Pediatric Orthopaedics Nurse Navigator- 8 Hour Days

Company: Cedars-Sinai
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: May 24, 2025

Job Description:

Job DescriptionThe Pediatric Orthopaedic Program at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's is part of the second largest spine center in the nation. Whether your little one suffered trauma and needs urgent attention, or they were born with a congenital malformation, our internationally acclaimed physicians and surgeons are ready to help.Why work here?Cedars-Sinai is ranked #1 in California and #2 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We take pride in hiring the best, most hardworking employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for!Responsibilities;

• Develops and implements a stable, predictable system for joint surgery pre/peri/post-surgery and recovery management to ensure positive patient outcomes and support institutional and CME performance goals and metrics applying PDSA cycle.
• Develops and customizes the joint surgery program for each surgeon and their staff to provide the level of support needed to optimize and eliminate barriers to patient care
• Serves as an orthopaedic department nurse leader, supervising and providing nursing leadership and expert application of the nursing process in delivery to joint replacement patients.
• Works with Nurse Management to address issues identified regarding quality-of-care standards for joint surgery patients.
• Develops relationships with high-use home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities to ensure patients are met with the appropriate level of care and rehabilitation in a cost-efficient manner that reduces excessive length of stay and readmissions for complications.
• Coordinates and/or manages the assigned recognized organizational program and has authority for day-to-day program operations and administration.
• Collaborates with team members internally and externally, including leaders and agencies, to improve the program. Identifies and defines any logistics, action items, changes, or information needed to effectively manage the program.
• Researches and analyzes data for evaluating performance of program or program operations. Makes recommendations to leadership and/or implements program changes based on findings. Provides data and/or summary findings to program participants, collaborators, leadership, and/or cross-functional teams.
• Assesses training needs, develops applicable communication, education, training, on-boarding and/or mentorship. Provides ongoing communication to departments and leaders across the organization. Notifies team members of any changes to the program. May work with cross-functional teams across multiple departments to develop communication and training materials.
• Independently coordinates patient programs, projects and events with Nursing, medical center departments and communities across the health care continuum. Serves as a resource and consultant for educational programs throughout the Cedars-Sinai Health System.
• Maintains data system integrity. May provide ad hoc reporting to support recommendations observed through trend analysis for future planning and improvements.QualificationsEducation;
  • CA Registered Nurse
  • BSNWork Experience;
    • 5 years Acute care inpatient setting
    • 3 years Orthopaedic or PEDS experience in a large, academic trauma center highly preferredCedars-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 Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org 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 receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal 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.Req ID : 8448Working Title : Pediatric Orthopaedics Nurse Navigator- 8 Hour DaysDepartment : Spine CenterBusiness Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterJob Category : Clinical OperationsJob Specialty : Clinical OperationsOvertime Status : EXEMPTPrimary Shift : DayShift Duration : 8 hourBase Pay : $57.80 - $92.48

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