Director Of Nursing

Job Title:
Director of Nursing The Director of Nursing leads all nursing operations at a new clinical research site, providing both strategic direction and hands‑on clinical support during startup and growth phases. This role oversees clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, the referral intake team, and schedulers, ensuring that high-quality, coordinated patient care is delivered within an oncology and clinical research environment.

The Director of Nursing establishes workflows and best practices, drives continuous process improvement, and ensures that nursing operations align with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and internal quality standards.

• Provide effective, proactive leadership for all nursing and support teams, including managers, clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, schedulers, and referral intake coordinators.
• Remain hands‑on during startup and growth phases by performing infusions and direct patient care as needed.
• Supervise clinic nurses, infusion nurses, nurse navigators, referral intake staff, and schedulers, ensuring consistent performance and professional conduct.
• Provide ongoing professional guidance, mentorship, and development to all nurses and staff under supervision.
• Ensure departmental goals and objectives align with broader organizational priorities and are consistently met.
• Design, deliver, and oversee effective training programs to ensure staff and management teams are competent and confident in their respective roles.
• Maintain adherence and demonstrate ongoing compliance with internal standard operating procedures across all departments.
• Participate in regular review and updates of standard operating procedures to support patients, sponsors, and the organization.
• Ensure high‑quality, coordinated care by clearly communicating care plans and schedules to patients.
• Respond promptly to patient calls and facilitate same‑day or next‑day visits for patients with time‑sensitive issues.
• Provide clinical support and guidance for study coordinators, primary nurses, and treatment room nurses involved in clinical research.
• Serve as a nurse educator and preceptor for new clinical research staff, including treatment room nurses, triage LVNs, primary nurses, and study coordinators.
• Develop and implement training and education programs that support compliance with internal quality standards.
• Ensure departments use efficient, effective processes and systems to support patient care workflows and compliant care delivery in a clinical research setting.
• Apply continuous process improvement techniques to proactively identify and address opportunities for improvement in patient care and operational efficiency.
• Review all incoming clinical trial protocols for feasibility from the perspective of nursing operations and study coordinator capacity.
• Manage equitable allocation of studies across the study coordinator team to balance workload and optimize performance.
• Track, monitor, and maintain effective standards and metrics related to referral intake, new patient visits, enrollment, and screening steps in the research process.
• Lead initiatives to drive growth in patient enrollment and identify and remove barriers to new patient visits and study enrollment.
• Promote effective interdepartmental communication and collaboration with regulatory, quality, site development, pharmacy, and finance teams to ensure successful care delivery.
• Ensure compliance with federal regulations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines, and other applicable regulatory agency requirements.
• Support the effective implementation and use of the clinical trial management system (CTMS), electronic health record (EHR), and other software tools to ensure accurate documentation and data…