Clinical Research Nurse - General Oncology/Solid Tumor

careers-fhcrc; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/vision

Dental

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Family life support

Employee assistance program

Onsite health clinic

Tuition reimbursement

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle is seeking a Clinical Research Nurse to support oncology patients at Fred Hutch and UW Medical Center Montlake. Onsite at South Lake Union, Monday–Friday 8:00 am–5:00 pm, start/end times may vary.

The role emphasizes balancing patient care with protocol requirements, education, and collaboration across clinic teams. Requires nursing licensure, oncology experience, and strong communication and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• Current Washington RN license or multistate license with WA home state upgrade within 60 days.
• Current BLS card required with renewal every two years.
• Minimum 3 years oncology experience.
• Strong team collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience in clinical research preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain balance between participant care, protocol requirements, and compliance.
• Advocate for patients using nursing judgement and research expertise.
• Provide nursing and clinical operations support to the research team.
• Educate patients/families and document appropriately with study team.
• Bridge patient care from protocol to clinical care with clinic nurses.
• Assist with pre-screening and eligibility confirmation.
• Support adverse event assessments and data entry per protocol.
• Document in EHR with protocol details for data entry and compliance.
• Review concomitant medications and reconcile diaries.
• Support clinic visits when research nursing support is needed.
• Communicate holds/modifications to patients as directed by PI.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams; provide education to staff.

Skills

Oncology nursing experience

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Deadline-oriented

Education

Baccalaureate degree in Nursing

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

Job description

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The CORS General Oncology/Solid Tumor Clinical Research Nurse (CRN) will support clinical research patients treated at Fred Hutch & the University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake.

This position is onsite at our South Lake Union location. The schedule for this position is Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The start and end times may vary.

Responsibilities

• Maintains equilibrium between care of the research participant, protocol requirements and compliance.
• Utilizes clinical research nursing expertise and judgement to advocate for others as needed
• Provides nursing and clinical operations expertise to the research team
• Partners with clinic nursing and study team to provide research specific patient and family education and documents appropriately
• Partners with clinic nurses to bridge patient from protocol requirements to clinical care
• Assists Investigators and study teams in pre-screening patients and confirming eligibility
• Supports investigators and study teams in adverse event assessments and documents appropriately for protocol required data entry
  • Understands CTCAE grading criteria to assist with proper documentation
  • Communicates and coordinates effectively with clinic nurse for symptom management, or clinical follow-up, providing the clinic nurse with all applicable protocol specific information needed for patient care
  • Assists PI/Study team in Serious Adverse Event Reporting
• Documents in EHR and includes research protocol details needed for data entry and compliance
• Supports investigators and study teams in reviewing and documenting concomitant medications
• Reconciles protocol required medication diaries
• Supports research coordinators in protocol required clinic visits when research nursing support is needed
• Supports PI in ensuring patient safety and protocol compliance
• Communicates investigational medication holds/modifications to patients as delegated by PI and within scope
• Facilitates communication and coordination with multi-disciplinary teams as needed
• Provides research education to clinical staff as appropriate
• Informs investigators and study staff of institutional policies and procedures that support protocol compliance, patient safety and clinical operation's efficiencies.
• Identifies problems or obstacles in the systems and procedures related to research operations, and communicates to the CORS Nurse Manager and study investigators as appropriate
• Participates in study required monitoring visits specific to the CRN job description when appropriate
• Attends Beacon orders validation meetings as appropriate

Qualifications

Required:

• Baccalaureate degree required
• Must have current Washington State Registered Nurse (RN) license or current NLC multistate license (MSL); and must upgrade to an MSL with primary state of residence, WA, within 60 days of hire. This requirement may be waived under specific circumstances, subject to approval.
• Current BLS AHA Health Provider Card (or equivalent course, such as by the American Red Cross) and renewal required every two years
• Minimum 3 years of recent oncology experience
• Demonstrated ability to work as an effective member of an interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrated skills in critical thinking and problem solving
• Demonstrated process improvement mindset
• Ability to successfully work to deadlines and targets
• Experience in the care of oncology patients
• Experience with clinical research preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

• Baccalaureate in nursing preferred
• Minimum of 2 years research experience preferred
• Certification in Oncology Nursing (OCN), BMTCN, AOCN, AOCNS

The annual base salary range for this position is from $104,458.00 to $165,089.00, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time, candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.

Benefits include

• medical/vision
• dental
• flexible spending accounts
• life
• disability
• retirement
• family life support
• employee assistance program
• onsite health clinic
• tuition reimbursement
• paid vacation (12-22 days per year)
• paid sick leave (12-25 days per year)
• paid holidays (13 days per year)
• paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks)

Additional Information

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to Human Resources at [e-mail] or by calling 206-667-4700.