The posting
Job Description
Cedars-Sinai, ranked among the top hospitals in the nation, is seeking an experienced registered nurse to serve as a Pediatric EpilepsyNurse Navigator within the Guerin Children’s Epilepsy Program . This role is designed for a highly organized and detail-oriented nurse who excels in patient care coordination, workflow optimization, and electronic patient tracking.
The PEDS Epilepsy Nurse Navigator will play a critical role in managing patient progression from referral through consultation, diagnostic testing, intervention, and post-procedure follow-up. This position requires strong collaboration with physicians, , Advanced Practice Providers, schedulers, and to ensure timely and efficient patient care.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Patient Coordination and Navigation
- Serve as the primary liaison for patients undergoing epilepsy interventions, ensuring all necessary steps are completed.
- Work closely with APPs, physicians, researchers and scheduling staff to facilitate smooth patient transitions from referral to treatment.
- Identify and address barriers to care, improving patient access and adherence to scheduled appointments.
- Monitor patient progression , ensuring all diagnostic and procedural requirements are met.
- Proactively manage pending interventions, flagging cases that require follow-up or additional scheduling coordination.
- Identify gaps in documentation and work with scheduling and clinical teams to ensure compliance with national reporting standards.
- Assist in developing workflow optimizations and supporting Epic integration efforts to enhance automation and efficiency.
- Serve as a central resource for the Epilepsy team, ensuring clear communication and coordination of patient care.
- Provide input on workflow improvements to enhance patient throughput and reduce loss to follow-up.
Qualifications
Education;
- CA Registered Nurse
- Bachelors required
Experience
- 3 years Experience in an acute care setting (transplant, cancer, breast, emergency, pre-natal); preferred experience with program development and implementation of navigator programs. - minimum
Licenses and Certifications
- RN State License - Upon Hire minimum Registered Nurse
- ANCC Specialty Certification - 1 Year minimum Professional Certification in area of specialty
Qualifications;
- Minimum of three years of experience in outpatient nursing, case management, or care coordination.
- Experience working with PEDS
- Strong ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage complex patient workflows.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Cedars-Sinai is committed to providing the highest quality care to its patients while supporting the professional growth of its healthcare team. This role offers the opportunity to directly impact patient outcomes by improving the coordination and efficiency of structural heart interventions. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply today.
Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring. At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and wellbeing of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees based on the season are vaccinated by availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
