RN Clinical TRIALS Coordinator

Overview

Closing date: November 20, 2026

Title: RN CLINICAL TRIALS COORDINATOR 2 or 3

Employee Type: Other Academic

Department: Center of excellence-Cancer

Campus

Location:

CANCER CENTER/SETON BLDG./2025

The RN Clinical Trials Coordinator (RN CTC) coordinates, manages, and assists physicians in enrolling and monitoring patients on all drug-industry sponsored and NCI-funded clinical trials for the LSU Cancer Center. The RN CTC will recruit, enroll, administer care, and provide patient follow-up visits in-person and virtually on all NCI and pharmaceutical sponsored studies associated with the Cancer Center, the Genitourinary Oncology team, Gynecologic Oncology team, and partner institutions.

Duties include leading and managing an oncology disease clinical trial group, attending oncology clinics in-person and virtually to collaborate with physicians to determine patient eligibility, informing and educating the patient and their families about a study, obtaining informed consent, scheduling regular appointments and follow-up as needed, providing treatment, obtaining study-specific lab work, evaluating and monitoring treatment effects, organizing, collecting and managing data, submitting forms and reports as required, working closely with monitors from drug companies to ensure protocols are followed and that the necessary clinical data is captured, and processing and packaging specimens for mail-out.

Travel is required to work with physicians in-person and virtually at LSUHSC clinics, satellite locations, and with partner institutions.

• Lead and manage an oncology disease clinical trial group; attend oncology clinics in-person and virtually to determine patient eligibility.
• Inform and educate patients and families about a study; obtain informed consent.
• Schedule regular appointments and follow-up visits; provide treatment and monitor patient status.
• Obtain study-specific lab work; evaluate and monitor effects of treatment.
• Organize, collect, and manage data; submit forms and reports as required.
• Work closely with monitors from drug companies to ensure protocols are implemented correctly and data is captured.
• Process and package specimens for mail-out.
• Travel to LSUHSC clinics, satellite locations, and partner institutions as needed.

• Required
  
  Education:
  
  BSN or RN
• Required Field of Study: Nursing
• Certifications or Licenses
  
  Required:
  
  Valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Louisiana
• Number of years required to perform the job: RN CTC 2 – Two (2) years of experience; RN CTC 3 – Five (5) years of experience
• Type of experience required to perform the job: Clinical RN experience

Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible employees and their dependents, including health, life, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; generous annual and sick leave; 14 paid holidays per year; and an employee health primary care clinic. See details on benefits offerings: LSUHSC, New Orleans - Benefits. Other employee benefits include a full-service credit union, wellness benefits including complimentary fitness center membership for employees and their spouses, employee assistance program, campus assistance program, and pet insurance option.