Clinical Research Nurse

Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator

Overview

Join a leading clinical research team and play a vital role in advancing innovative clinical studies that improve patient outcomes. The Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the clinical operations of research studies, ensuring compliance with protocol requirements, regulatory standards, and institutional policies. This position serves as a key partner to investigators, research staff, sponsors, and patients throughout the lifecycle of clinical trials.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage assigned clinical trials from study start-up through closeout.
• Serve as the primary liaison between investigators, research teams, sponsors, and regulatory partners.
• Recruit, screen, consent, educate, and monitor study participants.
• Conduct nursing assessments and monitor patient safety, treatment response, and adverse events.
• Ensure timely IRB submissions, protocol amendments, continuing reviews, and safety reporting.
• Maintain accurate study documentation, source records, and data within EMRs, CTMS, and sponsor systems.
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding study participation, treatment plans, and potential side effects.
• Coordinate study-related appointments, laboratory testing, imaging, and other protocol-required procedures.
• Prepare for sponsor monitoring visits, audits, and regulatory inspections.
• Collaborate with investigators and research teams to support study feasibility, enrollment, and overall trial success.

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• BSN required (or equivalent advanced nursing degree).
• 3+ years of clinical nursing experience, or a combination of nursing and clinical research experience.
• Experience as a Clinical Research Nurse or Clinical Research Coordinator.
• Clinical research experience required.
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial regulations, IRB processes, informed consent, and adverse event reporting.
• Experience recruiting, screening, and managing clinical trial participants.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and patient education skills.
• Ability to manage multiple studies and priorities in a fast-paced research environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical research experience in an academic medical center, hospital, or research setting.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent clinical trials.
• Familiarity with EMR, CTMS, and clinical research databases.
• Experience collaborating with investigators, sponsors, and multidisciplinary research teams.
• Knowledge of study start-up, feasibility assessments, and clinical trial budgeting.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Paramus, NJ.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $54.00 - $60.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Paramus, NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 16, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Paramus,NJ.

About Actalent

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