Per Diem Clinician

Cornell University; Ithaca (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 214,000; Part time

Job summary

Cornell University’s Cornell Health seeks Medical Clinicians (MD/DO or NP/PA) for temporary on-site roles in Ithaca. Provide ambulatory primary care to students, coordinate with team members, and address biopsychosocial student needs. Positions are per diem, hourly, and not eligible for benefits or visa sponsorship.

NDAs and campus privacy rules apply; CPR-BLS certification is required within one year. These roles support a diverse campus community and offer collaboration with multiple health

Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O. with NYS license and board eligibility or certification.
• Advance practice nurse with NYS license, plus NP certification within one year.
• PA physician assistant with NYS registration and clinical master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct ambulatory primary care to Cornell students.
• Collaborate with Cornell Health staff and other clinicians.
• Coordinate care remotely when needed and ensure continuity.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to campus privacy standards.
• Engage with diverse student populations in a biopsychosocial model.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

BLS CPR

Primary care

Mental health care

Student health experience

Diversity sensitivity

Education

MD/DO with NYS license

BC/BE in primary care or related specialty

Advanced practice nurse with NYS license

Nurse Practitioner degree

Master’s in clinical specialty

AANP/ANCC NP certification within 1 year

Physician Assistant program and NYS PA license

Tools

Electronic health record system

Job description

Student and Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters including public service, health, wellbeing, connection and belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

Cornell Health's more than 200 employees collaborate to provide integrated and culturally-sensitive mental health, medical, health promotion, public health, student accommodations, and occupational medicine care and services. Dually focused on holistic health of Cornell students and well-being of the larger campus community, the unit supports readiness to learn, to participate fully in the Cornell experience, and to achieve academic, work, and life success. Cornell Health is nationally recognized for innovation and leadership, and is committed to an ongoing journey toward integrated, cost-effective, and community-based services and campus health initiatives.

Cornell Health’s Medical Services is a collaborative, vibrant, innovative, inter-professional department which provides holistic clinical care to address students’ biopsychosocial needs. Working collaboratively with other Cornell Health departments, medical staff aspire to a data-driven approach to provide high-quality, accessible, cost-effective, culturally-sensitive, and developmentally-appropriate care and services to Cornell’s student population, meeting the routine and urgent needs of patients.

Medical Clinicians (MD/DO or APP) at Cornell Health provide direct ambulatory primary patient care to students of the university and arrange for comprehensive care for a patient's holistic needs - including their medical, mental health, emotional and social issues. Medical clinicians collaborate with community and other Cornell Health colleagues, health associates, nursing staff, ancillary and support staff, mental health professionals, physical therapists and health educators to provide comprehensive care to students as patients. In their clinical work with students, Medical Clinicians are involved with the developmental, educational, emotional, psychological, social and academic aspects of students’ lives, and often are called upon to interact with parents, faculty and other professionals, both on and off campus.

*MD/DO Pay: $155.00/hour

*NP/PA Pay: $80.00/hour

Please note that this is a temporary per diem/casual position that will work on an as needed basis, no more than 19 hours per week and a minimum of 32 hours per academic semester. This position is OSHA category BBP1; TB1; ERG2. This position is not eligible for benefits or visa sponsorship.

Success Factors:

• A positive contributor to a team-based, inter-professional environment with an innovative, collaborative, improvement-oriented culture
• Works independently, yet collaboratively, in managing their caseload.
• Regularly handles sensitive and confidential information.
• Keeps current on best practices for providing health care to a campus community, in a primary care model within a biopsychosocial framework.
• Fosters strong working relationships with all Cornell Health staff.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. with current NYS license
• BC/BE in a primary care or other appropriate specialty

OR

• Advance practice nurse with current NYS license, BC/BE in primary care or other appropriate specialty
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
• Graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program
• A master’s degree in a clinical specialty or equivalent experience
• AANP/ANCC or nurse practitioner certification is required within one year of employment

OR

• Graduation from an accredited physician’s assistant program
• A master’s degree in a clinical specialty or equivalent experience
• Current registration to practice as a physician’s assistant in NYS

AND

• Between 2 and 5 years of primary care or acute care clinical experience
• Knowledge and use of an electronic health record management system
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with knowledge and sensitivities appropriate to working with a highly diverse, young adult population
• CPR-BLS level certification achieved within one year of employment and maintained biannually, as applicable
• Ability to provide full range primary care inclusive of minor acute care, sexual and reproductive care, and mental health care
• Experience working directly with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interest in and concern for health problems encountered in a campus community, including medical and mental health issues and areas where they intersect.
• Ability to coordinate with colleagues to maintain continuity of patient care and ensure the appropriate management and treatment of medical problems when not physically present at the health center.
• Desire to communicate electronically with patients.
• Experience with and desire to work in a team-based environment, working with varied and diverse healthcare staff in a patient centered medical home.

University Job Title:

Temporary Health Professional - SP

Job Family:

Temporary Health

Level:

No Grade - Hourly

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

Pay Range:

Refer to Posting Language

Remote Option Availability:

Onsite

Company:

Contact Name:

Bri Muscente

Contact Email:

[e-mail]

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Cornell University embraces diversity in its workforce and seeks job candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We hire based on merit, and encourage people from historically underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply. Consistent with federal law, Cornell engages in affirmative action in employment for qualified protected veterans as defined in the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and qualified individuals with disabilities under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.

2026-09-09