Specialty Nurse Navigator - GI/Oncology - Torrey Pines Clinic

About the role

Caring for San Diegans since 1924, Scripps Clinic is San Diego’s first choice for exceptional primary care and highly specialized and coordinated specialty care. Scripps Clinic offers a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services that are nationally recognized for quality, excellence and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Navigate patients through the continuum of care acting as a liaison and resource between the physician, other departments, and the patient.
• Establish specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-specific nursing goals to guide the care planning process and promote self-reliance.
• Provide in-person, clinic visits as needed at the initiation of care and throughout transitions of care throughout all of our hematology/oncology clinic sites, as needed.
• Formulate custom care plans from assessment and clinical information demonstrating the application of clinical guidelines including standards of care.
• Provide disease and treatment-specific education tailored to meet patient’s individual goals of care.
• On-site rounding throughout treatment plan implementation as needed to provide needed in-person patient evaluation.
• Provide direct, hands-on nursing care, as needed.
• Assist patients in establishing, modifying, or reinforcing a social support network, thereby promoting self-reliance.
• Assist patients with social services needs by identifying resources in the community and referring to these programs.
• Collaborate with the system-wide authorizations team, scheduling in other departments, as needed to ensure patient receives timely and comprehensive care.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) plus 3 years’ recent clinical nursing experience in a variety of clinical settings.
• Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• BLS certification if working in a clinical setting.
• ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy certification.

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.
• OCN certification if working in Hematology, ONN-CG certification if working in Oncology area.
• Ambulatory experience preferred.
• Minimum of two years of outpatient experience managing the care of patients in oncology or a related specialty.

Skills

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Knowledge of oncology and hematology care.
• Proficiency in clinical guidelines and standards of care.

Benefits

Full-time benefits package including health insurance, retirement plan, and paid time off.

Pay

Position Pay Range: $62.80-$91.07/hour

Schedule

This is a Full-Time benefited position. Position works 4 10-hour shifts, with one being remote. Position does not require weekends or holidays. Location is at Scripps Green Torrey Pines Clinic, with occasional site travel as needed.