Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, CHSN School Based Health Center

Cincinnati Children's is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant for a school-based health center serving an underserved pediatric population. This full-time outpatient role is split between Pleasant Hill Academy and Midway Elementary School, providing primary care services to children in a school setting.

Clinical Setting

You will work in an outpatient school-based health center division (CHSN) serving pediatric patients in underserved communities. The role involves direct patient care in a collaborative environment with opportunities to influence pediatric healthcare delivery and policy.

Responsibilities

• Perform history and physical exams on patients presenting for care in your area of expertise
• Assess and diagnose acute and chronic illnesses
• Formulate, document, and monitor treatment plans
• Order and monitor therapeutic interventions including diets, laboratory tests, radiological and diagnostic tests as indicated by patient presentation
• Provide clinical consultation and order interdisciplinary consults as needed
• Prescribe medications in accordance with Federal and State law, rules, and Cincinnati Children's policy
• Maintain competency in subspecialty practice, skills, and procedures per Joint Commission standards for focused and ongoing professional practice evaluation
• Develop measurable outcomes and individualized comprehensive plans of care involving patients, families, and caregivers when possible
• Consider risks, benefits, costs, clinical effectiveness, and current scientific evidence when formulating interventions and treatments
• Participate in quality improvement activities and research to improve care delivery and patient outcomes
• Engage in lifelong learning and professional development to enhance clinical skills and competence
• Serve as a preceptor, role model, or mentor to colleagues
• Advocate for pediatric patients and families
• Participate in committees or professional organizations and contribute to the profession's growth
• Maintain competency in clinical skills and procedures
• Promote self-management and family-centered care
• Employ diverse and complex strategies and interventions to promote health and safe environments
• Provide leadership in care management to achieve optimal, cost-effective care
• Document and communicate with healthcare team members to ensure integrated delivery of pediatric care services
• Delegate appropriate monitoring, assessment, and interventions according to patient needs and caregiver scope of practice
• Provide consultation to enhance others' ability to provide healthcare and effect system change
• Make appropriate referrals and discuss recommendations with patients, families, and caregivers
• Order and perform appropriate treatments, therapies, and procedures based on current knowledge and research
• Provide patients, families, and caregivers with diagnostic and laboratory results and information about benefits, limitations, and adverse effects of proposed therapies
• Systematically evaluate assessment data and outcomes to revise diagnoses, outcomes, and plans of care as needed
• Evaluate the accuracy of diagnoses and effectiveness of interventions in relation to expected outcomes
• Include patients, families, caregivers, and other healthcare providers in the evaluation process
• Use evaluation results to determine impact and recommend process or structural changes including policy, procedure, or protocol modifications

Scope of Practice

The scope of this subspecialty role will not exceed the scope of the collaborating or supervising physician.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field or Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
• Current licensure and certification in accordance with Cincinnati Children's Delineation of Privileges
• Certification as FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner), PNP-Primary Care (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care), or NCCPA (Physician Assistant National Certification Board)
• Multi-state licensure in addition to Ohio licensure may be required based on subspecialty

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialty experience in pediatric primary care

Schedule

• Full-time position, 40 hours per week
• Shift length: 4-8 hours
• Call required
• Day shift (United States of America)
• Regular employee status