Registered Nurse Navigator (RN) - Endocrine Clinic (Hybrid)

Helping patients access the right specialty care at the right time can have a profound impact on their healthcare journey. As the Registered Nurse Navigator for the Endocrine Clinic, you will play a critical role in guiding patients through the referral and scheduling process while helping ensure they receive timely, coordinated, and patient-centered endocrine care.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse who enjoys combining clinical expertise, care coordination, patient advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Working closely with providers, access specialists, referring clinicians, and patients, you will help shape a new role designed to improve access, streamline workflows, and enhance the overall patient experience within a growing specialty practice.

The Role

As the Registered Nurse Navigator, you will serve as a clinical resource and central point of coordination for patients entering the Endocrine Clinic. This role blends clinical decision-making with patient engagement and operational collaboration, allowing you to practice at the top of your license while directly influencing access to specialty care.

The schedule is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Initial training will occur on-site, after which the role offers hybrid flexibility with several remote workdays each week.

A typical day may include:

• Reviewing incoming referrals and determining appropriate triage pathways based on diagnosis and clinical urgency.

• Communicating with patients and referring providers regarding scheduling, medical records, and next steps in care.

• Collaborating with physicians, advanced practice providers, and access team members to ensure patients are connected with the appropriate provider within recommended timeframes.

• Utilizing established work queues, referral pathways, and scheduling processes to support efficient patient access.

• Supporting the ongoing development and refinement of clinic workflows, decision trees, and referral management processes.

• Engaging with patients before their initial visits to identify needs, answer questions, and improve their overall care experience.

This position offers a unique opportunity to help establish and evolve a new role within the clinic. Success in this environment requires strong clinical judgment, effective communication skills, confidence in decision-making, and the ability to thrive amid change and continuous improvement. Nurses who are collaborative, adaptable, and motivated to improve processes and patient outcomes will find tremendous opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Why UVA Health

At UVA Health, nurses are part of a nationally recognized academic health system dedicated to transforming health and inspiring hope through exceptional patient care, innovation, education, and research. This role provides the opportunity to contribute to a specialty practice while benefiting from the resources, collaboration, and professional development opportunities available within a leading academic medical center.

The Endocrine Clinic team is known for its collaborative culture, strong communication, and commitment to supporting one another while providing exceptional specialty care to patients with endocrine disorders. Team members work closely together to solve challenges, improve workflows, and deliver a seamless patient experience.

This role is particularly appealing for experienced nurses who enjoy care coordination, ambulatory specialty practice, patient advocacy, process improvement, and interdisciplinary teamwork.

Highlights of this opportunity include:

• Hybrid work flexibility following orientation and training.

• Monday through Friday schedule with no routine weekends.

• Meaningful patient impact by influencing the care journey before the first specialty visit.

• Highly collaborative environment with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing colleagues, access teams, and referring clinicians.

• Ability to shape and grow a new position, bringing ideas and process improvements that directly affect patient care and access.

• Magnet-recognized nursing excellence and a strong culture of professional governance and nursing advancement.

• Career development opportunities within one of Virginia's premier academic health systems.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

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