Nurse Navigator - Cardiovascular Admin - SL - FT Days

UCI; Orange (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

UCI Health in California seeks a Care Coordinator to ensure smooth transitions across inpatient, outpatient, surgical and invasive settings, while gathering data to support patient safety and performance improvement. You will act as a clinician and resource for cardiac and vascular surgical patient care, coordinating care for patients with complex medical needs and communicating with the care team.

Required: BSN, California RN license and current BLS; strong English communication and proficiency

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in quality, patient safety, infection control, or performance improvement methodologies (includes educational experience, if applicable)
• Experience coordinating care for cardiovascular surgical patients
• Current California RN license and current BLS certification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Coordinate transitions across inpatient, outpatient, surgical and invasive settings.
• Support data collection for patient safety and performance improvement.
• Serve as a resource across the Medical Center for cardiac and vascular patient care.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and health teams.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Negotiation

Customer service

Cardiovascular patient care

Care coordination

English proficiency

RN license (CA)

BLS certification

MS Office (Word/Outlook/Excel)

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

Who We Are

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.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary: Provides care coordination for transitions across the continuum of inpatient, outpatient, surgical and invasive procedural settings. Assists with collection of data necessary to support the patient safety and performance improvement plan and progress toward established performance measures. Works as a clinician to support high quality, timely care delivery. Acts a resource across the Medical Center relative to cardiac and vascular surgical patient care.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Strong written, oral communication, as well as effective problem solving and negotiation skills
• Resourcefulness to identify and search for information that is not readily available and ability to synthesize to form recommendations
• 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 2 years’ experience in quality, patient safety, infection control, or performance improvement methodologies (includes educational experience, if applicable)
• Experience working with Cardiovascular surgical patients
• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strides to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization