Advanced Practice Provider | Supportive Care Service (Days)

About Us

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 pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Are you passionate about helping patients live well while undergoing treatment for their cancer? If so, we have a rewarding and fulfilling opportunity for an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join the Supportive Care Service at MSK! Our Supportive Care Service is an interdisciplinary team that provides goal concordant, holistic care to cancer patients. We help to relieve patient and family suffering through evaluations of physical, psychological and spiritual needs and optimize their symptoms to help them live as well as possible. We provide expert consultation for complex pain and non-pain symptoms, and collaborate with oncology teams to support challenging communication and goals of care conversations.

Responsibilities

• Provide palliative care to adult oncology patients in an independent, collaborative, and interdisciplinary practice model.
• Collaborate with primary disease management teams and, as a part of an interprofessional Supportive Care team, provide palliative care to patients with various stages of cancer.
• Facilitate post-acute transitions from inpatient to outpatient care in accordance with patients’ values and goals.

Qualifications

For Physician Assistants:

• Active NYS license or be qualified for state licensure
• Graduate from an accredited PA program
• NCCPA certification
• BLS certification

For Nurse Practitioners:

• Current New York State (NYS) RN and NP licenses/registrations
• Master’s degree in nursing, prescriptive privileges (or eligibility)
• Related National NP certification
• BLS certification

Experience in hospice & palliative care and/or graduate from an accredited hospice & palliative care fellowship strongly preferred.

Skills

• A good decision-maker, with proven success at making timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Able to work effectively in an environment notable for complex, sometimes contradictory information.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Effective at gaining the support and commitment of others by engaging them around your point of view and priorities.
• Flexible in your approach and demeanor in order to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances.

Additional Information

Location: Main Hospital Campus, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY

Reporting to: Director, APP

FLSA Status: Exempt

Schedule

• Flex 12-hour shifts – including weekends and holidays
• 13 shifts per 4-week schedule (Days)
• Training period will include 10-12 hour shifts 3-4 days/week with rotation

Pay

Pay Range: $155,500 - $197,400/annually (Note: Broader range listed as $136,400 - $225,100 for the role)