancer Clinical Trials Office

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

This position will operate out of an office location at 133 Brookline Ave, Boston MA (Fenway Area) as well as the BIDMC main campus.

Job Summary: The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. The Nursing Director for the Cancer Clinical Trials Office (CCTO) reports directly to the CCTO Director. The Nursing Director supervises the CCTO research nursing staff and coordinates nursing coverage for trials, including directly working on clinical trials. The Nursing Director is responsible for working with the Director in the oversight of the Research Nurses. This role will work closely with the Research Clusters, Pharmacy and Disease Program Leaders to directly staff clinical trials and in managing the research nurses to achieve individual programmatic goals. The Nursing Director will contribute to the development, maintenance and implementation of training for Research Nurses. The Nursing Director will train new Research Nurses by providing continuing education to ensure high standards of clinical research practice. This position works closely with senior staff members to plan, prioritize and implement operational goals, as well as establish appropriate quality control procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and institutional guidelines. Training, evaluation and competencies for this role are overseen by an Accountable Nurse Leader to the department.<br><br>

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Works closely with the CCTO Director in the development of operational goals and optimal operating environment. Responsible for developing and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for CCTO Research Nursing and managing staffing of protocols across the CCTO.
2. In collaboration with the disease team leaders, takes a lead role in the hiring, supervision and evaluation of CCTO Research Nurses and directly staffs protocols as needed.
3. Works closely with Disease Program Investigators to provide input on feasibility of new trials and provides nursing and clinical research expertise to investigators during the course of a trial which may include direct work on clinical trials.
4. Interfaces with PCS and professional nursing through collaboration with the Associate Chief Nurse for Prof Development and Rsch and other nursing leaders; operationalizes core values of the organization; develops and sustains excellence in clinical nursing practice and the care of patients and families; serves as a member of the Nursing Leadership Nurses Council and other leadership forums.
5. Collaborates with CCTO Director to develop and implement appropriate quality control guidelines to ensure all study conduct activities conform to Institutional regulatory standards, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), national cooperative group standards and other applicable state, federal and local regulatory requirements.
6. Has the authority to direct and support employees daily work activities. Has authority to undertake or recommend the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action and performance reviews. Direct Reports: More than 7 Indirect Reports: 11-20

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Nursing required. Master's degree in Nursing and/or oncology based clinical specialty preferred.
2. License Registered Nurse required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
3. 5-8 years related work experience required and 0-1 years supervisory/management experience required
4. Four to six years of clinical research experience, preferably focused in Oncology or other high risk research specialty and proven competence in industry, cooperative group and investigator-initiated sponsored research.
5. Demonstrated analytical experience to effectively manage large-scale, highly visible projects.
6. Strong understanding of policy and practice governing research compliance within a large institution and ability to operationalize evolving research policy (IRB, FDA, OHRP, DHHS) relating to human subjects research.
7. Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Personnel management/mentoring experience to effectively manage a large and diverse staff.

Competencies:

1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions with significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major department or multi