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Lansing, Michigan

Clinical Research Registered Nurse

Registered NurseNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Department: Research Inst
  • Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80
  • Daily Work Times: 8:00am-4:30pm

Position Summary

The CRN is a member of the clinical research team and assists in the recruitment, compliance and follow-up of patients that are eligible for, or registered to a clinical trial. The CRN provides specialized nursing care that ensures exceptional, ethical, safe care yielding high-quality data.

Responsible for managing patient standard of care needs as well as participant and protocol needs through application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with the research patient, patient’s family, ancillary/support services, the physician, and the clinical research team.

Responsibilities

Provides clinical trial support to ensure patients are offered appropriate clinical trials following Good Clinical Practice standards.

Assesses, monitors, evaluates, and documents the patient’s compliance and response to protocol treatment

Provides leadership to other members of the clinical team by articulating expected standards of care as directed by the clinical trial. Delegates and supervises other employees, as assigned, to ensure that the clinical trial plan is carried out and that established outcomes are achieved.

Participates in process improvement activities of the department to ensure patient safety.

Demonstrates professionalism and a commitment to improving the work environment through participation in meetings, timely and effective communication, and an embracement of cultural diversity

Provides clinical research support staff with the documentation needed to determine eligibility and maintain compliance

  • Required
  • Associate Degree from an accredited Nursing program
  • Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license
  • Two years of nursing experience
  • Preferred
  • Research experience in designated area of work
  • Nursing experience in area of clinical research focus

Requirements

Candidates must hold an Associate Degree from an accredited Nursing program and a current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license. A minimum of two years of nursing experience is required, with research experience preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient RecruitmentProtocol CompliancePatient MonitoringDelegation

Ambulatory Care Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Ambulatory Care Nursing listings this role was benchmarked against, 22% are remote, 62% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
15%
CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 5.1
Better work-life than 50% of Ambulatory Care Nursing (RN) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 373 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Lansing

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$193k
Typical market rent
$1,222/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.0
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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