Registered Nurse; RN Navigator – General Surgery Clinic

Job Profile Summary

The RN Navigator has specialized clinical knowledge to provide individualized support across the care continuum to patients, families, and caregivers. Typically working within a complex medical and/or surgical specialty (e.g., Oncology, Heart and Vascular, Bariatric), the RN Navigator coordinates care from diagnosis through treatment and follow‑up of a specific treatment modality, ensuring seamless transitions and addressing barriers to care. The RN Navigator guides patients through evidence‑based clinical care pathways individualized to their unique treatment plan, physiology, and disease progression.

The RN Navigator identifies and addresses barriers to care, steering patients through the complex healthcare system to improve outcomes.

• Demonstrates the use of the UVA Professional Practice Model through professional nursing practice, quality achievement, lifelong learning, empowered leaders, innovation, and expert caring.
• Manages complex care and high‑risk patient populations, alleviating barriers to care.
• Triages new patient referrals and assesses patient needs, goals, and preferences, integrating them into the care plan.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary care and expedites timely access to treatments, including diagnostic testing, surgery, and follow‑up care.
• Serves as a clinical advocate, educator, and liaison between patients, families, and healthcare providers.
• Provides culturally competent education on diagnosis, treatment, side effects, and post-treatment care.
• Facilitates communication between care teams and support participation in therapeutic clinical trials.
• Works with multidisciplinary team to identify programmatic and quality initiatives, tracking and monitoring outcomes related to the care pathway.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
Experience: 1 year of registered nursing experience required, 3 years of related and relevant registered nursing experience strongly preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required. Specialty Board Certification strongly preferred.

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, and bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; attention to detail and ability to write legibly; ability to lift/push/pull 20–50 lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids, and infectious diseases.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off, Long‑term and Short‑term Disability, Retirement Savings
• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Certification and education support
• Generous Paid Time Off

UVA Health is a world‑class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023‑2024 U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as “High Performing” in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Children’s is named by 2023‑2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children’s hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation.

Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond. Each agency within the Commonwealth of Virginia is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and maintaining a competent and diverse work force.

Equal Opportunity Employer. The Commonwealth of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Commonwealth of Virginia is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth of Virginia prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. Virginia uses E‑Verify to check employee eligibility to work in the United States.

You will be required to complete an I‑9 form and provide documentation of your identity for employment purposes.