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Nurse Practitioner (Bellevue Hospital)
The Nurse Practitioner provides, coordinates, and assures comprehensive nursing care using nursing process and pertinent standards of care, diagnoses illness and physical conditions, and performs therapeutic, corrective, and prescriptive measures within a collaborative practice.

Requirements:

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
  • Licensure as Registered Professional Nurse in New York with current registration
  • Bachelor’s Degree in nursing required; masters degree in nursing preferred
  • Minimum of five years relevant nursing experience
  • DEA license, prescriptive privileges
  • Written collaborative practice agreement with the Chief of Service, including practice protocols
  • Physical stamina, manual dexterity, visual and aural acuity to perform assigned responsibilities
  • Supervisory experience
  • Participation in pertinent professional and/or specialty organizations

Research Nurse
(GU, Melanoma)
The Research Nurse works to provide and maintain comprehensive nursing care to adult cancer patients in a diverse clinical research setting. The standards of care provided to the research patient results from the ability to assess the health care needs while ensuring compliance to the requirements of the protocol. The Research Nurse collaborates with all members of the research team to effectively direct and manage all aspects of the research protocol with minimum supervision.

Requirements:

  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
  • Licensure as Registered Professional Nurse in NY with current registration
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Minimum of 3 years relevant nursing experience
  • Demonstrate clinical competence in clinical trials nursing practice that includes the ability to execute complex research protocols and to assess and make critical decisions affecting research procedures.

Research Technician
The Research Technician will carry out experiments/assays in cellular immunology and prepare GMP vaccines and cellular therapies for use in human subjects. Work will involve cell culture, flow cytometry, dendritic cell preparation, T cell cloning, Elispot and CTL assays, and general lab duties such as purchasing, inventory, and lab and equipment maintenance. The Research Technician will not be expected to have an independent research project, and will be supervised by a senior member of the laboratory.

  • Vaccines and cellular therapies: Prepare GMP dendritic cell immunotherapies and peptide/adjuvant vaccines for patients with cancer or HIV/AIDS. Manipulate hematopoietic progenitor cells for transplantation. Propagate T lymphocyte clones.
  • Cellular immunology: Multicolor flow cytometry, intracellular cytokine staining, production of MHC-pepitde tetramers, lymphocyte proliferation, elispot and chromium release assays.
  • General lab: Assist with installation and operation of equipment, writing procedures, ordering, inventory. Testing reagents for potency and stability.
  • Perform pre-clinical research on dendritic cell immunotherapies including in vitro RNA transcription and transfection experiments.

Requirements:

  • BS degree in Biology or related area, strong written and verbal communication skills and willingness to work with viral vectors and HIV-infected cells is required.
  • Candidates with a minimum of two years professional experience, particularly experience in cellular immunology, flow cytometry, and blood/hematopoietic progenitor cell banking are preferred.
  • Experience in molecular biology, writing procedures, training laboratory personnel.

Project Associate
The incumbent will provide support to the regulatory group of the Clinical Trials Office. Responsibilities include assisting in logging, processing and entering protocols into database designed for tracking and reporting. Assist the Administrative Director and coordinator of Protocol Development with protocol enforcement and related correspondence to IRB; prepare minutes for weekly Regulatory meetings; coordinate site initiation visits.

  • Copies and files IRB paper work in regulatory binders
  • Preparation of documentation for submission to the IRB. Follow up and communicate
  • Obtain PI signatures for IRB/Sponsor paperwork
  • Schedules monitor visits for regulatory group
  • Develops and maintains a tracking list for all new/amended trials
  • Accurately track of internal and external IRB forms
  • Work on regulatory documents for pharmaceutical companies

Requirements:

  • High School diploma and 3 years office experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. BA/BS degree preferred
  • Proficiency using intermediate-level word processing, spreadsheet and database applications. Moderate, accurate keyboarding.
  • Strong attention to detail; good writing, proofreading and verbal communication skills required.

Research Data Associate
(GYN and GI)
Provides data management support to oncology clinical research protocols under the auspices of the Chief Supervisor for the CTO. Works with School of Medicine and Medical Center departments, including OCT, GE, IT, Nursing and General Counsel.

  • Is responsible to ensure that data collection is correct and consistent with the source document and completed in a timely and organized manner.
  • Completes paperwork and forms in a neat, accurate, timely manner.
  • Maintains files of all required on-going documentation and forms.
  • Assists PI in preparation for bio-statistical analyses and required reporting.
  • Ensures protocol compliance, that is, that standard steps regarding eligibility criteria, follow-up, and required documentation is consistently followed in the time frame specified.
  • Thorough knowledge of research study, study rationale, study subject, and clinical procedures associated with the study.
  • Collaborate with various personnel that may be involved in assisting with specific aspects in the study.
  • Conduct study visits, obtain and document information within the time frame specified.
  • Works with the principal investigators and research nurses on monitoring the overall conduct of the study.
  • Works with research nurses, and PI’s as part of a team to coordinate clinical trials.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of and follows proper clinical study processes within current policies and procedures.
  • Recognizes identifies, and moves issues forward as appropriate
  • Coordinates the shipment and transfer of varied types of materials among the various departments and labs
  • Maintain complete, accurate subject charts, case report forms, enrollment logs, and hospital records

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s plus three years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Outstanding computer skills, preferably experienced with oracle based data systems.
  • Medical Terminology a plus>

Senior Financial Analyst
The Sr. Financial Analyst supports the Business Manager in managing and analyzing the financial operations of the Institute by monitoring standard activities in accordance with the Institute’s internal controls and financial SOPs. The Sr. Financial Analyst offers analytical support by collecting and interpreting relevant financial data, maintaining tools and databases, and generating standard financial actions and reports across clinical trials, discretionary, grants, and operating accounts to produce accurate and timely financial information to aid in decision making.

  • Develops and maintains tools and databases to accurately capture and interpret financial data.
  • Generates standard financial reports (excludes sponsored projects); interprets reports and alerts BM to potential issues.
  • Provides financial support to Faculty and BM as required; prepares cost transfers and monthly Journal Vouchers (JVs) and tracks to ensure they are booked timely and accurately.
  • Assists in development and implementation of internal controls and financial SOPs for Institute.
  • Reviews Accounts Payable documents and Personnel changes against the budget and actual spending and alerts the BM to potential issues.
  • Identifies and investigates financial errors and makes inquiries with central Finance and General Accounting to determine cause of problem; proposes appropriate solutions to resolve the issue timely and accurately.

Requirements:

  • Masters Degree in Business or Finance area; preferably in healthcare, non-profit, or public sector
  • 3+ years in financial operations (preferably healthcare, non-profit, or public sector)
  • Knowledge of pre- and post- award grants management as well as clinical trials management.
  • Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and principles of Financial Management, Excel, Access, development and maintenance of databases.