Coordinator of Disease Specialty-Ob/Gyn and Perinatal

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Organization:

Ob-Gyn

Job Summary:

• Coordinator, Disease Specialty — Ob/Gyn & Perinatal | RN
• Monday–Friday | Day Shift | Up to 100 miles local travel (mileage reimbursed)

In this role, you will lead coordination efforts for a designated Ob/Gyn and perinatal disease specialty program, strengthening relationships across VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and community/outlying sites. You will help ensure VUMC meets The Joint Commission (TJC) disease-specific certification (or other accrediting body) requirements, partnering closely with the Accreditation & Standards team to maintain designation as a certified center.

You will also support timely, evidence-based care for patients presenting to VUMC with acute disease and ensure consistent patient education, follow-up planning, and outcomes tracking across the care continuum.

• Key Duties/Tasks
• Build and maintain a disease-specific network with VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and community/outlying hospitals
• Support compliance with TJC disease-specific certification and related accreditation standards; collaborate with Accreditation & Standards to maintain certification/designation
• Promote timely, optimal, evidence-based care using nationally recognized guidelines and organizational standards
• Ensure disease-specific patient education is completed and documented
• Coordinate discharge planning support, including scheduling follow-up care and serving as a post-discharge point of contact for the designated patient population
• Collect, coordinate, and report outcomes data for the specified population
• Partner with Patient Care Center leadership and multidisciplinary teams to meet program goals, metrics, and performance improvement initiatives

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Active Tennessee-issued Registered Nurse license
• Minimum 3 years of relevant clinical and/or care coordination experience
• High-risk birth experience strongly preferred

• Schedule & Travel
• Monday–Friday, traditional daytime business hours
• Ability and willingness to travel to sites up to 100 miles from the VUMC campus
• Mileage reimbursement provided .

Job Description

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY :

In order to address the pressing needs of women in today’s world, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at VUMC is dedicated to excellence in clinical and population women’s health care, to training the next generation of women’s health care providers, and to answering important clinical and biologic questions in women’s health. Our faculty consists of more than 170 physicians, midwives and nurse practitioners housed in the clinical divisions of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS), Gynecologic Oncology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Focused sections and services in complex family planning, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, PCOS, maternal addiction, cardiovascular disease in pregnancy, lower genital tract diseases, transgender medicine, menopausal medicine, and community/global health complement our divisional structure. One Hundred Oaks and the Vanderbilt University Hospital serve as our main ambulatory and inpatient facilities, but we have grown to have nearly 10 ambulatory sites, a birthing center and five outreach practices. For more information, please visit https://www.vumc.org/obgyn/about-us/welcome-from-the-chair .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• •Establishes and maintains an obstetric and perinatal disease and/or patie nt population specific Network with community and outlying hospitals and referring physicians; particularly focusing on VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and/or those with agreements regulated by governing bodies.
• •Assures TJC Certification/Accreditation and licensing requirements are maintained; collaborating with Leadership, Standards and Accreditations Department and Quality and Patient Safety Leadership.
• •Maintains and assists with the development of protocols consistent with current national perinatal practice guidelines and supports education/training for health care professionals.
• •Facilitates Continuum of Care by conducting community educational activities/lectures on prevention and reduction of neonatal and perinatal risk factors and assuring follow-up of patients post discharge, acting as a liaison and tracking outcomes.
• •Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of students, nursing staff, nurses, graduate and novice nurse practitioners.
• •Participates in establishing ongoing goals and objectives for the program including executing on goals and objectives for the program as directed by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. PCC leadership and Program medical leadership.
• •Collaborates with other regional centers in the state to offer educational programs to hospitals and EMS teams
• •Provides virtual and in-person obstetric training and neonatal resuscitation training to clinical providers across middle TN through the regional perinatal center
• •Participates in data collection and preparing reports regarding regional perinatal center activities.

Assists in post-discharge care coordination for high-risk obstetric patients and/or patients with unexpected adverse obstetric outcomes.

• •TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
• •Compliance (Intermediate): Demonstrates knowledge of the appropriate rules and regulations and apply them in difficult, stressful and complex situations. Able to interpret and explain rules and regulations that are ambiguous or unclear. Directs others in interpreting rules and regulations on the job and trains others in them.
• •Surgical Equipment Knowledge (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of the equipment and related devices. Has solid knowledge of performance criteria. Able to use the equipment to accomplish advanced tasks associated with the specific devices. Easily resolves equipment problems.
• •Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Advanced): Demonstrates the uppermost levels of expertise in patient assessment and evaluations in challenging and complex situations. Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examination. Often takes a lead role in complex patient care situations. Possesses expert knowledge, training and experience to mentor less experienced peers.
• •Consulting Services (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate consulting services including appropriate knowledge of core technology, products, services and operations within field of work, in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Is aware of industry trends. Attends industry seminars and forums. Understands the connection between assignments and the missions and goals of the department.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope