The Coordinator/Navigator position is a Registered Nurse with recognized leadership abilities and sound clinical skills who will actively assist the physician in the day to day activities and care of the patient. This position helps to facilitate appointments with specialist and support services, provides patient and site-specific education and maintains appropriate communication with the medical, clinical and support staff as well as the patient and family. The position works with surgeons, oncologists, hospital departments, and out-patient services to facilitate scheduling of diagnostic and treatment procedures, physician appointments, as well as supportive care. This position will maintain, develop, and coordinate multidisciplinary prospective treatment conferences, whether as a complement to a clinic or a standalone collaborative forum. Demonstrates proficiency in delivering care to patients and participates in related continuing education. Executes leadership in the following areas: Direct/Indirect Patient Care, Support of Systems, Research, Education, and Professional Leadership. He/she works collaboratively with the nursing staff, medical staff, educators, managers, and all members of the health care team to accomplish the responsibilities outlined below.The Nurse Navigator position is a Registered Nurse with recognized leadership abilities and sound clinical skills who serves as a patient advocate in the provision of personalized care coordination across the healthcare continuum. This position helps to facilitate appointments with specialist and support services, provides patient and site-specific education and maintains appropriate communication with the medical, clinical and support staff as well as the patient and family. The position works with physicians, advanced practice providers, ambulatory staff, hospital departments, and out-patient services to facilitate scheduling of diagnostic and treatment procedures, physician appointments, as well as supportive care. This position will maintain, develop, and coordinate multidisciplinary prospective treatment conferences, whether as a complement to a clinic or a standalone collaborative forum. Demonstrates proficiency in delivering care to patients and participates in related continuing education. They execute leadership in the following areas: Direct/Indirect Patient Care, Support of Systems, Research, Education, and Professional Leadership. He/she works collaboratively with the nursing staff, medical staff, educators, managers, and all members of the health care team to accomplish the responsibilities outlined below. Must have strong communication skills. This position will be a key leadership member of our cancer program at the Joint Venture between Keck Medicine of USC and Henry Mayo Newhall hospital located in Santa Clarita, CA. This position will help lead initiatives that increase access to high quality cancer care in the Santa Clarita and surrounding areas. Candidates should have the ability to design, plan, and carry out initiatives across diverse teams and engage key stakeholders. This position will report to the administrative director of the joint venture and work closely with the medical directors, physicians, clinical and administrative staff both at USC and Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital.

Essential Duties:

• 1. Collaborates with the oncology care teams and acts as "point person" to navigate patients throughout their cancer journey.
• 2. Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
• 3. Calls new patients in advance of consults/procedures/start of treatments to provide required patient education as appropriate and identify any barriers to accessing care.
• 4. Coordinates consults with physicians and appropriate services such as social service, nutritional services, case management, transportation, radiology etc.
• 5. Identifies records pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient’s condition.
• 6. Initiates and coordinates patient/family teaching regarding patient care and follow - up including diagnosis, treatment plan, medications and medication side effects, procedures, and clinical trials when applicable.
• 7. Oversees patient flow through the continuum of care including test scheduling, surgical scheduling, assisting through the admitting process.
• 8. Initiates patient survivorship logs and actively maintains patient tracker to ensure compliance with care team recommendations and adherence to follow-up, including active surveillance.
• 9. Manages the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital tumor board meetings, providing administrative support as needed including helping review/compile case submissions, act as a moderator, and compile case summary notes to be sent to patients and members of the care team.
• 10. Assists in identification and support of admitted cancer patients for the JV as needed; serving as a resource for in-patient care and providers, for discharge planning and following up with patients after discharge to ensure compliance of the discharge plan.
• 11. Participates in cancer screening initiatives across the hospital and affiliated clinics, including education of providers and patients on role of screening and following up on possible cancer related findings.
• 12. Arranges for clinical services, evaluates clinical data, participates in clinical/ patient rounds, and triages clinical questions/ concerns to the appropriate resource.
• 13. Coordinates urgent and emergent transfers.
• 14. Participates in quality improvement initiatives and projects as requested including tracking number of referrals and measuring outcomes.
• 15. Collaborates with the care team to help organize & promote support groups.
• 16. Provides support for patients in end-of-life care (including resources for POLST, Advanced Directive).
• 17. Coordinates and collaborates with other Nurse Navigators in various divisions and departments to effectively coordinate care of all identified patients.
• 18. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelor's degree Nursing

• Req 5 years Five years clinical nursing experience required.

• Req Must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read and write English proficiently.
• Req Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions and ability to understand, follow and successfully perform duties, including whole blood collection, and apheresis procedures, in accordance with administrative and clinical policies, regulations and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Master's degree In nursing field. (completed or in process)
• Pref 2 years Two years’ experience as navigator in Oncology preferred
• Pref Oncology Certified Nurse - OCN (ONCC) Certification as Oncology Nurse preferred if oncologic focus.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA DCA)
• Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

The annual base salary range for this position is $110,240.00 - $181,896.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.