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Registered Nurse II/ III – Charge RN, Centerville Outpatient

Location: Centerville, OH
Schedule: 0.8 FTE | 32hours/week   

Shift: Days | Patient-facing clinic hours Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Weekends: No current Saturday requirement

Join Cincinnati Children’s in Centerville

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse II/ III – Charge RN to join our growing ambulatory outreach team at our Centerville location. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pediatric nurse who enjoys providing exceptional patient care while also serving as a clinical leader and resource for the ambulatory team.

As a Charge RN, you will help support daily clinic operations, promote safe and efficient patient flow, and serve as a clinical resource for nurses and the interdisciplinary care team. This role is patient-facing and plays an important part in ensuring children and families receive compassionate, coordinated, and high-quality care close to home.

Clinic schedules may vary by division, with some clinics beginning earlier or ending later based on patient care needs.

Access is a key organizational priority, and clinic schedules may evolve to support access and the needs of our patients and families. Flexibility in daily clinic hours will be important as we continue to expand and optimize ambulatory services.

Key Responsibilities

As the Centerville Charge RN, you will:

·         Provide high-quality, patient-centered pediatric nursing care.

·         Serve as a clinical leader and resource for the ambulatory nursing team.

·         Support daily clinic operations, patient flow, staffing, and assignment needs.

·         Assist with coordinating care and resolving clinical or operational barriers.

·         Promote safe, efficient, and timely patient care throughout the clinic day.

·         Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.

·         Support staff with clinical questions, patient care concerns, and escalation of issues.

·         Help ensure appropriate communication and coordination across ambulatory divisions.

·         Promote consistent nursing practice and adherence to Cincinnati Children’s standards, policies, and procedures.

·         Support onboarding, orientation, education, and development of nursing/medical assistant staff as needed.

·         Identify opportunities to improve workflows, patient access, quality, and the overall patient and family experience.

·         Adapt to changing clinic volumes and patient care needs in support of the organization's access goals.

·         Float to Liberty & Mason, where staffing needs require additional support.

Why Cincinnati Children’s?

At Cincinnati Children’s, every member of our team contributes to our mission to improve child health and transform pediatric medicine. Our ambulatory nurses have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with children and families while working alongside nationally recognized pediatric experts.

This position offers the opportunity to combine direct pediatric patient care, clinical leadership, operational support, and professional growth in a growing community-based setting.

If you are an experienced pediatric nurse who is passionate about improving access to exceptional care and enjoys serving as a leader and resource for others, we invite you to join our team.

Qualifications

Required:

·         Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

·         RN II or RN III

·         Current RN licensure in the state of Ohio – will need multistate licensure for KY.

·        5 years experience providing pediatric nursing care.

·         Demonstrated clinical leadership or charge nurse experience.

·         Strong communication, organization, critical thinking, and collaboration skills.

·         Ability to provide flexible scheduling support as clinic hours evolve to meet patient access needs.

Preferred:

·         Previous ambulatory pediatric nursing experience.

·         Previously, nursing or clinical leadership experience.

·         Experience working across multiple pediatric specialties or ambulatory settings.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interprofessional Practice - Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
• Clinical judgment when performing caring practices - Synthesizes and interprets multiple sources of data; uses past experiences to anticipate problems; seeks interprofessional collaboration; recognizes and responds to complex situations. Leads efforts to improve documentation of the plan of care, care delivered, and outcomes of care. Has innate awareness of the patient and family's current and future needs, and fully engages them in the plan of care. Collaborates with family, other health care providers and community resources to develop comprehensive plans of care. Caring practices follow the patient's and family's lead; orchestrates processes to ensure patient/family's comfort and concerns are addressed. Promotes a healing environment for all health outcomes, including death. Expertly integrates age specific concepts into patient care, considers both the patient's chronological age and developmental level. Using self-management strategies, develops care goals and actions in partnerships with patients and families. Creatively modifies or develops patient and family education programs. Integrates patient/family education throughout delivery of care; evaluates effectiveness using teach back methods and by observing behavioral changes related to learning. Integrates strategies in the plan of care that support the patient's and family's transition to home.
• 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.
• 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.
• Uses systems thinking - Knows when and how to negotiate and navigate through the system on behalf of patients and families through care coordination. Intervenes and leads others to change systems and processes as appropriate to support optimal patient outcomes. Sustains an extensive understanding of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Works with managers to lead efforts to meet and sustain the regulatory compliance efforts of the department and hospital. Monitors and assists others to comply with safety and departmental policies and procedures. Ensures individual certifications and Safety College requirements are fulfilled in a timely basis. Is well-informed of CCHMCs processes and compliance with CMS standards and assertively communicates safety and compliance concerns to leadership team members. Effectively coordinates team care delivery while in the role of charge nurse; anticipating planning for and mitigating unexpected circumstances.
• Collaborates with team using shared decision making - Invites inclusive resources when appropriate to optimize patient outcomes. Interacts confidently by promoting and expecting collaborative behavior in others. Mentors others to respect the contribution of the entire team. Is able to lead others to work collaboratively valuing the contributions of the various disciplines in patient/practice issues. Demonstrates leadership in the shared governance structure at the cluster or divisional level councils, committees, task forces or projects. Serves as chair for councils, committees, task forces or project work.
• Clinical inquiry & performance review to improve practice - Improves, deviates from, or individualizes standards and guidelines for particular patient situations or populations; questions and/or evaluates current practice based on patients' responses, review of the literature, research and education/learning; acquires knowledge and skills needed to address questions arising in practice and improve patient care. Creates practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Assists with development of competence in peers; formally, by precepting new employees, and informally, by sharing knowledge at the point-of-care. Demonstrates awareness of unit competency needs, providing leadership to improve competence of staff. 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. Precepts nursing peers and students. Facilitates learning for members of the healthcare team and the community. Takes a leadership role in working with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.
• Exhibits advocacy, moral agency and response to inclusion - Works on behalf of patient, family, and community; advocates from patient/family perspective, whether similar to or different from personal values; suspends rules - patient and family drive moral decision-making; empowers the patient and family to speak for/represent themselves; achieves mutuality within patient/professional relationships. Uses inclusive resources available both internally and in the community to enhance the experience of care for the various patient populations. Appreciates and incorporates differences, including alternative therapies into care; tailors care to the extent possible. Demonstrates efforts to grow self and others in cultural competence.

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s. 

 Cincinnati Children's is: 

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 10  best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years 

• Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding 

• Recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers  (2025), America’s Best Employers for New Grads (2025) 

• One of the nation's America’s Most Innovative Companies as noted by Fortune 

• Consistently certified as great place to work 

• A Leading Disability Employer as noted by the National Organization on Disability 

• Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

 We Embrace Innovation—Together.  We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better. That’s why we support the responsible use of artificial intelligence. By encouraging innovation, we’re creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future—for all of us.

Comprehensive job description provided upon request.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability