Program Coordinator, Peace Hospital, 11a-8:30p

UofL Health, Inc.; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

UofL Health, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky, seeks a Program Coordinator for the Peace Hospital. This vital role requires planning and coordinating therapeutic program activities for patients. You'll monitor the therapeutic environment, support nursing staff, and engage with various patient populations, including pediatric and geriatric.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in counseling psychology or a related field. A BLS certification is required. Join UofL Health's mission to provide patient-centered care across our healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in counseling psychology, psychology, or a related health degree required.
• In lieu of degree, a minimum of 5 years clinical experience specific to unit, program and field.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accredited by American Heart Association (AHA) required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement structured therapeutic program activities for assigned patient care unit.
• Monitor therapeutic milieu to ensure patient engagement and advocate for individual rights.
• Assist nursing staff with patient care, including specimen collection and activities of daily living.

Skills

Patient advocacy

Crisis intervention

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in counseling psychology

Master’s degree in counseling psychology (preferred)

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

## Program Coordinator, Peace Hospital, 11a-8:30pApplylocations: Louisville, Kentuckytime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: JR 2026-109801# **Primary Location:**Peace - Louisville# **Address:**2020 Newburg Rd.Louisville, KY 40205# **Shift:**Second Shift (United States of America)# **Job Description Summary:**UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.# **Job Description:**The Behavioral Health Program Coordinator is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, coordinating and implementing the structured therapeutic program activities for individuals and groups of patients of an assigned patient care unit for a specific shift. The role may provide care to various patient populations including pediatrics, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.**Essential Functions:*** Monitors therapeutic milieu to identify need to initiate structured interventions to ensure that patients are engaged and needs are met and acts as a patient advocate by ensuring each individual’s rights are maintained at all times* Provides leadership and guidance to unit staff, in collaboration with the nursing leadership, as it relates to programming and interventions to achieve and maintain a therapeutic milieu* Stays informed regarding changing status of all patients on the unit and, in collaboration with the nursing leadership, assists in providing leadership to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff utilizing proactive techniques to de-escalate the milieu and/or individuals* Participates in development, implementation and utilization of therapeutic milieu activities and interventions* Intervenes to facilitate crisis intervention or conflict resolution for patients within the unit milieu during assigned shift; responds to codes on own unit in a timely manner using procedures established by policy* Performs specific functions and skills to assist the nursing staff in providing patient care as needed; to include specimen collection, hygiene, and activities of daily living* Coordinates and communicates with the patients, families, physicians and other related health disciplines regarding patient’s needs as it relates to program interventions and activities**Shift Requirements:**Shift Length (in hours):8 – 12 hours# Shifts/Week:3 – 5 shiftsOvertime Required:☒ Infrequently ☐ Sometimes ☐ Often ☐ n/a (exempt position)**Other Functions:*** If required by position/department operations: Must achieve and maintain Transportation Dept. authorization to operate facility vehicles* Performs delegated and ancillary basic nursing skills, including activities of daily living, monitoring of patient condition and vital signs, body mechanics, providing nutritional support and other activities as appropriate to clinical service, in accordance with hospital standards, nursing standards of care, and policies and procedures* Performs functional assignments per unit standards of care, including such activities as patient admission and discharge procedures, unit environmental organizational tasks, and others as appropriate to service* Maintains compliance with all company policies, procedures and standards of conduct* Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times* Performs other duties as assigned# **Additional Job Description:**Education:* Bachelor’s degree counseling psychology, psychology or other closely related health degree (required) + In lieu of Bachelor’s degree, a minimum of 5 years clinical experience specific to unit, program and field.* Master’s degree in counseling psychology, psychology or other closely related behavioral health degree (preferred)Licensure:* If required by position/department operations, active drivers license authorizationCertification:* Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)* Facility determined crisis intervention training program (required)