Director of Nursing

START Center for Cancer Research; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The START Center for Cancer Research in Pittsburgh, PA seeks a Director of Nursing to provide supervision to all clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, referral intake team and schedulers. The role delivers professional guidance, ensures goals are met, and maintains high-quality care through strong processes and training.

Work Schedule: M-F 8a-5p. The Director will lead staffing, training, compliance, and clinical education across departments to support patient care and study

Responsibilities

• Provide effective, proactive leadership to team members, including but not limited to managers, clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, schedulers, and referral intake coordinators.
• Provide effective training and ensure competency of staff and management team for respective job roles.
• Maintain adherence and demonstrate ongoing compliance for all departments with internal standard operating procedures and participate in ongoing review and updates as needed for the good of the patients, sponsors and organization.
• Ensure high quality, coordinated care by communicating care plans and schedules to patients, return patient calls promptly and provide same-day/ next day visits for patients with time-sensitive issues.
• Provide clinical support and guidance for study coordinators, primary nurses, and treatment room nurses.
• Serve as nurse educator / preceptor for new clinical research staff, including treatment room nurses, triage LVNs, primary nurses and study coordinators.
• Develop and deploy necessary training and education to support compliance with internal quality standards.
• Ensure departments are using efficient, effective processes and systems to support patient care workflows and compliant

Job description

The START Center for Cancer Research (“START”) is the world’s largestearly phasesite network, fully dedicated tooncologyclinical research.Throughout ourhistory, START has provided hope to cancer patients inglobalcommunity practices by offering\"Hope Through Access”tocutting edgetrials throughout the UnitedStatesand Europe.

We areseekinga Director of Nursing to provide supervision to all clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, referral intake team and schedulers. The Director of Nursing provides professional guidance and development to the nurses and staff that he/she supervises, ensures organizational goals and objectives are met by the departments under their responsibility, and ensures on-going training, education and high-quality care are delivered through effective processes and systems in his/her respective departments.

Work Schedule: M-F 8a-5p

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide effective, proactive leadership to team members, including but not limited to managers, clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, schedulers, and referral intake coordinators.


• Provide effective training and ensure competency of staff and management team for respective job roles.


• Maintain adherence and demonstrate ongoing compliance for all departments with internal standard operating procedures and participate in ongoing review and updates as needed for the good of the patients, sponsors and organization.


• Ensure high quality, coordinated care by communicating care plans and schedules to patients, return patient calls promptly and provide same-day/ next day visits for patients with time-sensitive issues.


• Provide clinical support and guidance for study coordinators, primary nurses, and treatment room nurses.


• Serve as nurse educator / preceptor for new clinical research staff, including treatment room nurses, triage LVNs, primary nurses and study coordinators.


• Develop and deploy necessary training and education to support compliance with internal quality standards.


• Ensure departments are using efficient, effective processes and systems to support patient care workflows and compliant