Specialty Nurse Navigator – RN - Mercy
About the role
This is a full time position with 8 hour shifts at Scripps Mercy in Hillcrest.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a Structural Heart Nurse Navigator: coordinates patient care from the time of referral to the time of implant, and helps navigate them through the referral and screening process.
- Initial contact for patients when referred to our team. Provides patient education regarding the referral, procedural, and post-procedural process.
- Reviews patient’s records and helps determine initial screening tests, and assures all screening appointments have been ordered.
- Reviews screening tests’ results and enters into TAVR database. Collaborates with TVT registry abstractors to insure data integrity.
- Works with TAVR team to improve flow and processes. Works in collaboration with structural NPs and Cardiologists to review data for related projects.
Requirements
- Current California RN License
- Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS
- Three (3) years of recent RN experience in a variety of clinical settings
- Knowledge of hemodynamics and experience with advanced mechanical circulatory support; IABP, Impella, Tandem, ECMO, and LVAD
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN)
- Master’s degree in nursing preferred
- ECMO Specialist Certificate from ELSO (Completion of ELSO Foundations course) preferred
- Two years of experience managing care of relevant specialized patient population preferred
Qualifications
- Current California RN License
- Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS
- Three (3) years of recent RN experience in a variety of clinical settings
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN)
Skills
- Formulates custom care plans from assessment and clinical information demonstrating the application of clinical guidelines including standards of care.
- Establishes specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time specific nursing goals to guide the care planning process and promote self-reliance.
- Affords assistance in establishing, modifying, or reinforcing a social support network, thereby promoting self-reliance.
- Identifies and aligns resources that impact high-risk care.
- Collaborates with the Healthcare team to track and review data for research projects as well as resource utilization related to relevant specialty and makes recommendations as needed.
Benefits
In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.
Pay
In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Act, Scripps Health posts the pay range for all jobs. Please note that actual pay will be determined based on relevant experience and internal equity within the pay range. Please also note this range is applicable for employees who reside in California only. A geographical pay differential may be applied for remote employees who reside out of state. Scripps Health strives to ensure that our employees receive equal pay for equal work in line with our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.
Schedule
This role works in a 8 hour shift at Scripps Mercy in Hillcrest.