Information Specialist

How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At Blood Cancer United, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our bold goal a reality: to enable patients with blood cancer to gain more than one million years of life by 2040\. Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job." **Summary:** This fully remote position within Blood Cancer United’s Information Resource Center (IRC) offers an excellent work\-life balance for a skilled oncology professional. * Monday–Friday schedule only; no weekends, no on\-call responsibilities, all holidays off, and a 7\-hour workday. * Required availability: 12:00–4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. * Flexible scheduling: The remaining 3 hours may be completed at your discretion each day, based on assigned work and other professional commitments. You will work alongside a highly trained team of oncology social workers and nurses located throughout the United States. The organization’s area of expertise focuses exclusively on blood cancers. Through our custom\-designed phone and chat platform, the Blood Cancer United website, and other emerging technologies, this position will: * Provide personalized blood cancer education, patient advocacy, and psychosocial support to blood cancer patients and their families. * Serve a diverse population of pediatric and adult blood cancer patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals from diagnosis through survivorship. * Empower and equip patients and caregivers to communicate effectively with their healthcare teams. * Promote patient self\-advocacy across a range of needs and circumstances. * Provide clinical trial education and awareness and refer patients to the Blood Cancer United Clinical Trial Support Center (CTSC) when appropriate. * Identify and help reduce barriers to blood cancer care while supporting improved quality of life for patients and their families. * Stay current on blood cancer research by reviewing peer\-reviewed literature and materials from professional organizations, and by attending professional symposia, conferences, and webcasts both within Blood Cancer United and through external organizations. * Represent the IRC and Blood Cancer United at professional meetings, conferences, advisory boards, partnership initiatives, and other events as requested, both virtually and in person. * Collaborate on abstract submissions to professional organizations for presentation opportunities, as requested. * Perform other related duties as assigned. \\If bilingual, provide services and support in both Spanish and English, represent the IRC, and collaborate with other Blood Cancer United departments on Spanish\-language outreach initiatives and projects. \#LI\-Remote **Education, Experience, and Qualifications:** * One posit