Director of Research Nursing - Full Time - Wolf River

<p><strong>Job Title: </strong>Director of Research Nursing</p> <p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <p>At West Cancer Center, we are committed to advancing innovative cancer research while delivering compassionate, patient-centered care. Our research teams play a critical role in expanding treatment opportunities and improving outcomes for patients through cutting-edge clinical trials and collaborative research initiatives.</p> <p><strong>Position Overview</strong></p> <p>The Director, Research Nursing oversees research nursing and clinical operations staff while ensuring high-quality execution of clinical research studies, regulatory compliance, patient safety, operational efficiency, and sponsor satisfaction. This role collaborates closely with investigators, sponsors, CROs, regulatory personnel, and executive leadership to support study activation, enrollment, quality assurance initiatives, and continued program growth. The Director is responsible for developing operational processes, mentoring research personnel, and ensuring adherence to FDA regulations, ICH-GCP guidelines, sponsor requirements, and organizational policies. This role serves as a key leader in advancing research excellence, quality outcomes, and strategic program development.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Oversees and supervises research personnel</li> <li>Recruits, hires, supervises, evaluates, disciplines, and assists in terminations of research staff</li> <li>Oversees work schedules for clinical research personnel and monitors productivity</li> <li>Ensures compliance of research operations with federal and state regulations</li> <li>Works closely with Principal Investigators for study start-up, Site Initiation Visits (SIVs), and subject identification strategies</li> <li>Implements, revises, communicates, and monitors Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Research Department</li> <li>Presides at staff meetings and research meetings as required</li> <li>Serves as liaison to internal departments for issue resolution</li> <li>Plans and implements training and educational opportunities for research personnel</li> <li>Guides and motivates physicians, administration, peers, and subordinates in supporting research operations</li> <li>Interfaces with all departments regarding integration of research processes</li> <li>Interfaces with pharmaceutical companies, sponsors, and contract research organizations (CROs)</li> <li>Provides operational quality oversight for research personnel by performing routine chart audits, monitoring protocol adherence, and identifying opportunities for process improvement and compliance enhancement</li> <li>Reviews quality metrics, protoco