LPN Obstetrics (OB) Coordinator

Community Health Centers; Florida; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Health Centers in Florida is seeking a dedicated LPN to coordinate the obstetrics department and ensure all steps for prenatal and follow-up care are functional and ongoing.

The role involves OB intake, care coordination, team meetings, data collection for prenatal reports, prenatal risk screening, and timely OB chart delivery to the hospital.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Completion of accredited Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) course required; some business courses helpful.
• Minimum of 2 years OB patient care experience with some team leadership.
• Must possess Florida LPN license and HIV update.
• Current/valid BLS certification, or within 30 days of employment.

Responsibilities

• Participates in patient care coordination, pre-visit planning, huddles, email, patient contact, and documentation of services accessed.
• Participate in team meetings to communicate and address patient care and operational requirements.
• OB preliminary intake: take patient history, HIV pre-counseling, track OB high-risk patients.
• Create actions for OB patients: collect data for prenatal reports.
• Healthy Start prenatal risk screening and data forwarding to Orange County Healthy Start.
• OB floor nurse as required; collect data and prepare reports; ensure OB charts are delivered to hospital timely.
• Coordinate and follow up on OB-High Risk patient visits with MFM; conduct quality of care audits.

Job description

Hours for the position:

• Monday: 8am-6pm.


• Tuesday: 8am-7pm.


• Wednesday and Thursday: 8am-5pm.


• Friday 8am-1pm.

A career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.

Top Reasons to Work at Community Health Centers

• No weekends for the majority of our centers, 10 Paid Holidays and early Fridays.


• A great benefits package that includes healthcare coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plan, and more.


• Competitive compensation with advancement opportunities and tuition / training reimbursement.


• Awarded “Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation” for five consecutive years.


• Awarded “Top 100 Workplaces for Growing Families” by Orlando Sentinel.


• Modernized and attractive health centers, that patients love.

Job Summary:

Responsible for coordinating the obstetrics department by making sure that all of the steps necessary for the process of all prenatal care and post pardon care and follow up are functional and ongoing.

Primary Responsibilities and Specific Duties:

• Participates in patient care coordination, pre-visit planning, huddles, one-on-one communication, email, patient contact, and documentation of any services accessed and/or health care related concerns/needs that have arisen since last visit.


• Participate in team meetings to communicate and address patient care and operational requirements.


• OB preliminary intake:
  
  
  
  • Take patient's OB history.
  
  
  • Do HIV pre-counseling.
  
  
  • Develop statistics on utilization of services and numbers of high-risk cases and other relevant information.
  
  
  • Track all compliant and non-compliant and high-risk OB patients.
  
  
  
  


• Create Actions for each OB patient:
  
  
  
  • Collect and enter data for the UDS prenatal report.
  
  
  
  


• Healthy start prenatal risk screening:
  
  
  
  • Ensures screenings are completed on every patient.
  
  
  • Ensures information is forwarded to Orange County Healthy Start
  
  
  
  


• Other duties:
  
  
  
  • OB floor nurse as required.
  
  
  • Collects data and prepares reports as indicated or requested
  
  
  • Ensures OB charts are made available for delivery to the hospital in a timely manner.
  
  
  • Sonogram referral case management.
  
  
  • GYN Surgical Scheduling.
  
  
  • C-section and induction scheduling.
  
  
  • Coordinate and Follow up on OB-High Risk patient visits with MFM.
  
  
  • Conduct quality of care audits as required.
  
  
  • Public Health reporting of communicable disease as required.
  
  
  
  


• Perform other duties as assigned or necessary.

Qualifications:

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent.


• Completion of accredited Licensed Practical Nursing course required; some business courses helpful.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of OB patient care, and some experience as a team leader.

Certification/Licensure:

• Must possess and maintain current/valid Florida LPN license, and HIV update.


• Current/valid BLS certification, or must be obtained within the first 30 days of employment.

Special Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication.


• Leadership in multidisciplinary groups and management of multiple simultaneous projects.

Other Requirements:

• Able to work flexible hours as needed.

Background Screening Requirement:

• This position requires background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. Applicants can find the Clearinghouse Education and Awareness information available at: https://info.flclearinghouse.com