Clinical Nurse - GU Chemotherapy

Company overview

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. 

Job details

We Are:

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Magnet®-recognized Department of Nursing is made up of almost 5,000 highly skilled nursing personnel, including more than 600 nurse practitioners, 40 clinical nurse specialists, and 32 nurse educators. All are dedicated to delivering expert care to people with cancer and their families! Are you ready to join our dynamic Nursing Team?

• http://careers.mskcc.org/nursing/

You Are:

• Willing to take action and eager to embrace new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and passion.
• A good decision-maker, with proven success at making timely decisions that maintain 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 determining how best to reach different audiences and carrying out communications based on that understanding.
• Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

You Will:

• Function in a reciprocal Nurse-Physician based Ambulatory Care Practice Model
• Administer chemotherapy, perform patient assessment, and provide symptom management and patient/family education.
• Participate in an individualized training program geared towards providing nursing care in an ambulatory setting.
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care throughout various stages of oncology treatment and follow-up.

You Need:

• New York State RN license and BSN
• 1.5 years of related chemotherapy experience required
• Chemotherapy certification strongly preferred
• Medical Oncology experience strongly preferred

Hours: 10-hour shifts flexed between 8am and 8pm; Monday - Friday