Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is hiring a Care Coordinator 1, Outpatient Operations. Deadline to apply is December 31, 2019.
You can read the full description below and apply on Handshake.
This posting is for students completing their degree in spring 2020, with training beginning in summer 2020.
At Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), we’re not only changing the way we treat cancer, but also the way the world thinks about it. By working together and pushing forward with innovation and discovery, we’re driving excellence and improving outcomes. Start your career at Memorial Sloan Kettering and you’ll find yourself quickly making a difference in the lives of our patients. When you join us as a Care Coordinator I, you will find meaningful work and become part of a team where everyone plays an important role in the fight against cancer. Making a difference in the lives of others. This is a life’s calling.
You are:
- An effective communicator, capable of determining how best to reach different audiences and executing communications based on that understanding.
- Adept at creating partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives and goals.
- Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged, using both formal and informal development channels.
- Flexible in your approach and demeanor in order to align with the shifting demands of evolving circumstances.
You will:
- Work as part of a practice staff team of Care Coordinators to ensure that each physician practice session is well prepared, well organized, and fully utilized and that each patient visit occurs with satisfaction.
- Serve as a liaison between the patient, family and clinical team during the office visit.
- Greet/check-in and orient patients to the outpatient visit and to the environment, as well as complete the patient visit by scheduling and coordinating all appropriate tests, procedures, visits, treatments and consultations in accordance with the physicians’ orders.
You have:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred – all majors will be considered
- A demonstrated commitment to healthcare through work, internship, or volunteer experience
- Excellent computer skills
- Ability to handle acutely ill patients in stressful situations with a positive demeanor
- Ability to provide at least a 2 year commitment
Hours vary between 6:15am and 10:00 pm (Monday-Friday, occasional Saturdays). Schedules are provided one week in advance and flexibility between shifts is expected.
Training: The initial 3 week training period will be in Manhattan.
After completing our quick online application form, you will complete a profile assessment on our partner site, Pymetrics. It should take you about 25-30 minutes to complete.