Clinical Coordinator

Summary

Job Description

Clinical Coordinator – Labor and Delivery/Antepartum

Location: Baptist Health Lexington Schedule: Full-time, 1st Shift About Labor and Delivery: Labor and Delivery is a high-risk specialized unit that provides care to pregnant individuals prior to and during labor, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period. This unit has 17 private birthing suites, 5 Triage/PACU beds, 4 OR Rooms, 3 bed Obstetric Emergency Department care, and a specialized Antepartum unit that provides care for women with high-risk pregnancies and post-partum diagnoses needing supportive care.

Job Description

• The clinical coordinator role assumes entry-level and clinical leadership and accountability for nursing care team operations while maintaining responsibility defined in the RN job description.
• As a coordinator, this role provides ongoing coordination of unit-level activities supporting excellence in professional nurse practice environment, evidence-based care delivery and related nursing, patient, and family-centered outcomes in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team as identified by the director.
• This position also serves as a clinical nurse as the individual spends majority of his/her time (>50%) coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit/clinic through medication administration, provision of nursing rounds, assessments, and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered communication and education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.
• Possesses authority and freedom to make nursing care decisions within the full scope of nursing practice. Other responsibilities may include supporting the Director as needed through coordination of the following priorities: nursing care team development, program planning, monitoring financial and human resources, process improvements, unit/clinic staffing plan and daily staffing activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Ky RN License
• Three years RN experience, One year Charge Nurse or Leadership role
• BLS/ACLS

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
• Retirement with Company Match

Please note: These benefits are for our full-time positions. (32 weekly hours- 40 weekly hours).

Work Experience

Education

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.