About the client

One of the most unique and respected clinical partnerships in the world of proton therapy. The collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai Health System brings state of the art proton therapy treatment to the patients of New York and the surrounding areas.

We need highly driven, enthusiastic, professional, and engaged individuals to work as a dynamic team to provide great patient care using the latest proton treatment technologies. We offer excellent wages and benefits with career growth flexibility.


Job Responsibilities:

• Listen to patient and caregiver questions and provide well-informed responses in a way they can comprehend.
• Know when to defer queries to appropriate care-team members.
• Prepare patients and their families for their treatment planning appointment, including referring to other resources as needed.
• Facilitate patient's first appointment with treatment planning team, including consent(s), IVs, and contrast per protocol.
• Assist patients with treatment planning, scheduling, and execution.
• Give higher-risk patients, such as those with few resources, individualized support.
• Work with patient care team to identify social and emotional variables affecting patient health.
• Track appointment compliance and alert the patient care team.
• Give clinical team members constructive feedback at multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• As needed, coordinate chemotherapy and proton therapy appointments.
• Arrange patient referrals and appointments with other medical providers, including surgeons, medical oncologists, medical subspecialists, gynecologists, dentists, etc., as needed.
• Track patient progress quantitatively.
• Track patient satisfaction/complaints.
• Follow New York Proton Center HIPAA privacy policies.
• Perform other job-related duties, as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of professional nursing experience, required.
• Previous Oncology experience, including previous Radiation Oncology experience, preferred.
• Graduate of accredited School of Nursing
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, required.
• Current valid NY Registered Nurse License, required.
• Certification in oncology, or specialty practice area, preferred.
• BLS certified.
• Ability to multi-task, manage multiple projects at one time, and rapidly change priorities based on patient and practice needs.
• High integrity with respect to maintenance of confidential patient information
• Composure under pressure
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, experience with data management, and efficiency using electronic medical record systems. Oncology Information System, ARIA experience preferred.