Overview Responsible for the supervision and administrative decision making for the care and coordination of nursing and patient care services during the evening, night, weekend, and holiday shifts. Responsibilities Provides assistance, direction, consultation, and problem solving regarding patient care issues and business continuity. Facilitates the coordination of activities between the patient care units and other hospital departments. Anticipates potential problem situations and intervenes proactively to mitigate actual and/or potential adverse impact. Coordinates allocation of human resources, identifies and sets priorities for administration of patient care, and directs and assigns employees during periods of increasing and decreasing acuity. Utilizes, documents, and maintains analytic tools with corresponding staffing standards. Tracks all human resource allocations daily. Conducts rounds through the organization to promote functioning of hospital operations, including bed utilization. Coordinates allocation of material resources. Serves as an arbitrator for conflicts that arise on assigned shift. Facilitates short-term management of conflict and communicates to the appropriate departmental leadership for additional follow-up. Provides initial investigation and documentation of problems or potential problems that may lead to high risk situations. Performs immediate employee disciplinary actions, up to and including suspension. Serves as DH spokesperson to handle requests for information to police, press, and others. Receives initial patient/family complaints and provides resolution. Communicates problems that may compromise patient care to the appropriate departmental leadership. Directs, coordinates, and triages all bed activities and assignments. Provides onsite management/leadership in crisis situations to prevent or minimize disruption of services. Responds to emergency codes to coordinate activities. Functions as on-site coordinator for disasters or events. Identifies and participates in threat evaluation and implementation of the Incident Command System. Assumes responsibility and accountability for the development and 24/7 daily management of system changes to maximize patient flow and optimize bed capacity. Performs other duties as required or assigned. Qualifications Bachelor of Nursing with 5 years of clinical experience required. Master’s Degree preferred. Prior management experience required. Excellent written, verbal and computer skills required. Demonstrated abilities with problem solving, leadership, communication, fiscal responsibility and teamwork. Ability to work effectively in groups of employees and with patients and patient families is essential. Ability to multitask and make critical decision in highly stressful situations. Required Licensure/Certifications Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility BLS certification required.
Competitive salary with NEW market-adjusted rates! Responsible for the implementation and conduct of clinical trials with investigational anti‑cancer agents, in collaboration with Physician. Oversight of program development, operational conduct, research account accounting, and adherence to FDA and other research related regulatory guidelines. Requirements 3 to 5 years of direct experience BSN RN license ‑ NH or other Compact State Clinical Research Certification Responsibilities Collaborates with attending physicians and principal investigators to identify appropriate clinical trials for conduct and recruit eligible patients. Collaborates with Cancer Center nursing staff to provide nursing care to patients receiving therapy on a clinical research trial. Assures nursing staff understands how to administer investigational agents per protocol specifications. Assists Principal Investigators (PI) in the process of assuring adequate informed consent. Coordinate study enrollment, protocol treatment and follow up care for patients participating in clinical trials. Assures that blood sampling and specimen preparation is obtained per protocol specifications and monitors results. Ensures that drug dosing and sample collection times are followed and recorded. Oversees scheduling of patient laboratory and radiologic assessments, admissions and clinic visits. Documents all aspects of study and therapy in the patient electronic medical record and any other required database. In collaboration with nursing and medical staff, assess patients for complications related to therapy. Communicates observations/findings to enrolling MD, study sponsor, and in the medical record. Provides in‑service training and serves as a resource to other clinical personnel including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals. Provides patient teaching about research in general, their specific clinical trial and treatment they will be receiving, HIPAA regulations and any other information related to clinical trials. Communicates with referring and affiliated physicians to ensure documentation of clinical findings throughout the clinical trial. Establishes and maintains database of prospective/current patients on clinical trials. Establishes mechanisms to ensure complete and accurate data collection and documentation. Prepares and participates in clinical trials audits and reviews. Attends tumor board, IRB, multidisciplinary clinics and participates in quarterly Cancer Committee. Prepares and submits clinical trial information for IRB submission and presents to IRB with PI. Gives required updates and summary. Collaborate with department leaders and PI's to support and achieve research department objectives, develop strategic planning goals and identify operational process improvements. Ensure study compliance by understanding, developing and applying all relevant SOP's. Maintains NCI RCR investigator registrations and other relative research compliance documentation. Facilitates trial contracting and budget negotiations with study sponsors. Fiscal responsibilities include process of both vendor and site payments, as well as billing of Account Receivables following contractual agreements.
