Gastrointestinal Specialty Nurse Navigator - Hematology/Oncology - Torrey Pines

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. From primary to specialty care, our team-based model is designed to provide the best possible care and outcomes for you and your family. More than 900 providers and physicians provide 1.5 million patient visits a year coordinated through an integrated electronic health record.

This is a Full Time 10-hour Day shift position located in La Jolla.

Join the Scripps Health team and work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-centered healthcare. Receive endless appreciation while you build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

Award-winning Workplace

• Selected as one of the 100 Best Places to Work for 2024 by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute for the 16th time. A remarkable achievement as only five healthcare organizations nationwide made the list, and Scripps is the sole healthcare provider in California to be recognized.
• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• #78 in 2023 PEOPLE Companies that Care.
• #95 in Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for 2023.
  
  

We invite you to join our Hematology/Oncology team as a Specialty Nurse Navigator.

As a Gastrointestinal Specialty Nurse Navigator supporting GI oncology you will be responsible for:

• Primary contact/advocate for patients in a large multidisciplinary gastrointestinal oncology practice.
• Collaborate with care team to develop and facilitate individualized plan of care.
• Educate patient and caregivers about disease, treatment modalities, side effect management and self-care measures.
• Coordinate all aspects of care including diagnostics, procedures, referrals, treatments.
• Triage all communications including patient calls and emails, other departments, insurances, genomic testing organizations.
• Formed strong relationships with all colleagues including physicians, nurses, clerical staff, and management across multiple departments and locations.
• Navigating 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.
• Formulating custom care plans from assessment and clinical information demonstrating the application of clinical guidelines including standards of care.
• Providing disease and treatment specific education tailored to meet patient’s individual goals of care.
• Onsite 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. Assisting patients with social services needs by identifying resources in the community and referring to these programs.
• Collaboration with system wide authorizations team, scheduling in other departments, as needed to ensure patient receives timely and comprehensive care.
  
  

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills

• BSN plus 3 years recent clinical nursing experience in a variety of clinical settings.
  
  

Required Certification/Registration

• CA RN License
• BLS if working in a clinical setting.
• ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy.
  
  

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification

• MSN
• OCN if working in Hematology ONN-CG if working in Oncology area.
• Two years experience managing care of relevant specialized patient population (gastrointestinal).
  
  

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support and respect of an organization that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.

You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

Position Pay Range: $60.53-$87.94/hour