RN Clinic Coordinator

Baptist Health; Springlee (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Medical Group in Louisville, KY is seeking an RN Clinical Coordinator to serve as the clinical leader in the ambulatory clinic. The role blends direct patient care with coordination of daily clinical operations and staff oversight to promote efficient workflows and high-quality care.

The position requires an ADN, an active KY RN license, and a minimum of 3 years of RN experience in ambulatory or physician-practice settings.

Qualifications

• RN leadership and clinical coordination responsibilities in ambulatory settings.
• Experience guiding nursing and medical assistant staff.
• Ability to lead quality improvement initiatives and ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care in the ambulatory/clinic setting.
• Assess and triage patient needs using professional nursing judgment.
• Coordinate patient care and communicate with providers and team.
• Educate patients and families on medications, treatment plans, and procedures.
• Oversee staffing, competency development, and performance management.

Skills

RN leadership

Clinical coordination

Supervisory experience

Staff development

Quality improvement

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Job description

Summary Job Description: Baptist Health Medical Group RN Clinical Coordinator Louisville, KY | Full Time | First Shift

The RN Clinical Coordinator serves as the clinical leader for the practice, combining direct patient care with the day-to-day coordination of clinical operations. This position utilizes professional nursing judgment to assess, triage, educate, and coordinate patient care while supporting providers and ensuring efficient clinical workflows. The RN Clinical Coordinator provides clinical oversight of nursing and medical assistant staff and assists the Clinic/Practice Manager with staffing, competency development, regulatory compliance, and quality initiatives. This position also serves as a clinical resource for providers and staff. The RN functions within the scope of professional licensure while promoting exceptional patient outcomes, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to patients in the ambulatory/clinic setting.
• Assess patients, utilize professional nursing judgment, and triage patient needs appropriately.
• Coordinate patient care and communicate clinical information effectively with providers, patients, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Educate patients and families regarding medications, treatment plans, procedures, and other healthcare needs.
• Assist with the efficient flow of patients throughout the clinic.
• Obtain and document patient information, including vital signs, medications, medical history, and other pertinent clinical data.
• Manage patient callbacks and prescription refill requests within the scope of professional nursing licensure and practice guidelines.
• Administer medications, injections, IV therapy, and other treatments as ordered and within the scope of licensure and training.
• Perform clinical procedures appropriate to the RN’s scope of practice and level of training, including phlebotomy, EKGs, PFTs, spirometry, nebulizer treatments, ear irrigations, and other in-office procedures.
• Perform and/or oversee in-office laboratory testing as directed by the provider.
• Prepare in advance for provider clinics by reviewing schedules and patient records to ensure necessary documentation, testing, and information are available.
• Assist providers with procedures and minor surgeries as needed.
• Ensure appropriate sterilization and handling of instruments used for minor procedures and surgeries.
• Monitor clinical supplies and assist with maintaining adequate inventory.
• Provide clinical oversight, guidance, and support to nursing and medical assistant staff.
• Assist the Clinic/Practice Manager with staffing needs, staff development, competency evaluations, and performance management.
• Assist with the development and implementation of clinical competencies, policies, and procedures.
• Support regulatory and accreditation requirements and promote compliance with applicable standards.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives designed to improve patient outcomes, safety, and clinical workflows.
• Collaborate with referral sources and other healthcare providers to promote effective coordination of patient care.
• Serve as a clinical resource and support for providers and clinical staff.
• Promote a positive, patient-centered environment and exceptional patient experience.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education, Training, and Experience Required

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required.
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Kentucky required.
• Minimum of 3 years of RN clinical experience in an ambulatory or physician practice setting.
• Demonstrated leadership or charge nurse experience.
• Previous supervisory or clinical coordinator experience preferred.
• Experience leading or participating in quality improvement initiatives preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association required within 90 days of employment.

Registered Nurse, RN, Clinic Nurse, Physician Practice Nurse, Clinical Coordinator, Charge Nurse, Nursing Leadership, Outpatient Nursing

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 NONDISCRIMATION 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.