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.

Exciting Opportunity at MSK:

Join our team as a Clinical Trials Nurse in our Early Drug Development department at Memorial Sloan Kettering. We’re looking for a dynamic nursing professional eager to showcase compassionate, evidence-based nursing care skills and make a meaningful impact.

Role Overview:

• Act as an integral member of the clinical research team by administering direct nursing care to research study participants.
• Implement the standards for research protocols in compliance with regulatory, institutional, and external agencies.
• Work withing our Nurse-Physician based Ambulatory Care Practice Model.
• Perform patient assessment, offer patient education and patient/family support
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care to patients throughout various stages of treatment on protocol and follow-up.
• Participate in an individualized training/orientation program geared to guiding or reinforcing the principles of Clinical Trials Nursing practiced at MSKCC.

Key Qualifications:

• NYS RN license and BSN
• Three years of clinical nursing experience
• Oncology nursing experience preferred
• Clinical research nursing experience preferred but not necessary
• Proficiency with clinical and office software (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel)
• BCLS

Core Skills:

• Willing to act and eager to adopt new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• A proficient decision-maker, with a track record of making timely decisions that uphold excellent 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 patient populations and interdisciplinary team members, 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.

Additional Information:

• Location: Rotating between 560 East 74th Street Koch Center and 160 East 53rd Street MSK locations
• Schedule: 4x 10 hours shift from 8am to 6pm Mondays through Fridays.
• Reports To: Nurse Leader

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Closing:

At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.

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