Registered Nurse

Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 50,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is seeking a full-time Ambulatory Services Gastroenterology clinician for day shift at the Burnet Campus. The role emphasizes regulatory compliance, IPM integration, and patient-centered care in a high-acuity pediatric setting.

The position focuses on safety, continuous learning, and collaboration with department managers to maintain quality and regulatory standards, while providing compassionate, age-appropriate patient care across diverse families.

Qualifications

• Maintains awareness of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
• Supports safety and compliance through leadership communication.
• Demonstrates IPM integration in daily practice and teamwork.
• Applies clinical guidelines and knowledge to improve patient care.
• Follows safety policies, CMS standards, and performance goals.
• Advocates for patient and family needs within nursing practice.

Responsibilities

• Compliance - sustains regulatory compliance in the department and hospital.
• Interprofessional Practice - integrates IPM in practice.
• Clinical inquiry & performance review to improve practice and education.
• Uses systems thinking to coordinate care and safety across the unit.
• Patient Care - age-specific and culturally inclusive approaches.
• Collaborates with team through shared decision making at the point of care.
• Clinical judgment in care delivery, documentation, and outcome tracking.

Skills

Regulatory compliance understanding

Interprofessional collaboration

Patient care planning

Job description

Primary Location
Burnet Campus Department
Amb Svc Gastroenterology Shift
Day (United States of America) Schedule
Full time Weekly Hours
32 FTE
0.8 Employee Status
Regular

*Expected Starting Pay Range
$36.00 - $42.60
*Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based based on FTE status.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compliance - Patient Services Staff - Sustain a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Support leadership in Compliance efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Be mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensure all individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify and share safety best practices. Be mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicate safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.
• Interprofessional Practice - Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
• Clinical inquiry & performance review to improve practice - Follows standards and guidelines; implements clinical changes and research-based practices developed by others; recognizes the need for further learning to improve patient care; recognizes routine or obvious changing patient situation (e.g., deterioration, crisis); in unusual care situations, seeks help when needed to identify patient problem. Uses self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process. Demonstrates openness to coaching and mentoring from others. Facilitates learning by assisting with peer and student learning experiences. Works with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.
• Uses systems thinking - Sees the pieces or components; sees patient and family within the isolated environment of the unit; sees self as key resource to support the family through the healthcare experience through care coordination. Sustains a working understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Supports leadership in efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Monitors and complies with safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensures individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Is mindful of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and freely communicates safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members.
• Patient Care - Age Specific and Culturally Inclusive - Consistently integrates age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
• Collaborates with team using shared decision making - Is receptive to the contributions of the interdisciplinary team in team meetings and discussion regarding patient issues. Participates in shared governance at the point-of-care as a member of unit-based councils or by demonstrating awareness and contributing to shared decision making (reading minutes, giving feedback and implementing council decisions).
• Clinical judgment when performing caring practices - Collects clinical data; follow algorithms, decision trees, and protocols. Matches formal knowledge with clinical events to make appropriate decisions; uses available resources as needed. Documents plan of care, care delivered, and patient and family outcomes. Focuses on the usual and customary needs of the patient and family; anticipates future needs; bases care on standards and protocols; maintains a safe physical environment; acknowledges death as a potential outcome. Consistently integrates age specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning. Using self-management support, develops care goals and actions through partnerships with patients and families. Facilitates patient and family learning by providing structured education based on the plan of care goals, and the needs of the patient and family; uses teach back to evaluate effectiveness.
• Exhibits advocacy, moral agency and response to inclusion - Works on behalf of patient and family; assesses personal values; aware of ethical conflicts/issues that may surface in clinical setting; makes ethical/moral decisions based on rules; represents patient when patient cannot represent self; aware of patients' rights. Assesses cultural inclusion. Recognizes the poten