Cancer Research Nurse (RN)
Hendersonville, NC · HybridFull-timeSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The Clinical Research Nurse (RN) provides and coordinates care for patients enrolled in clinical trials while following applicable research guidelines and regulations. The role supports participant safety, informed consent, protocol implementation, accurate data collection, and follow-up. The nurse collaborates with investigators and care teams, manages research documentation and investigational drugs, and handles study-related records and billing workflows in EPIC.
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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
The Clinical Research Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing and coordinating clinical care for patients enrolled in a clinical trial while adhering to all FDA, OHRP and GCP guidelines and regulations. This position has a central role in assuring participant safety, ongoing maintenance of informed consent, and integrity of protocol implementation, accuracy of data collection, data recording and follow up.
Responsibilities:
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Identifies potential clinical trial patients and collaborates with the physician investigator to enroll eligible patients to clinical trials. Serves as a resource to the patient care team for the management of care of patients participating in clinical trials, ensuring compliance with protocol procedures, assessments, reporting requirements, and management of symptoms.
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Ensures the initial and ongoing consent process is performed and documented in compliance with FDA, International Conference on Harmonization Good Clinical Practice (GCP), institutional, sponsor, IRB, and other applicable regulations and policies. Ensure patient comprehension and safety during initial and ongoing clinical trial informed consent discussions. Counsels and teaches research participants about protocol participation, treatment, and side effects, medication compliance, and administration of investigational drugs.
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Documents assessment, management, and evaluation in source documents for patients on clinical trials as appropriate to the protocol. Ensures that relevant data from the source document are abstracted and accurately recorded in the clinical trial case report forms and that every data point can be verified within the source document. Organizes charts as required by the sponsor or research group for audits. Collaborates with physician investigators, pharmacy, and other appropriate personnel to ensure proper use of and accountability for investigational drugs.
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Adheres to protocol guidelines for the collection, processing, and shipping of biospecimens and accurately enters data into the protocol specimen tracker. Complies with the International Air Transport Association and institutional policies for shipping of biological specimens.
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Ensures that all Research Coordinator responsibilities are completed in EPIC including but not limited to: creating and activating a study record, creating a billing coverage analysis for each study, associating a patient with a research study, linking research encounters to the study, reviewing charges for research patients to ensure Medicare billing compliance, and create treatment plans in Beacon for research patients corresponding to the protocol requirements.
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Other information:
Hired applicants will be expected to acquire Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA), Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP), Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC), or Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) Certified Professional (ACRP-CP).
Required
- Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina or one of compact states.
Preferred
- Experience managing research pharmaceutical trials in ambulatory setting.
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Job Details
Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC
Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care
Organization Unit: Pardee Cancer Research
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Hybrid
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: PARDEECANCR
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,325 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$77–106K/yr136 salary ranges
- North Carolina median$38–53/hr1,139 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,319 open Registered Nurse jobs in North Carolina and 58,325 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
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- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,426 postings).
- Education
- 4,466 of the 58,325 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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