Outstanding opportunity for experienced NUCLEAR MEDICINE & RADIOLOGY NURSES!

Hours: Part-Time Opportunity

• 10 hours shift: 10pm-8am with weekend/holiday rotation as needed.

We are:

Providers of compassionate, evidence-based nursing care to Oncology patients and families living with cancer in a healing and innovative environment.

http://careers.mskcc.org/career-areas/nursing/

You are:

• Action-oriented 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 channels.
• 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.

You will:

• Work collaboratively with other members of the radiology team
• Manage a caseload of patients undergoing radiological examinations
• Provide clinical support to staff members, and be involved in initiation of IV catheters
• Administration of radio isotope and IV contrast
• Manage reactions/complications
• Assist with any patient specific nursing needs while undergoing exams
• Perform patient assessment, offer patient and family education and symptom management
• Act as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide continuity of care throughout various stages of treatment and follow-up
• Cross-train to all diagnostic radiologic modalities (CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine)

You need:

• New York State RN license and BSN
• Minimum of 1.5 years of related clinical experience required
• 1.5 2 years of oncology experience highly preferred
• Radiology experience and IV skills highly preferred
• BCLS required; ACLS preferred
• National Certification preferred