Specialty Nurse Navigator RN - Hematology/Oncology - Hillcrest

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 role based in Hillcrest. The position offers a hybrid schedule, requiring three in-person shifts and one remote shift per week.

Elevate your career with Scripps Health, where Compassion Meets Excellence.

Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We're more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.

Why join Scripps Health?

Award-winning Workplace

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
  
  

Responsibilities

We invite you to join our Hematology/Oncology team as a Specialty Nurse Navigator. As a Specialty Nurse Navigator you will be responsible for:

• 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 patients receive timely and comprehensive care.
  
  

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills

• BSN plus three 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.
  
  

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: $62.80-$91.07/hour