Coordinator of Disease Specialty-Ob/Gyn and Perinatal

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Organization: Ob-Gyn Job Summary: Coordinator, Disease Specialty — Ob/Gyn & Perinatal | RN Monday–Friday | Day Shift | Up to 100 miles local travel (mileage reimbursed) In this role, you will lead coordination efforts for a designated Ob/Gyn and perinatal disease specialty program, strengthening relationships across VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and community/outlying sites. You will help ensure VUMC meets The Joint Commission (TJC) disease-specific certification (or other accrediting body) requirements, partnering closely with the Accreditation & Standards team to maintain designation as a certified center. You will also support timely, evidence-based care for patients presenting to VUMC with acute disease and ensure consistent patient education, follow-up planning, and outcomes tracking across the care continuum. Key Duties/Tasks Build and maintain a disease-specific network with VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and community/outlying hospitals Support compliance with TJC disease-specific certification and related accreditation standards; collaborate with Accreditation & Standards to maintain certification/designation Promote timely, optimal, evidence-based care using nationally recognized guidelines and organizational standards Ensure disease-specific patient education is completed and documented Coordinate discharge planning support, including scheduling follow-up care and serving as a post-discharge point of contact for the designated patient population Collect, coordinate, and report outcomes data for the specified population Partner with Patient Care Center leadership and multidisciplinary teams to meet program goals, metrics, and performance improvement initiatives Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience Active Tennessee-issued Registered Nurse license Minimum 3 years of relevant clinical and/or care coordination experience High-risk birth experience strongly preferred Schedule & Travel Monday–Friday, traditional daytime business hours Ability and willingness to travel to sites up to 100 miles from the VUMC campus Mileage reimbursement provided . Job Description DEPARTMENT SUMMARY : In order to address the pressing needs of women in today’s world, the  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at VUMC is dedicated to excellence in clinical and population women’s health care, to training the next generation of women’s health care providers, and to answering important clinical and biologic questions in women’s health.  Our faculty consists of more than 170 physicians, midwives and nurse practitioners housed in the clinical divisions of General Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM), Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS), Gynecologic Oncology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Focused sections and services in complex family planning, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, PCOS, maternal addiction, cardiovascular disease in pregnancy, lower genital tract diseases, transgender medicine, menopausal medicine, and community/global health complement our divisional structure. One Hundred Oaks and the Vanderbilt University Hospital serve as our main ambulatory and inpatient facilities, but we have grown to have nearly 10 ambulatory sites, a birthing center and five outreach practices. For more information, please visit   https://www.vumc.org/obgyn/about-us/welcome-from-the-chair . KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Establishes and maintains an obstetric and perinatal disease and/or patie nt population specific Network with community and outlying hospitals and referring physicians; particularly focusing on VUMC Affiliate Hospitals and/or those with agreements regulated by governing bodies.  Assures TJC Certification/Accreditation and licensing requirements are maintained; collaborating with Leadership, Standards and Accreditations Department and Quality and Patient Safety Leadership.  Maintains and assists with the development of protocols consistent with current national perinatal practice guidelines and supports education/training for health care professionals.  Facilitates Continuum of Care by conducting community educational activities/lectures on prevention and reduction of neonatal and perinatal risk factors and assuring follow-up of patients post discharge, acting as a liaison and tracking outcomes.  Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of students, nursing staff, nurses, graduate and novice nurse practitioners.  Participates in establishing ongoing goals and objectives for the program including executing on goals and objectives for the program as directed by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. PCC leadership and Program medical leadership.   Collaborates with other regional centers in the state to offer educational programs to hospitals and EMS teams  Provides virtual and in-person obstetric training and neonatal resuscitation training to clinical providers across middle TN through the regional perinatal center  Participates in data collection and preparing reports regarding regional perinatal center activities.  Assists in post-discharge care coordination for high-risk obstetric patients and/or patients