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Baptist Health
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

RN Nurse Navigator OBGYN

Registered Nurse 8.0 Work-LifeNo callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Job Description

  • BHMG
  • OBGYN
  • 1st Shift

Job Summary

The Nurse Navigator, under the direction of the Practice Manager, serves as the primary clinical point of contact for specialty care patients and their families, providing comprehensive coordination across the continuum of care.

This role leverages deep specialty-specific knowledge to guide patients from diagnosis through treatment, discharge, and follow-up, eliminating barriers to timely care, facilitating system flow, and ensuring seamless transitions between referring providers, specialists, clinical research teams, ancillary services, and clinical outcomes departments.

Acting as educator, advocate, and care coordinator, the Nurse Navigator supports informed decision-making, reinforces treatment plans, promotes adherence, and enhances both patient and provider satisfaction by delivering proactive, patient-centered navigation within a complex specialty care environment.

  • Minimum Education, Training, and Experience Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing, or higher.
  • Current Kentucky or Compact State unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse.
  • Must maintain an active BCLS and ACLS card through the American Heart Association.
  • At least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities required 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 is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Navigator serves as the primary clinical point of contact for OBGYN patients, coordinating care across the continuum from diagnosis through follow-up. They act as an educator and advocate to ensure seamless transitions between providers and support informed patient decision-making.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and possess an unrestricted Registered Nurse license in Kentucky or a Compact State. A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and active BCLS and ACLS certifications are required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical coordinationPatient advocacyCare planningPatient educationSpecialty care navigationClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaboration

OB/GYN — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 56% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates RN Nurse Navigator OBGYN at Baptist Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Ob/gyn (RN) — ranked against 55 active Ob/gyn (RN) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Registered Nurse Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 28 employers

10
<$95k
5
$95k-115k
14
$115k-135k
3
$135k-155k
1
$165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
15%
PSLF eligible
15%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Ob/gyn (RN) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 55 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Elizabethtown

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$266k
Typical market rent
$1,299/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.