Pharmacokinetics Technician: Flexible 4x10 Schedule

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

Job summary

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is hiring a Pharmacokinetics Technician to support early-phase pharmacokinetic studies in a multidisciplinary team. You will assist in sample collection, processing, and data documentation, under RN supervision, ensuring safe, precise handling of specimens.

The role emphasizes adherence to protocols, regulatory requirements, and quality controls while maintaining a clean, compliant clinical environment and contributing to patient-centered research care.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Completion of technical education such as an LPN, medical technician, or nursing assistant program required.
• Current phlebotomy certification required.
• Demonstrated venipuncture skills required.
• Proficiency with EPIC, Microsoft Word and Excel required; experience performing 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

Precision and attention to detail

Patient-centered support

Collaboration

Quality and compliance mindset

Organization and accountability

Education

High school diploma or GED

LPN / medical technician / nursing assistant program

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is hiring a Pharmacokinetics Technician to support early-phase pharmacokinetic studies in a multidisciplinary team. You will assist in sample collection, processing, and data documentation, under RN supervision, ensuring safe, precise handling of specimens.

The role emphasizes adherence to protocols, regulatory requirements, and quality controls while maintaining a clean, compliant clinical environment and contributing to patient-centered research care.