CCHC Online·Chicago, Illinois
The OBGYN Coordinator provides comprehensive nursing coordination and clinical oversight for women's health services across the continuum of care. The role focuses on reducing health disparities for underserved populations through care navigation, follow-up systems, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The OBGYN Coordinator (RN) is responsible for delivering comprehensive nursing coordination and support services across the continuum of women’s health care. This role ensures high-quality, patient-centered care through clinical oversight, care navigation, and coordination of services across outpatient, and community systems. The coordinator plays a critical role in addressing health disparities affecting women of color and underserved populations by improving continuity of care, strengthening follow-up systems, and reducing barriers to access. This position serves patients across the lifespan in outpatient community health settings, including underserved communities, with a focus on reducing preventable maternal morbidity, improving chronic disease outcomes, and increasing preventive screening compliance.
Responsibilities included but are not limited to:
Coordinates and manages comprehensive women’s health care across prenatal, postpartum, reproductive, chronic disease, and preventive care services to improve continuity and reduce fragmented care.
Ensures timely follow-up of abnormal results, including Pap smears, mammograms, prenatal labs, and other diagnostic testing to reduce delays in diagnosis and treatment.
Schedules and coordinates diagnostic testing, including ultrasounds and mammograms, to support early detection and improved maternal and gynecologic outcomes.
Facilitate referrals and care transitions to specialty providers, including maternal-fetal medicine, gynecology, social work, and mental health services.
Supports high-risk patient identification and coordination for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, prior preterm birth, and other maternal risk factors.
Maintains accurate, complete, and compliant documentation within the electronic health record (EHR) system to support care continuity across settings.
Provides clinical triage for patient phone calls and walk-in concerns, ensuring timely assessment, prioritization, and escalation of care when needed.
Provides patient advocacy and health literacy support to improve understanding of diagnoses, treatment plans, and system navigation.
Provides 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, STI prevention, menstrual health, and symptom management to support informed decision-making and reproductive autonomy.
Supports contraceptive care access and continuity to reduce unintended pregnancy and improve birth spacing outcomes.
Coordinate 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 gynecologic 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.
Facilitate 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. Other duties as assigned. Employee Benefits offered to Fulltime Staff
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
Blue Cross Blue Shield Dental and Vision Insurance
Supplemental Benefits
Life Insurance (Provided by the company)
Requires an Associate's degree in nursing (BSN preferred) and a current Illinois Registered Nurse license. A minimum of three years of professional nursing experience in a women's health setting is required.
Market context
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