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Jefferson Health Plans
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Clinical Research Nurse Sr. - Oncology Research

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Serves as departmental and disease team resource for research protocol initiation and implementation.

Performs basic nursing skills, study coordination and data management, with a central focus on managing subject recruitment and enrollment, consistency of study implementation, data management and integrity, and compliance with regulatory requirements and reporting. May attend leadership meetings and advisory groups.

Assists in the development of workflows, SOP's and Guidance documents. Works closely with the clinical team to bridge the gap between clinical and research protocols.

Job Description

  • Collects and documents clinical information (data) from study participants.
  • Provides patient education regarding research study.
  • Obtains informed consent and supports enrollment into clinical trials.

Interacts with consortium members, organizes meetings and communicates with participating institutions, tracks and records progress, schedules meetings, records and distributes minutes.

Education

Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing. BSN Preferred.

AND

Experience

Minimum of 2 year of RN clinical experience in a health care setting. Clinical research experience preferred.

PA RN License required

Work Shift

  • Workday Day (United States of America)
  • Worker Sub Type
  • Regular
  • Employee Entity
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Primary Location Address
  • 1015 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Research Nurse manages the initiation and implementation of oncology research protocols, including subject recruitment and data integrity. They also provide patient education, obtain informed consent, and facilitate communication between clinical teams and consortium members.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing, with a BSN preferred, and possess a valid PA RN license. A minimum of 2 years of clinical RN experience in a healthcare setting is required, with clinical research experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Protocol implementationRegulatory complianceClinical documentationWorkflow developmentSOP development

Oncology — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 48% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 13.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Annual compensation range

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Sign-on bonus
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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 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Oncology (RN) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 294 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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