ED Clinical Coordinator

Baptist Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

PTO

Retirement with Company Match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Lexington, KY seeks an ED Clinical Coordinator Part-Time I Second Shift to lead nursing care operations in a 24-hour ED setting. You will coordinate unit-level activities, promote evidence-based practices, and collaborate with physicians and staff to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.

The role emphasizes clinical leadership, process improvements, and active participation in nursing research while maintaining regulatory compliance and exceptional patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required.
• 3 years of nursing experience.
• Active KY Registered Nurse License is required.
• ACLS and BLS certifications are required.
• If not already certified, BLS must be obtained within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate unit-level activities to support nursing care delivery.
• Lead QA/PI initiatives and develop improvement action plans.
• Promote evidence-based nursing practices and standardize patient care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective care.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Nursing care coordination

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Tools

ACLS

BLS

Job description

ED Clinical Coordinator Part-Time I Second Shift Emergency Department (Lexington, KY)

An Emergency department (ED) that provides 24-hour emergency care to patients who need urgent medical attention for severe injuries or illness.

Description: 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.

Identifies, coordinates, and collaborates for process improvement opportunities at the care team, care center, and organizational levels.

Participates in both clinical and entry level leadership activities to ensure service-oriented, quality, effective, safe continuity of patient care such as unit-based Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QA/PI) initiatives and development of improvement action plan.

Promotes the use of best practice by promoting the use of evidence-based nursing/best practices throughout the unit.

Acts as a consultant in the development and implementation of the efficient and interdisciplinary patient’s plan of care.

Supports quality improvement initiatives, under the direction of the unit director while assuring consistent delivery in (including direct observation) standards of practice for optimal patient outcomes.

Demonstrates effective communication with patient, family, Physicians, Other staff, and Director.

Maintains clinical competencies and can provide direct nursing care to patients as needed.

Actively participates in nursing research activities within the facility.

Collaborates with Staff and Management to support compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies and the Accreditation Commission for Healthcare.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3 years of experience.
• Active KY Registered Nurse License.
• ACLS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
• If not already certified, must obtain BLS within 30 days of their hire date.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 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
• Identity Theft Protection
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 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 two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 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 more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.