Nurse Navigator - ACC - Breast Center - FT Days

University of California, Irvine•Irvine, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education. Position Summary: The Nurse Coordinator functions independently to coordinate care of patients. Responsible for planning, education and support of patient and family. Assures that the continuum of care process is complete, including intra-interdepartmental process to include: pre-admit, hospitalization, discharge and follow up in the OP. Maintains program data for analysis and RFPs. Works with Director and Medical Director / team for the development and growth of the program. Provides nursing services as needed. Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

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 6 months experience working as an RN in an Inpatient or Outpatient Oncology setting OR 1 Year clinical experience and recent completion of cancer basics class from Oncology Nursing Society within previous year
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Demonstrated practice with and knowledge of chemotherapy agents
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
Must be able to provide proof of work authorization

Nice To Haves

Oncology/Hematologic Malignancies patient population knowledge
Oncology Nurse Certification
Knowledge of complications associated with medical and surgical oncology conditions
Demonstrated knowledge of immunosuppressive therapies
Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families

Responsibilities

Coordinate care of patients.
Planning, education and support of patient and family.
Assure the continuum of care process is complete, including intra-interdepartmental process to include: pre-admit, hospitalization, discharge and follow up in the OP.
Maintain program data for analysis and RFPs.
Works with Director and Medical Director / team for the development and growth of the program.
Provides nursing services as needed.
Other responsibilities as assigned.