This is a Full Time 10-hour Day shift position located in Torrey Pines, 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 2024 PEOPLE Companies that Care.
We invite you to join our Hematology/Oncology team as a Specialty Nurse Navigator.
As a Specialty Nurse Navigator Hematology/Oncology you will have the unique opportunity to partner with our patients receiving cancer care. We're able to navigate them through their journey while partnering with other teams, to ensure comprehensive care.
Your responsibilities will include:
· Primary contact/advocate for patients in a large multidisciplinary hematology 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.
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