Clinical Research Core Nurse
Listed on 2026-02-01
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Healthcare
Job Details
Career Area: Health Professional (Physician/Nurse/Other)
Department: Nutrition Research Institute-633300
Internal Recruitment: No
Posting Open Date: 01/13/2026
Final date to receive applications: 01/26/2026
Position Type: Permanent Staff (SHRA)
Position Title: Licensed Practical Nurse - Advanced
Salary Grade Equivalent: MH08 / GN09
Working Title: Clinical Research Core Nurse
Position Number:
Vacancy : P020736
Employment Status: Part-Time Time-Limited, 3 Years, 30 Hours per Week
Work Schedule: Typically, work hours will be approximately 7:30 am‑3 :00 pm Monday‑Thursday with possible early morning, evening, and some Saturday hours (weekends occasionally) to be shared across team members.
Location: Kannapolis, NC, North Carolina, US
Hiring Range: $39,000‑$42,281 (Prorated annual salary for 0.75 FTE)
Pay Band Information: To learn more about the pay band for this branch and role, please see the Career Banding rates spreadsheet.
Be a Tar Heel!The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is a world‑renowned center and a global leader in precision nutrition research. Its on‑site facilities include multiple wet labs, clinical facilities, a vivarium, and a metabolic chamber. Located approximately two hours from UNC‑Chapel Hill, the NRI resides on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC, a mid‑size city with a small‑town feel. The institute is within walking distance of the city center which includes shops, restaurants, a minor‑league ballpark, theater, and a music hall of fame.
It is also a short drive to Charlotte and Winston‑Salem/Greensboro. The NRI offers full‑time employees a comprehensive benefits package, paid leave, and a variety of health, life, and retirement plans along with additional programs that support a healthy work/life balance. Professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development, and lifelong learning are also available.
Learning how people can eat uniquely! The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.
Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual’s requirements for and responses to nutrients.
NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene‑environment and gene‑nutrient interactions.
The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.
We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.
Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition. Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!
The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte region.
Position SummaryNOTE:
This position is located in Kannapolis, NC, appx. 2 hours from UNC’s main campus.
The Clinical Research Core (CRC) provides human nutrition research investigators with multidisciplinary services and equipment in one location complete with examination rooms and equipment, pharmacy, phlebotomy laboratory, specimen laboratory, and furnished consultation rooms. This centralized facility provides investigators with a coordinated, quality‑controlled, and quality‑assured facility for the procurement, processing,…
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