Travel Registered Nurse (RN) - Oncology in Fairfax, VA
Company: TravelNurseSource
Location: Fairfax
Posted on: October 28, 2025
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Job Description:
TravelNurseSource is working with Patterns LLC to find a
qualified Oncology RN in Fairfax, Virginia, 20151! About The
Position Job Summary The Research Coordinator advocates for patient
safety and protocol integrity, adheres to patient care standards,
and communicates effectively to ensure effective conduct of
clinical trials and quality patient care. Research Coordinators
assist with screening patients, schedule, and oversee all on-study
requirements. Research Coordinators attend study teleconferences
with sponsors and clinical research organizations to assure
continuity of information. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may
include but are not limited to the following: Protocol Compliance
Identifies primary and secondary study objectives and outcome
measures. Adheres to applicable federal, state, and institutional
regulations, policies, and procedures related to clinical research.
Complies with NEXT Oncology SOPs Participates in providing timely,
informative, and accurate communication with the interdisciplinary
team to ensure protocol compliance and timeliness of
protocol-related procedures. Collaborates with the PI, pharmacy,
and other appropriate personnel to ensure proper use of and
accountability for study drugs. Provides protocol specific
education to clinical staff. Facilitates and participates in the
preparation for and conduct of meetings/teleconferences with
sponsors, monitors, and auditors. Provides timely, accurate, and
complete reporting of serious adverse events, unanticipated
problems, deviations, violations, and noncompliance to the IRB and
sponsor. Contributes to the development of corrective and
preventive action plans for unanticipated problems, deviations,
violations, and issues of noncompliance. Informed Consent
Identifies and intervenes to address barriers to effective informed
consent discussions and decision making (e.g., literacy, capacity,
language, distress, lack of time, therapeutic misconception)
Describes and abides by institutional policy and processes for
informed consent. Ensures that the most current version of the IRB
approved protocol consent document is used by the physician
investigator when consenting or re-consenting a patient.
Collaborates with the physician investigator to ensure initial and
ongoing consent process is performed and documented. Assesses
ongoing consent through discussions with patients and reinforcement
of education. Assesses patient’s understanding of the information
provided during the informed consent process. Ensures timely
re-consenting as needed by the physician investigator. Demonstrates
understanding of tiered consent process when optional correlative
studies (e.g., biospecimen, quality of life, patient-reported
outcomes collections) are involved. Confirms informed consent is
obtained prior to performing any study specific tasks. Management
of Clinical Trial Patients Collaborates with the investigator to
ascertain study patient eligibility for a clinical trial, including
documentation of criteria specified in the protocol. Educates the
patient and family regarding protocol participation. Provides
patient education regarding required study procedures. If the
Research Coordinator is a Registered Nurse, educates the patient
and family regarding clinical condition, and/or disease process. If
the Research Coordinator is not a RN, he/she will schedule
educational time with a RN. If the Research Coordinator is a
Registered Nurse, identifies patients who require increased nursing
assessment and management in addition to the clinical trial
requirements and collaborate with other members of the healthcare
team to ensure patient safety. If the Research Coordinator is not
an RN, he/she will schedule educational time with a RN.
Coordinates, schedules, and ensures timely completion of
protocol-required events and other requirements (e.g.,
pharmacokinetics or –dynamics, scans, study visits, QOL,) Assesses
individual patients for physical, psychosocial, and financial
factors that could impact adherence with study requirements and
implement interventions as necessary. Evaluates patient’s adherence
to and documentation of self-administered protocol agents and the
return of such agents. Collaborates with the investigator to
determine disease response as defined by the protocol and
communicates findings to the study team and other care providers.
Evaluates patient’s adherence to and documentation of
self-administered protocol agents and return of such agents.
Collaborates with the investigator to determine if any treatment
schedule or drug dose modification is necessary and communicates
findings to the study team and other care providers. Ensures
appropriate communication between research and clinical staff
related to patient-specific care needs. Ensures evidence-based
symptom management as permitted by the protocol Documentation and
Document Management Documents all patient encounters in the legal
medical record per licensure and institutional requirements.
Obtains documents from outside providers or laboratories that are
needed as part of the research data. Educates other research team
members and clinical staff regarding appropriate and accurate
source documentation for patients in clinical trials. Assesses
documentation or discrepancies and ensures that inaccurate or
discrepant documentation is addressed in the medical record or
other source documents. Maintains the privacy and confidentiality
of patients’ source documents. Maintains specified study documents
in the Research Coordinator files. Participates in the development
of approved source documents, templates, or forms. Data Management
and Information Technology Adheres to the data management plan per
NEXT SOPs and sponsor data management plan. Assists in
troubleshooting data entry issues. Ensures that relevant data from
source documents are abstracted and entered into CRFs in a timely
and accurate manner. Ensures that data recorded on the CRFs can be
verified within the source documents. Participates in quality
control activities to ensure data integrity, including timely
responses to database or sponsor queries. Enters data into
electronic data capture for SAEs as appropriate Knowledge, Skills
and Abilities The Research Coordinator must be knowledgeable of
standard research and oncology care practices. Required Education
and Experience Current Virginia Registered Nursing License for RNs
Bachelor’s degree required for non-RNs. Oncology clinical trial
experience preferred. Research Coordination experience preferred.
Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires full
range of body motion including handling and lifting, manual and
finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires sitting and
standing for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and
carries items weighing up to 40 lbs. Must have vision and hearing
that are effectively functional with or without corrective
measures. 27230474EXPTEMP 5 Benefits of Travel Nursing A diverse
range of assignments on your resume showcases your adaptability,
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candidate for future job opportunities and career advancement.
Different healthcare facilities may have varying levels of
technological advancements. Working in diverse settings exposes you
to a range of medical technologies, contributing to your
technological literacy. Interacting with patients from diverse
backgrounds enhances your cultural sensitivity. This is crucial in
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experiences. Stand out in the competitive healthcare field by
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and resilience gained through travel nursing. Travel nurses may
find themselves in challenging situations that require effective
crisis management. This experience can be valuable in emergency
healthcare settings and disaster response teams.
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