Registered Nurse – Clinical Research (Associate Investigator)

Employer: Kelly Government Solutions, supporting the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Order #: NIDCR-26-01 | Status: Exempt, Full-Time (40 hrs/week) | Location: Bethesda, MD (Onsite w/ Telework) | Rate: Up to $52/hr

About Kelly Government Solutions
Expert clinicians from Kelly Government Solutions provide critical care to our nation’s veterans, support clinical research, and deliver key services to disadvantaged populations. Kelly Government Solutions partners with federal agencies to place top healthcare talent in roles that advance research and improve patient outcomes nationwide. We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse to support the NIDCR’s Division of Intramural Research (DIR) in a clinical research leadership role.

Position Overview
The Registered Nurse will collaborate with the Principal Investigator (PI) and serve as an Associate Investigator on DIR clinical research protocols. This is a leadership role with significant responsibility across the clinical protocol life cycle — including planning, design, and development; data collection and processing; data interpretation and analysis; and oral and written presentation of findings (e.g., quality-of-life data, new database development, data collection techniques). The incumbent will independently develop, implement, and manage key procedures across multiple clinical research protocols within the scientific scope of the NIDCR DIR program, serving as the expert lead collaborator with Principal Investigators on protocol development, implementation, coordination, and management.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical trial duties in accordance with standards of nursing practice and the Code of Ethics; maintain awareness of research misconduct/data falsification standards
  

• Coordinate and implement clinical research protocols
  

• Educate and counsel patients participating in clinical trials
  

• Serve as a regulatory affairs expert for clinical trials research
  

• Facilitate the full lifecycle of clinical research trials
  

• Collaborate with a diverse team of healthcare providers to deliver patient care and conduct research
  

• Facilitate patient recruitment and enrollment in ongoing clinical trials
  

• Ensure compliance with protocol and regulatory requirements
  

• Manage clinical research data and ensure data quality assurance
  

• Promote utilization of community resources
  

• Perform data management and data entry

Qualifications

• Current, active, full, and unrestricted RN license/registration from a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory (ADN or BSN accepted)
  

• Minimum 2 years of specialized professional Research Nursing experience with a regulatory component, including:
  

  • Planning, designing, and developing clinical research protocols
    

  • Providing specialized nursing care to cancer or other complex clinical populations in a research setting
    

  • Participating as a multidisciplinary clinical trials team member
    

  • Patient and family education/counseling
    

  • Clinical trial design, coordination, implementation, and study data management
    

  • Evaluating research outcome trends and compliance to inform study design
    

  
  

• Strong oral and written communication skills
  

• Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and time-management skills
  

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and maintain close attention to detail

How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their resume to amyr074@kellyservices.com.

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