Pharmacokinetics Technician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 33,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York is seeking a Pharmacokinetics Technician to support early-phase pharmacokinetic studies alongside nurses and a multidisciplinary research team.

You will assist with sample collection, processing, data entry, and QA, ensuring protocol compliance, patient safety, and specimen integrity in a fast-paced oncology research setting.

Schedule is 4x10s, rotating between 160 East 53rd Street Rockefeller Center and Koch Center, reporting to a Nurse Leader.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of technical education such as an LPN, medical technician, or nursing assistant program required.
• Phlebotomy experience within the last two years.
• Current phlebotomy certification required.
• Demonstrated venipuncture skills required.
• Proficiency with EPIC, Word and Excel; 12-lead EKGs preferred.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Phlebotomy experience

Phlebotomy certification

Venipuncture skills

EPIC proficiency

MS Word

MS Excel

EKG experience (12-lead)

Education

High school diploma or GED

LPN/Medical technician/Nursing assistant program

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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 pursueour missionat MSK and around the globe.

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 - $36.21FSLA Status: Non-Exempt

Closing

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