Global Injury & Claim Coordinator
About The Position
The Global Injury & Claim Coordinator leads, coordinates, and advances Baxter’s global workers’ compensation and injury management programs across the United States and international jurisdictions. This role provides expert clinical leadership for complex and high-risk cases while establishing global standards, governance, and partnerships that ensure consistent, compliant, and high-quality injury management and return to work outcomes worldwide. The Global Injury & Claim Coordinator works closely with Baxter Human Resources, Legal, Health and Safety, Operations, and external partners to support employee recovery, optimize return to work outcomes, and minimize Baxter’s total cost of injury or illness. Using global claims and medical data, the role identifies trends, systemic risks, and prevention opportunities and translates insights into actionable strategies that support hazard reduction and enterprise risk management. Serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the Global Injury & Claim Coordinator provides guidance during high-risk or high visibility claim situations and plays a critical role in shaping Baxter’s global approach to injury management, early intervention, and return to work programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Occupational Health Nursing, Workers Compensation case management, or clinical injury management.
- Registered Nurse (RN) – US Compact, active and unrestricted license required.
- Ability to obtain RN license for IL, NY, CA, MN within 6 months months of employment.
- Demonstrated expertise in complex workers compensation claim management across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience collaborating with TPAs, insurers, medical providers, and legal partners.
- Strong ability to interpret claims, medical, and absence data.
- Experience supporting self-insured or large multinational employers
- Familiarity with international workers compensation, injury management, or disability frameworks beyond the US
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Teams, Excel, Word, SharePoint).
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Nice To Haves
- Occupational Health Nursing certification preferred (COHN, COHN-S).
- Certified Case Manager (CCM) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manages and oversees complex workers’ compensation and injury management cases across Baxter’s United States and global jurisdictions.
- Provides expert clinical guidance and oversight for complex, high risk, and litigated workers’ compensation cases impacting Baxter employees globally.
- Coordinates medical management activities and return to work accommodations in partnership with Baxter facilities, medical providers, and regional stakeholders.
- Ensures Baxter’s injury and claim management practices comply with applicable global workers’ compensation, occupational health, and regulatory requirements, as well as internal Baxter standards.
- Leads the development and enhancement of Baxter’s global injury management, early intervention, and return to work programs.
- Serves as Baxter’s primary clinical and operational liaison with third party administrators, insurers, occupational health vendors, and international claims partners across supported regions.
- Analyzes global claim, injury, and return to work data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities and uses insights to drive operational excellence at Baxter.
- Provides actionable insights from claims and medical data to support hazard reduction and risk mitigation efforts
- Identifies systemic injury, claim, or return to work risks and partners with EHS and Operations to inform upstream prevention strategies.
- Standardizes Baxter’s care management and injury management processes to ensure consistent service delivery and outcomes across geographic regions.
- Ensure consistent use of tools, documentation standards, and reporting across regions.
- Partners with Baxter Human Resources, Legal, Health and Safety, and local return to work coordinators to support injured employees and ensure compliant, timely claim handling globally.
- Provides training, consultation, and guidance to Baxter stakeholders on global occupational health, injury management, and workers’ compensation best practices.
- Recommends and supports the implementation of global strategies to reduce claim duration, improve employee recovery and experience, and minimize Baxter’s total cost of risk.
- Serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership during high risk or high visibility claim situations.
Benefits
- medical and dental coverage that start on day one
- insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- educational assistance programs
- paid holidays
- paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
- family and medical leaves of absence
- paid parental leave
- commuting benefits
- Employee Discount Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- childcare benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
