Specialty Nurse Navigator RN - Hematology​/Oncology - Hillcrest

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.

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, millennia ls, 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.

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.