"Nurse Navigator - Clinic - Surgery ENT - FT Days"

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

Incumbent collaborates with the attending and resident medical staff, as well as nursing, ancillary and technical staff to coordinate the delivery of high quality, individualized, cost-effective patient care. Coordinates resource utilization throughout the Health System and evaluates services provided. Coordinates interdisciplinary referrals utilizing pre-established criteria for quality and appropriateness to the acute care or ambulatory setting. Performs the appropriate utilization review functions on the managed population utilizing approved Intensity of Service and Severity of Illness criteria. Supports the performance improvement process through comprehensive analysis of patterns and trends. Interacts with the patient/family. Utilizes nursing process, as appropriate, to set priorities, plan, organize and implement care that is directed toward self-care outcomes.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Minimum 1 year experience working as an RN or 3 years MA/LVN experience in a clinical setting
• Demonstrated practice and knowledge of post-surgical care
• Demonstrated clinical experience in skin and wound care
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Current CA RN license
• Basic Life Support certification required
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with DME equipment and supplies, as well as with skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies
• Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.