Job Description

The Clinical Program Manager is responsible for the implementation and conduct of clinical trials with investigational anti-cancer agents in the Cancer Institute. The Candidate must have expert knowledge of cancer as a disease process, cancer treatment modalities, and the process of conducting clinical research. The CPM will follow a caseload of patients in the ambulatory setting and assist in the administration and plan of the research program. This position will be primarily assigned to our Downtown Clinical Research Programs which operate at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Chelsea but is expected to move throughout the health care system based on patient needs.

Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provides exemplary patient care while ensuring the protocol is conducted in a high-quality manner and clinical research documentation is inspection ready.
• Responsible for coordinating study enrollment, establishing a database/case load of patients, protocol treatment and follow-up care for patients participating in clinical trials.
• Responsible for ensuring protocol adherence and accurate source data. Implement the standards for research protocols in compliance with regulatory, institutional, and external agencies
• Collaborates with attending physicians to identify and recruit patients eligible for clinical trial. Oversees scheduling of patient laboratory and radiologic assessments, admissions, and clinic visits and supports investigators with the informed consent process and documentation.
• Evaluate, treat and/or triage untoward reactions according to the standard of care and protocol guidelines, prescribe and manage supportive care medications.
• Assures the primary nursing staff understands how to administer investigational agents per specifications of the protocol.
• Ensures accurate and timely research documentation and works with ancillary departments (i.e. infusion, radiology, etc.) to ensure research is integrated into standard clinical operations.

Education Responsibilities:

• Develops educational content and delivers nurse-to-nurse education, specifically the education of Nursing Staff regarding specific protocol requirements, treatment administration of investigational agents, coordination of timed or sequenced events (i.e. serial vitals) and the accurate capture of clinical data for the purposes of the study and patient monitoring.
• Teach, coach and mentor junior staff; serves as preceptor
• Provides routine and ongoing education to patients and families; serves as patient advocate

Quality:

• Reports unexpected and unanticipated events to institutional offices and committees (i.e. Data safety monitoring, institutional review board, etc.)
• Facilitates in/external monitoring and auditing; leads quality improvement and process improvement projects
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with core measures and national standards are continuously met and collaborates with key departments, Administrators, Nursing, Medical and Quality Leadership, and Clinical Staff, to coordinate such activities.
• Assists in development and execution of action plans to support compliance with measures indicators and provides support and educational resources to departments and services relative to core measures, quality assessment, and improvement processes.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Establish and implement effective recruitment and outreach strategies to promote access, inclusion and participation in clinical trials.
• Participates in the collection, compilation, and analysis of clinical program activity data and reports on unit productivity.
• Provides coordination and leadership in the execution of day-to-day program activities, as appropriate to program objectives and areas of expertise. Oversees the collection, compilation, and analysis of clinical program activity data.
• Monitor clinical trial portfolio and enrollments to identify opportunities to grow research program.
• May supervise licensed or unlicensed staff to ensure protocol compliance, accurate data collection and sample acquisition

Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing is required. Master's Degree preferred; or Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner (AOCNP).
• 5 years directly related experience (some supervisory preferred)
• New York State License with current registration as a registered professional nurse. Certification in specialty area preferred.
• Progressive managerial and clinical job related experience specific to area of responsibilities.
• Certification in specialty area preferred.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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