Clinical CARE Coordinator; Voigtlander Womens Hospital; VVWH

Job Summary

The staff of Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital are committed to the care of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum people and their newborns in an environment that supports and empowers families. Low and High Risk care is provided in a complex-care perinatal setting. Common diagnoses include normal labor and birth, surgical birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cardiac disorders, preterm labor, multiple gestation, bleeding disorders, and congenital anomalies of the fetus.

• Provide expert complex care coordination for patients in the labor and delivery unit with a focus on the high risk and antepartum population through individualized assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of nursing care in all clinical settings where these patients may be hospitalized.
• Facilitate communication and coordination of patient care plans/needs within VVWH and across multiple settings and disciplines in all phases of perinatal care.
• Design, document, monitor, and evaluate individualized patient care plans for the perinatal population.
• Provide clinical expert liaison and consultation across multiple inpatient and outpatient clinical settings, disciplines, and services; plan and facilitate multidisciplinary clinical care conferences.
• In collaboration with the VVWH Unit-Based Committees, Task Forces, and institutional committees, design and maintain patient education resources and programs for the perinatal population; collaborate with identified groups and educators to implement patient education protocols and processes within VVWH.
• Proactively identify and collaborate in the development of clinical practice guidelines, policy development, and staff education needs related to new or evolving patient population conditions, treatments, and procedures.
• In collaboration with the Education Nurse Coordinators, design, participate in, and provide in‑services, continuing education programs, orientation programs, and clinical simulation drills for nursing and tech staff.
• Coordinate and facilitate research related to the perinatal population.
• Assist nursing leadership to develop and implement quality and safety prevention and mitigation initiatives.
• In collaboration with other clinical leadership, monitor clinical outcomes.
• Represent VVWH on unit, division, nursing, and system‑wide committees as requested or directed.
• Collaborate with outpatient and inpatient case‑management teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or equivalent.
• Associate’s degree or diploma in nursing and a master’s degree or higher in nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Five (5) or more years of current experience as an RN in a high‑risk inpatient L&D/LDR/LDRP setting.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of complex, high‑risk perinatal and perioperative nursing with the ability to anticipate and plan for clinical needs.
• Successful completion of the AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring course within the last three years.
• Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (or within one year).
• Current certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing and Inpatient Antepartum Nursing through NCC with one year of start.
• Training or classroom experience.
• Experience in a leadership role such as charge nurse or team lead.

• Design and implement education for staff and/or patients.
• Demonstrate consistently outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, including facilitative interpersonal skills and the ability to provide direct and effective feedback; resolve conflict independently.
• Identify, evaluate, and collaborate with others to effectively problem‑solve.
• Collaborate with multiple individuals/disciplines while advocating for patient care needs and wishes in complex and controversial situations.
• Manage multiple and rapidly changing demands in an effective and professional manner.
• Demonstrate flexibility in workdays and hours.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing, to individuals and groups.
• Facilitate complex change, direct nursing practice, and evaluate patient care outcomes.
• Show awareness and respect for the…