Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Subspecialty Care Float

Cincinnati Children's; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse II, Ambulatory Float to provide high-quality nursing care across a range of pediatric ambulatory subspecialty clinics. The role offers orientation to multiple subspecialty areas with competency validation and independent assignments after orientation.

You will collaborate with diverse teams, perform clinical assessments, administer medications, and support family-centered care in multiple ambulatory locations.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse license in Ohio.
• 2 years nursing experience.
• ADN or BSN; BSN preferred.
• Demonstrated clinical nursing experience.
• Strong assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing clinical environments and patient care needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to compassionate, family-centered pediatric care.

Responsibilities

• Compliance with safety, regulatory and accreditation standards within ambulatory settings.
• Interprofessional collaboration and practice across subspecialty clinics.
• Perform patient assessments, nursing interventions, medications, and patient education.
• Maintain competencies and participate in ongoing education as practices evolve.
• Communicate readiness, concerns, and workflow needs to the care team.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Adaptability

Team collaboration

Education

ADN or BSN

Job description

Registered Nurse II, Ambulatory Float

Primary Location

Location A

Department

Amb Svcs Multipractice Ctr

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Schedule

Full time

Weekly Hours

32

FTE

0.8

Employee Status

Regular

Registered Nurse II, Ambulatory Float

Department/Unit: Ambulatory Subspecialty Care

Shift/Hours: Days | 32 hours/week

Locations: Primary locations include Burnet and Liberty Campuses; additional ambulatory locations may be assigned based on operational needs.

Bring Your Expertise to Pediatric Ambulatory Care

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking an experienced and adaptable Registered Nurse II, Ambulatory Float to provide high-quality nursing care across a broad range of ambulatory subspecialty clinics.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to develop and maintain clinical expertise across multiple pediatric subspecialties while supporting the changing needs of ambulatory care. You will work with diverse patient populations, clinical teams, and workflows while providing safe, compassionate, family-centered care.

As an Ambulatory Float RN, you will progressively orient to multiple ambulatory subspecialty areas based on clinical readiness, organizational priorities, and operational needs. You will assume independent assignments after completing the appropriate specialty‑specific orientation and competency validation.

What You’ll Do

• Provide safe, high-quality nursing care across assigned ambulatory subspecialty clinics following completion of appropriate orientation and competency validation.
• Develop and maintain clinical competencies across multiple ambulatory specialties and patient populations.
• Adapt to different clinical environments, patient populations, workflows, team structures, and operational needs.
• Collaborate with nurses, providers, clinical leaders, educators, medical assistants, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Perform patient assessments, provide nursing interventions, administer medications and treatments, and support patient and family education within the ambulatory setting.
• Utilize specialty‑specific resources, workflows, protocols, and just‑in‑time education when transitioning between clinical areas.
• Recognize individual scope of practice and competency limitations and appropriately seek guidance or elevate concerns when needed.
• Maintain required competencies and participate in ongoing education as clinical practices, technologies, and patient care needs evolve.
• Communicate proactively regarding assignment readiness, clinical concerns, workflow barriers, and support needs.
• Demonstrate flexibility and professionalism when transitioning between ambulatory subspecialty environments.
• Contribute to consistent, high-quality patient care across ambulatory locations and specialties.
• Provide constructive feedback regarding orientation, workflows, resources, and processes to support the continued development of the Ambulatory Float RN role.

Required

What We’re Looking For

• Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Ohio.
• 2 years nursing experience
• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); BSN preferred.
• Demonstrated clinical nursing experience.
• Strong assessment, critical‑thinking, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing clinical environments and patient care needs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to providing compassionate, family‑centered pediatric care.

Preferred

• Pediatric nursing experience.
• Ambulatory or outpatient nursing experience.
• Experience working across multiple specialties or clinical environments.
• Strong interest in developing broad pediatric ambulatory nursing expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new clinical workflows, technologies, and specialty‑specific competencies.

Why Cincinnati Children’s?

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better.

As an Ambulatory Float RN, you will have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of pediatric patients and families while developing a broad foundation of ambulatory nursing expertise. You will be part of collaborative teams across our ambulatory practices and play an important role in ensuring patients receive safe, consistent, high‑quality care.

If you are an experienced nurse who enjoys variety, learning, collaboration, and caring for children across different specialties, this is an opportunity to grow your expertise while making a difference throughout Cincinnati Children’s ambulatory care environment.

Join Cincinnati Children’s and help us make children's health better.

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