LRHPG OB​/GYN Registered Nurse Coordinator - OB​/GYN

Position Details

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only Level 2 Trauma center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population.

Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

Lakeland Regional Health is currently seeking motivated individuals to join our team in various entry-level positions. Whether you're starting your career in healthcare or seeking new opportunities to make a difference, we have roles available across our primary and specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and upcoming standalone Emergency Department. With over 7,000 employees, Lakeland Regional Health offers a supportive work environment where you can thrive and grow professionally.

Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period: 80.00
Shift
:
Monday-Friday 8am-5:00pm
Location
: 1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd Lakeland, FL
Pay Rate
: $81,432.00 - $Position Summary

The OB/GYN Registered Nurse Coordinator provides comprehensive, patient-centered care to pregnant patients throughout the antenatal period and postpartum phase. This role will serve as a clinical and care-management liaison, coordinating prenatal visits, diagnostic testing, and interdisciplinary services while educating patients on pregnancy progression, warning signs, and healthy behaviors. The coordinator conducts clinical assessments, triages patient concerns, supports obstetric providers with care planning, and ensures continuity of care across outpatient, inpatient and community settings.

This role emphasizes care coordination, patient advocacy, education, and quality outcomes to promote safe pregnancies, positive birth experiences, and healthy postpartum transitions.

Position Responsibilities

People At The Heart Of All We Do

• Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
• Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
• Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
• Safety And Performance Improvement
  • Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
  • Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
  • Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
  • Stewardship
  • Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
  • Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
  • Standard Work: LRHPG OB/GYN Registered Nurse Coordinator
  • Works with the care team across the continuum including screening of all New OB patients to gather medical and obstetric history, social history, and other health conditions complicating pregnancy.
  • Coordinate patient services for the entire prenatal period including pre-op testing and appointments (e.g., labs, ultrasounds, specialists).
  • Provide education to patients about the ambulatory OB/GYN process, prenatal visit expectations, signs/symptoms to monitor, and expected outcomes.
  • Act as a liaison between patients, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, specialists, and other members of the care team.
  • Help patients navigate appointments, transportation, transfers and other opportunities as they arise.
  • Handles OB telephone calls, MyChart and in-person triage (for symptom management) as well as patient education.
  • Provide follow-up communication after delivery.
  • Ensure any pre-surgical/pre-procedure requirements are met.
  • The worker in this role must demonstrate competencies as applicable to job and appropriate to scope. Other duties as assigned by supervisor/manager.
  • May float to other clinics on an as needed basis for operations need.

Competencies & Skills

Essential:

• High level of interpersonal/communication skills
• Able to identify OB related problems and clearly communicating the appropriate solutions.
• Skill in preparing/maintaining prenatal records and responding to correspondence.
• Apply the principles of comprehensive, community-based, patient-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally and linguistically appropriate care.
• Ability to maintain Joint Commission standards

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Associate Degree

Nonessential:

• Bachelor Degree

Essential:

• Nursing:
  If hired after 2013, must obtain Bachelor degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment date.

Essential:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support

Other information:

Experience Essential:

- Five years of Registered Nurse experience in Labor and Delivery specialty.

Experience Preferred:

- Three years experience in labor and delivery OBED/Triage.

Certification Essential:

- Registered Nurse

- Basic Cardiac Life…