OBGYN Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Captivates and manages comprehensive women’s health care across prenatal, postpartum, reproductive, chronic disease, and preventive care services to enhance continuity and minimize fragmented care.
• Ensures prompt follow-up of abnormal results, such as Pap smears, mammograms, prenatal labs, and other diagnostic tests, to mitigate delays in diagnosis and treatment.
• Schedules and coordinates diagnostic tests, including ultrasounds and mammograms, to facilitate early detection and superior maternal and gynecological outcomes.
• Facilitates referrals and care transitions to specialists, including maternal-fetal medicine, gynecology, social work, and mental health services, to ensure seamless patient care.
• Supports high-risk patient identification and coordination for conditions like hypertension, diabetes, prior preterm births, and other maternal risk factors to improve patient outcomes.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and compliant documentation within the electronic health record (EHR) system to support seamless care continuity across different settings.
• Provides clinical triage for patient phone calls and walk-in concerns, ensuring timely assessment, prioritization, and escalation of care when necessary.
• Advocates for patients and enhances their health literacy to improve understanding of diagnoses, treatment plans, and system navigation.
• Delivers culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and inclusive care to diverse populations, including adolescents, young adults, reproductive-age women, pregnant and postpartum patients, perimenopausal and menopausal adults, and LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse patients seeking affirming care.
• Provides education on fertility awareness, reproductive planning, contraceptive options, sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention, menstrual health, and symptom management to promote informed decision-making and reproductive autonomy.
• Supports contraceptive care access and continuity to reduce unintended pregnancies and improve birth spacing outcomes.
• Coordinates maternal care services, including prenatal visits, ultrasounds, labor and delivery linkage, and postpartum follow-up, including depression screening and chronic disease management.
• Improves preventive care utilization by supporting completion of mammograms, Pap smears, and routine gynecological care to reduce late-stage disease diagnosis.
• Coordinates medication adherence support for chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and prenatal therapies to reduce preventable complications.
• Connects patients to social determinants of health resources, including transportation, insurance navigation, nutrition support, housing assistance, and behavioral health services to address systemic barriers.
• Facilitates care coordination between hospitals, community clinics, and external partners to ensure seamless transitions of care and reduce fragmentation.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to improve maternal health outcomes, reduce disparities, and support quality improvement initiatives aligned with evidence-based practice and public health priorities.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Current, unrestricted Illinois Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional nursing experience in a women’s health setting required.
• Experience working in outpatient community health settings and with underserved populations preferred, especially in federally qualified health centers (FQHC).
• Strong verbal, computer, and communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.