Clinical Trials Nurse - Inpatient
About The Position
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 pursueâ¯our missionâ¯at MSK and around the globe. Exciting Opportunity: We're looking for a Clinical Trials Nurse to join our inpatient team! In this role, you'll play a vital part in delivering comprehensive patient care, applying your expertise to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate treatments in both inpatient and outpatient settings. You Are: Willing to take action and eager to embrace new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. 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 executing communications based on that understanding. Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Requirements
- New York State RN license and BSN
- Three years of clinical nursing experience
- Proficiency with clinical and office software (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel)
- BCLS
Nice To Haves
- 1.5 - 2 years of oncology experience preferred
- Clinical research nursing experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Work within a Nurse-Physician-based Inpatient Practice Model
- Facilitate the 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 (insert service).- various services
- 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 the principal investigator to review new protocols from a nursing perspective and participate in a 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.
- Collaborate closely with members of the clinical research team across the MSK enterprise to manage protocol patients and coordinate care
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Hospitals
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
