Travel Nurse RN - Oncology in Fairfax, VA
Company: Patterns LLC
Location: Burke
Posted on: December 1, 2025
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Job Description:
The Clinical Nurse must be knowledgeable of standard research
and oncology care practices. The Clinical Nurse 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. Essential and other
important responsibilities and duties may include but are not
limited to the following: Protocol Compliance • 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. 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. • Assesses
patient’s understanding of the information provided during the
informed consent process. • Ensures timely re-consenting as needed
by the physician investigator. • Confirms informed consent is
obtained prior to performing any study specific tasks. Management
of Clinical Trial Patients • Provides complete patient assessment,
including vital signs and pre-examination procedures. • Gathers and
assesses objective and subjective data from the patient. •
Documents data and assessments accurately in the patient record•
Assists the providers in all aspects of the consultation,
treatment, procedures, and follow up care. • Records medical
history and symptoms, completing documentation in the medical
record. • Coordinates patient care, acting as a liaison with other
departments and organizations. • Provides patient education before
and after procedures, use of medical devices and equipment, and
prescriptions. • Triage of calls for urgent appointments, referrals
for patient consults and testing, insurance pre-certification, and
documentation. • Educates the patient and family regarding clinical
condition, and/or disease process. • 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 clinical and research staff
related to patient-specific care needs. • Ensures evidence-based
symptom management as permitted by the protocol. • Patient health
counseling and instruction, including meeting with families and
caregivers. • Medication reconciliation, management, patient
compliance, inventory, education. • Ensures regulatory compliance
with OSHA guidelines, CLIA regulations, HIPAA medical privacy
guidelines. 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. • 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. Other duties as assigned. Required Education and
Experience • Current BLS and ACLS or obtained within 90 days of
employment • Current Virginia Registered Nursing License for RNs •
Oncology experience preferred.• Clinical trial 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
inger 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.
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