Clinical Nurse - Pre-Surgical Center

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.

Clinical Nurse - Pre-Surgical Center Opportunity

Join our team as a Clinical Nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's Main Hospital. We're looking for a dynamic nursing professional eager to showcase compassionate, evidence-based nursing care skills and make a meaningful impact in our Pre-Surgical Center.

Role Overview

• Assure completion of required diagnostic and evaluative tests.
• Provide related patient education programs and pre-operative clinical assessments.
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment.

Key Qualifications

• New York State RN license and BSN.
• Minimum of 2 years of related clinical experience required.
• Surgical Oncology experience preferred; Pediatric experience desired.
• National Certification preferred.

Core Skills

• 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 shown 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 resolving 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.

Additional Information

• Location: 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
• Schedule: 10 hour shifts with flexed hours from 5:30am to 8:30pm with weekend rotation required.
• Pay Range: $110,700.00 - $177,100.00
• FSLA Status: Exempt

Closing Statement

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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Key skills/competency

• Pre-operative assessment
• Patient education
• Diagnostic testing
• Multidisciplinary teamwork
• Clinical nursing care
• Surgical oncology
• Pediatric nursing
• NYS RN license
• BSN
• Communication skills