About this role
About Us:
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 Nurse in Outpatient Ambulatory Services. We're looking for a dynamic nursing professional eager to showcase compassionate, evidence-based nursing care skills and make a meaningful impact in our MSK Westchester Outpatient Infusion center.
Role Overview:
Work within a Nurse-Physician based Ambulatory Care Practice Model
Handle a select caseload of patients both Adults and Pediatrics receiving infusions on an outpatient basis.
Administer chemotherapy, biotherapy, blood products, and other medications.
Act as part of a multidisciplinary team provides continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment and follow-up.
Participate in the implementation of clinical support programs to ensure efficient care throughout the healthcare continuum.
Perform patient assessment, offer patient and family education, and symptom management.
Participate in an individualized training/orientation program geared to providing nursing care in an ambulatory setting.
Key Qualifications:
New York State License, BCLS required
2 years of related chemotherapy experience required
Infusion experience and IV skills preferred
Chemotherapy certification and APHON strongly preferred and consistent with all regional sites
EPIC experience preferred
Core Skills:
Willing to take action and eager to adopt new opportunities and tough challenges with vitality, high energy, and passion.
A creative decision-maker, with shown success at making timely decisions that maintain standards of nursing care within the organization.
Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged, using both formal and informal development channels.
Approachable and skilled in providing care to diverse groups of people.
An effective communicator, capable of resolving how best to reach different audiences and executing communications based on that understanding.
Flexible in your approach and demeanor to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances.
Capable of building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Additional Information:
Location: 500 Westchester Avenue, West Harrison, NY 10604
Schedule: Per Diem
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Pay Range: $18.00 - $170.00
FSLA Status: Non-Exempt
Closing:
At MSK, we believe in fair, competitive pay that reflects your job, experience, and skills.
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.
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Other facts
About Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.
What you'll do
- The Clinical Nurse will work within a Nurse-Physician based Ambulatory Care Practice Model, handling a select caseload of patients receiving infusions. Responsibilities include administering chemotherapy and other medications, participating in clinical support programs, and providing patient education.
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