Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator

Baptist Health; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Baptist Health in Lexington, KY is seeking a Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator to guide patients from initial contact through post-procedure care. You will manage triage, care coordination, and communication with cardiology and surgical teams.

This role emphasizes documentation for coding and regulatory requirements, participation in program development, and collaboration with interventional cardiology staff to optimize outcomes for valve disease patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited school.
• Minimum of three years of experience.
• Experience in Cardiology and/or Intensive Care required.
• Previous leadership and experience with projects.
• Basic Life Support certification via the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care across departments and ensure continuity through the patient journey.
• Perform telephone triage, initial screening, and clinical coordination with physicians.
• Maintain accurate documentation to meet coding, registry, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with interventional cardiology teams for TAVR, M-TEER, and TEER patient care.
• Participate in program development and marketing activities to grow the Heart Valve Clinic.

Skills

Nursing

Leadership

Clinical coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

Summary Job Description: Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator Full Time I First Shift Baptist Health I Lexington, KY The Heart Valve Clinic provides specialized evaluation, coordination, and management of patients with valvular heart disease. The clinic collaborates with cardiology and cardiothoracic teams to deliver timely, evidence-based care, support treatment planning, and enhance patient outcomes through coordinated, patient-centered services.

Structural Heart Nurse Coordinator is the point of contact for patients and families starting with the initial point of contact, telephone triage and the screening process. Position follows the patient through the continuum of care including inpatient admission, 30-day and one year follow-up. Ensures continuity of care through optimized patient assessment, clinical triage coordination, direct communication with physicians and daily patient management. Structural Heart Nurse Navigator will collaborate with the interventional cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and clinical staff of multiple departments to coordinate the care of patients with structural heart disease, including those with aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve disease who are being evaluated and/or selected for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (M-TEER), and Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (T-TEER), throughout their pre- and post-procedure care. Participates in the development of a marketing strategy, screening programs and other opportunities for program development. Ensures positive customer relationships by responding promptly to needs, managing difficult situations professionally, seeking feedback to improve service, providing timely assistance, and meeting commitments. Obtains STS risk score, Thoracic and Cardiovascular (TCV) in-hospital mortality score and performs frailty, functional and quality of life testing. Ensures accurate and thorough documentation to meet coding, STS registry requirements, certification, accreditation, and regulatory requirements (i.e. CMS requirements in National Coverage Decision for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)). Initiates and drives performance improvement activities. Works closely with STS data analyst to ensure TVT registry data integrity and monitor patient processes and outcomes. Prepare case studies for morbidity and mortality reviews. Assists the professional development of staff or others when applicable to ensure the Structural Heart Disease educational content for orientation and annual education requirements remains current and applicable. Oversight of the Structural Heart Disease schedule and processes, collaborating with procedurals areas, IP areas, anesthesia, and appropriate personnel. Collaborates with members of the health care team to coordinate patient care.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited school.
• Minimum of three years of experience.
• Experience in Cardiology and/or Intensive Care required.
• Previous leadership and experience with projects.
• Basic Life Support certification via the American Heart Association within 90 days of hire.

Benefits

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

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.

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