Clinical Research Nurse Manager

Company Overview: Illingworth Research Group provides a range of patient focused clinical services to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, biotechnology and medical device industries. These include mobile research nursing, patient concierge, medical photography and clinical research services. Illingworth are experts with experience across all study phases and in a diverse range of therapeutic areas. We have grown organically over our 20 year history, and now offer our services in over 45 countries globally.   

Illingworth Research Group has an immediate opening for a Research Nurse Manager to join our growing US team. The Research Nurse Manager (RNM) role is a remote line manager position supporting the Research Nurse team consisting of full-time corporate nurses, per diem nurses, and nurses supplied through vendor partnerships.

You may be a good fit if you lead in a positive and proactive manner, have an overwhelming passion for patient-centered care, the ability to effectively manage remote teams while fostering engagement and retention initiatives, be a driver of positive change across the nursing team, and the aptitude to enhance the partnerships between our nursing staff and other internal and external stakeholders. 

Responsibilities: The Research Nurse Manager is the first point of contact for Research Nurses (RN) regarding routine aspects of Illingworth with a focus to liaise with the wider RN operations and recruitment team to cover day-to-day nursing operations.  

• Collaborate with recruitment to interview nurses and forecast the need for additional corporate RN resources
• Oversee the allocation, utilization, and performance of team members.
• Provide day-to-day support of the RNs in a line manager capacity including assignment, time sheets, expenses, feedback, performance review, non-conformance, and any other internal administration. 
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with RN, onboarding, recruitment, and project teams to ensure efficient, positive relations to support RN activities.  
• Provide clinical and subject matter expertise to project teams based on clinical specialty, patient population, or therapeutic area. 
• Assist with the organization of continuing professional development (CPD), training, and career development needs of the RNs. Ensure GCP and clinical skills are maintained and give guidance where necessary. Coordinate and/or deliver further training when required. 
• Build and sustain relationships with internal and external stakeholders including vendor partners.  
• Develop, implement, and maintain departmental programs that support the strategic nursing operations plan. 
• Collate and analyze departmental data/metrics including utilization, retention rates, etc. Track and trend to make recommendations for process improvements. 

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: 

• Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (or country equivalent) required. Advanced degree preferred. 
• Active Nursing License
• A minimum of 7 years nursing experience and 2 years in clinical trials, ideally with prior experience in mobile research nursing
• A minimum of 5 years in a clinical leadership position
• Acute attention to detail
• High level of critical thinking and problem solving capabilities 
• The ability to troubleshoot and lead from a remote setting

Benefits 

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision
• HSA & FSA Options
• 401k (generous matching)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance and Wellness programs
• Unlimited Discretionary PTO

Why should you start a career with Illingworth Research Group? 

Illingworth Research Group is a Syneos health company, which is the only full-service biopharmaceutical solutions company in the world. As a Syneos Health company, Illingworth Research Groups is part of a 25,000 employee network that is continuously growing and evolving as an industry innovator. Syneos Health is all about improving patients’ lives around the world and does so by having a results-minded, total self-culture that is focused on DE&I throughout the organization and in clinical trials.  Illingworth Research Group helps to achieve these goals by providing a range of patient focused clinical services that create better, smarter, and faster ways to get medicines in the hands of patients who need it most.  

By joining the Illingworth Research Group team, you will not just be helping to provide patient centered care. You will also have access to endless career opportunities to work and collaborate with industry experts across the Syneos Health network, thereby building and achieving a career in the biopharmaceutical industry you have always dreamed of.