"Nurse Navigator - Urology - FT Days"

Nurse Navigator - Urology - FT Days

Req ID: 140465

Location: Orange, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Urology

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $64.93/Yr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $85.69/Yr.

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 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 will provide coordination and oversight for effective delivery of subspecialty care to patients in the outpatient Urology clinic. Incumbent serves as a single point of contact for patients and/or family members for the purpose of effectively communicating the patient's plan of care, and coordinates care with the physicians and members of the healthcare team.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong written, oral communication, as well as effective problem solving and negotiation skills
• 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
• Experience coordinating care for patients with complicated medical diagnosis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Current California RN license
• Current BLS certification
• Computer familiarity using Word, Outlook and Excel, or similar database software
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to design and implement patient and family education programs

• Specialty nursing certification relating to patient population
• Previous experience working as a nurse navigator (care coordinator) for patients with complicated medical diagnosis, preferably urology
• Previous experience working as a nurse navigator (care coordinator) for patients with complicated medical diagnosis, preferably pulmonary and/or nephrology clinics
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms

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.