Summary
Job Description:
Full Time 40 weekly hours, day shift
Job Summary:
The Orthopedic Program Coordinator provides clinical and administrative leadership for the Orthopedic Service
Line Program. The coordinator is responsible for supporting clinical staff and physicians with the management
of the orthopedic patient population through the continuum of care. The coordinator assists with program
development, managing the accreditation process and ensuring continuous compliance with the Joint
Commission Orthopedic certification requirements. This requires maintaining applicable policies and procedures,
staff education, data collection, quality improvement efforts and patient education.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
The following is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job by listing the major components for this position (i.e., key responsibilities and essential duties). The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities required and are subject to change from time to time. Additionally, other duties may be assigned at the discretion of leadership to meet business, customer, and/or patient needs.
1. Serves as a clinical leader, change agent, and clinical resource. Assists in the management of patient care needs, operational issues, and resource
recommendations.
2. Assumes a leadership role in orthopedic program development in facilitating change to enhance delivery of services and to develop evidence-based
practice.
3. Analyzes and interprets data that facilitates clinical practice patterns, actively participates in areas for process improvement, and implementation of solutions that positively influence patient outcomes.
4. Participates in clinical research and evidence based practice.
Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:
Current KY License in Nursing (RN)
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required. Master's Degree preferred
Two years of job-related experience required
Experience in quality/performance improvement systems, statistical processes, or data analysis
Must obtain MSN within Three (3) Years
Must obtain Orthopedics certification within Two (2) Years
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.Skills Required
- Current KY License in Nursing (RN)
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Two years of job-related experience
- Experience in quality/performance improvement systems
- Experience in statistical processes
- Experience in data analysis
- Must obtain MSN within Three (3) Years
- Must obtain Orthopedics certification within Two (2) Years
What We Do
Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
