RN Patient Representative Coordinator
Posted on: 27 Oct 2025
Elizabethtown, KY
Job Description
Job Description:
Receives, handles, and responds to patient complaints, grievances, and other needs. Serves as a liaison by listening to concerns, identifying opportunities for improvement, and seeking solutions through appropriate administrative channels. Collaborates with the healthcare team to enhance patient care and communication among patients, families, physicians, and caregivers. Assists patients and the public with advance directives and coordinates operational tasks related to the patient experience survey process. This role may be assigned to different patient care areas, including inpatient and outpatient units or the Emergency Department. While core responsibilities remain consistent, the pace and focus of work may vary by assignment. The Patient Representative Coordinator assigned to inpatient and outpatient areas also serve as the Patient & Family Engagement (PFE) Coordinator, providing leadership to the Patient & Family Advisory Council (PFAC). Those assigned to the Emergency Department provide real-time support to patients and families in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment, assisting with communication between care providers and patients, addressing concerns promptly, and helping manage expectations during periods of high patient volume and extended wait times
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in nursing, Communications, Business Administration, or other healthcare related field required.
Active RN license issued by the state of KY required.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in patient advocacy, healthcare navigation/operations, or a related role within a hospital or healthcare setting.
Notary Public preferred upon hire, required within 90 days.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience, familiarity, and/or knowledge of operations in a busy Emergency Department or similar fast-paced healthcare environment preferred
Benefits:
Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
Employee Assistance Program
Retirement plans with company match
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health
Louisville, KY
Founded in 1924, Baptist Health has been bringing advanced medical technology, modern facilities, and many of the region's most prominent physicians and medical professionals to the communities of our commonwealth for nearly a century.
Headquartered in Louisville, the Baptist Health family of hospitals, care centers, physician offices and health facilities has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Ind. (formerly known as Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services), is the newest member, joined on Oct. 1, 2016. In 2012, we welcomed Baptist Health Richmond (formerly Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center) and Baptist Health Madisonville (formerly Trover Health System) to the fold. Our other hospitals include Baptist Health Paducah, Baptist Health Louisville, Baptist Health La Grange, Baptist Health Lexington and Baptist Health Corbin. We also manage Hardin Memorial Health in Elizabethtown. Counting all nine hospitals, we have more than 2,700 licensed beds.
Baptist Health has more than 300 points of care include outpatient facilities which offer Urgent Care, Express Care, occupational medicine, physical therapy and diagnostics. Home care is also available in 39 Kentucky counties, six counties in Illinois and six counties in Southern Indiana. Our physician network of more than 3,000 employed and affiliated physicians continues to grow as we endeavor to improve access to healthcare and enhance the health of Kentucky as a whole.
Strength in research
Our clinicians are engaged in more than 200 clinical studies throughout our network of hospitals, working to advance treatments in oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, neuroscience, epidemiology, diabetes and other areas.
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IndustryHealthcare
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No. of Employees3,000+
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