Pharmacokinetics Technician

Exciting Opportunity

Join Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a Pharmacokinetics Technician and help advance early-phase clinical research. Working alongside nurses and an interdisciplinary research team, you will support pharmacokinetic studies, safeguard specimen and data integrity, and contribute to compassionate, protocol-driven care for patients participating in innovative cancer research studies every day.

Role Overview

• Conduct Phase 1 pharmacokinetic studies under registered nurse supervision and in collaboration with the clinical research team.
• Review research protocols and follow study procedures, regulatory requirements, and standard operating procedures.
• Collect and facilitate the collection of pharmacokinetic samples, ensuring procedures are completed safely, accurately, and within required timeframes.
• Process specimens through aliquoting and centrifugation, maintain chain of custody, and prepare samples and documentation for shipment.
• Maintain accurate sampling-time records and perform quality assurance activities to protect specimen and research-data integrity.
• Collect and document study data in approved source documents, case report forms, medical records, and research databases.
• Support protocol-directed patient care by obtaining and recording vital signs, height, weight, pulse oximetry, and other required measurements.
• Perform and submit electrocardiograms according to protocol requirements, under appropriate clinical supervision.
• Maintain a clean, safe, well-stocked clinical environment while following infection-control, hazardous-material, waste-disposal, isolation, and patient-safety procedures.

Key Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of technical education such as an LPN, medical technician, or nursing assistant program required.
• Recent phlebotomy experience, generally less than two years, as specified in the job description.
• Current phlebotomy certification required.
• Demonstrated venipuncture skills required.
• Proficiency with EPIC, Microsoft Word and Excel required; experience performing 12-lead EKGs preferred.

Core Skills

• Precision and attention to detail: Consistently follows time-sensitive protocols and maintains accurate specimen, sampling, and research records.
• Patient-centered support: Provides respectful assistance that promotes patient comfort, safety, and personal needs under the mentorship of a registered nurse.
• Collaboration: Works effectively with nurses and interdisciplinary clinical research partners to coordinate study activities and specimen collection.
• Quality and compliance mindset: Protects participant information and follows regulatory, infection-control, aseptic-technique, and safety requirements.
• Organization and accountability: Manages supplies, equipment, documentation, and competing study activities while meeting protocol timelines

Additional Information

• Schedule: 4x 10 hours flexed between 8am to 8pm Monday through Friday.
• Location: Rotating between 160 East 53rd Street Rockefeller Center and Koch Center
• Reports to: Nurse Leader

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Pay Range: $24.05 - $36.21

FSLA Status: Non-Exempt

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