Job Description

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. 

Clinical Trials Nurse - Westchester

Exciting Opportunity at MSK: For a Clinical Trials Nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Westchester location. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate with a dedicated clinical research team, providing direct nursing care, conducting patient and study assessments, and offering education and support to patients and their families.

Role Overview:

• Work within a Nurse-Physician based Ambulatory Care Practice Model.
• Facilitate accrual of appropriate patients to clinical trials.
• Coordinate patient care activities and participate in the conduct of studies for patients enrolled in clinical trials for multiple services including The Early Drug Development (EDD) Service. EDD conducts phase I trials of promising new drugs in patients with solid tumors in the body or brain. We run broad phase I clinical trials across disease types and molecular targets.
• Educate those patients and their families regarding clinical trials in general and the specifics of the proposed clinical trial.
• Provide as an integral member of the clinical research team to research study participants direct nursing care, patient and study assessments, education and patient/ family support.
• Collaborate with principal investigator to review new protocols from a nursing perspective, and participate in multidisciplinary discussion for approval.
• Implement the standards for research protocols in compliance with regulatory, institutional and external agencies.
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care to patients throughout various stages of treatment on protocol and follow-up.

Key Qualifications:

• New York State RN license
• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing
• Three years clinical Nursing experience
• 1.5 – 2 years of medical oncology experience required
• Clinical research nursing experience preferred but not vital
• Proficiency with clinical and office software (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel)
• BCLS

Core Skills:

• Committed and eager to adopt new opportunities and tough challenges with high energy, and enthusiasm.
• A good decision-maker, with shown success at making timely decisions that maintains high standards of nursing care within the organization.
• Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged, using both formal and informal development
• Approachable and comfortable with diverse groups of people and able to make others comfortable with you.
• An effective communicator, capable of resolving how best to reach different audiences and driving communications based on that understanding.
• Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Pay Range:

$110,700.00-$177,100.00

Additional Information:

• Hours: 10 hour shifts flexed between the hours of 8 am - 7 pm.
• Location: Westchester, N.Y.

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MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, or any other factor that cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job.

Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

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