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Northside Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Clinical Research Nurse I

Registered NurseNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

The Research Nurse I will be responsible for rendering patient care services to patients on research protocols approved through the Northside Hospital IRB.

Responsibilities involve patient registration, data collection, data submission, adverse event reporting, patient follow-up, records management, protocol regulatory management, quality assurance and other activities related to research.

Major roles of the Research Nurse include those of practitioner, researcher, educator and consultant.

The Research Nurse is a professional person with knowledge, skills and abilities in the following areas: specific disease management nursing, data management, physical assessment skills, leadership ability and communication skills.

Qualifications

Required

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Bachelor or Associate degree and current and unencumbered licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia
  • One (1) year relevant work experience in a clinical setting
  • Current and valid American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider CPR & AED Program card

If not Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) at time of hire, must achieve professional certification through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) or the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) within three (3) years of hire.

If not certified at time of hire, must obtain within three (3) years of hire, one (1) of the following:

For Oncology

Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)

For BMT

Blood & Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN) through Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC)

Preferred

  • Master of Science degree from an accredited college or university in a data driven research-related field (such as nursing, allied health, biological sciences, chemistry, economics, informatics, mathematics, psychology, sociology, epidemiology, public health).
  • Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) through the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC).

Knowledge and understanding of clinical research healthcare science and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) international quality standards for clinical research.

Knowledge of clinical research practices including federal regulations, federal grant and clinical trials policy and regulations, management systems and technology solutions used to coordinate clinical research.

One (1) to three (3) years relevant work experience in a clinical or healthcare setting

Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) or Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) through the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) or the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA).

Work Hours (EX:7AM-7PM)

8:30AM-5PM

Weekend Requirements

No

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Ambulatory Care Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Ambulatory Care Nursing listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 52% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Ambulatory Care Nursing pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Research Nurse I at Northside Hospital a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Ambulatory Care Nursing (RN) — ranked against 382 active Ambulatory Care Nursing (RN) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Ambulatory Care Nursing (RN) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 382 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Atlanta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$377k
Typical market rent
$1,944/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.