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.

The annual base salary range for this position is $110,240 - $194,920. 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.