Modality Nurse-Clinical Research-BSN

City of Hope

📍Duarte, CA
Posted May 20, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Modality Nurse-Clinical Research-BSN

Company

City of Hope

Location

Duarte, CA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4407990515

Job Description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The Modality Team Clinical Research Nurse (CRN) plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care while advancing clinical trials.

Position Summary
The CRN collaborates with physicians, research coordinators, pharmacists, and multidisciplinary teams to support patients enrolled in clinical trials. This role involves coordinating care across the continuum (outpatient, inpatient, and home), managing protocol-driven treatments, educating patients and families, and ensuring accurate documentation and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and deliver protocol-based patient care, including assessments, treatment support, and monitoring

  • Assist with patient screening, eligibility, enrollment, and informed consent processes

  • Collaborate with physicians and research teams to manage clinical trial treatments and follow-up care

  • Educate patients and families on clinical trials, treatments, and required testing

  • Ensure accurate, timely documentation and adherence to study protocols and regulatory requirements

  • Collect and manage clinical data, specimens, and patient tracking in clinical systems

  • Support protocol compliance, audits, and study monitoring activities

Your qualifications should include:

  • BSN

  • 2 or more years of experience in oncology, interventional radiology, or nuclear medicine or related fields, if applicable. For areas outside of these fields, 2 or more years of experience required in the practice area. Previous experience as a clinical research RN preferred.

  • Current California RN License

  • American Heart Association BLS Certification

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you ensure strict adherence to a clinical trial protocol while managing the complex care needs of an oncology patient?
  • 2.Walk me through your process for educating a patient and their family on the informed consent process for a complex clinical trial.
  • 3.What are the key regulatory and documentation considerations when collecting and managing clinical specimens for a research study?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to coordinate care across different settings, such as inpatient, outpatient, and home, for a patient on a clinical trial.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you identified a potential protocol deviation. How did you handle it?
  • 3.Give an example of how you successfully collaborated with a multidisciplinary team, including physicians, pharmacists, and research coordinators, to support a clinical trial patient.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are screening a patient for a promising oncology trial, but you notice they barely miss one of the inclusion criteria. The patient is desperate to enroll and the attending physician asks you to 'bend the rules.' How do you respond?
  • 2.A patient enrolled in a clinical trial calls your outpatient clinic after hours experiencing unexpected, severe side effects. How do you manage this situation while adhering to the study protocol?

Resume Keywords

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Clinical Research NurseOncologyProtocol ComplianceInformed ConsentPatient EducationRegulatory ComplianceClinical TrialsSpecimen ManagementMultidisciplinary CollaborationBSNInterventional RadiologyAdverse Event Reporting

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