Registered Nurse Outpatient Pediatric Surgery

Primary Location

Location C

Department

Amb Svcs Pediatric Surgery

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Schedule

Part time

Weekly Hours

24

FTE

0.6

Employee Status

Regular

 

Outpatient Pediatric Surgery
Schedule: Days | 24 hours/week (0.6 FTE)
Schedule Details: 3 days per week | No weekends or holidays
Locations: Burnet Campus and satellite locations
Salary Range: Based on years of nursing experience

Join Our Outpatient Pediatric Surgery Team

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is seeking a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Outpatient Pediatric Surgery team. In this role, you will provide expert nursing care to pediatric patients and their families throughout their surgical journey—from initial assessment and preparation through post-operative follow-up.

You’ll work alongside a collaborative, multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional, family-centered care to children with a wide range of surgical conditions.

What You’ll Do

• Assess and prepare patients: Perform comprehensive nursing assessments, obtain medical histories, identify allergies, review medications, and recognize special healthcare needs.
• Educate patients and families: Prepare children and their parents or caregivers for surgical procedures by providing clear, age-appropriate education and instructions before and after surgery.
• Provide emotional support: Help children and families navigate the surgical experience by addressing questions, anxiety, and concerns with compassion and reassurance.
• Coordinate follow-up care: Facilitate follow-up appointments and provide families with clear guidance about recovery, potential complications, and when to seek medical attention.
• Collaborate across specialties: Partner with surgeons, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate high-quality care.
• Care for diverse surgical populations: Support patients receiving care for a broad range of congenital and acquired conditions—from common diagnoses such as appendicitis and hernias to complex conditions including solid tumors and multiple congenital anomalies.
• Work across locations: Provide care at our Main Campus and satellite locations as needed.

Why Cincinnati Children’s?

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

We believe the best care happens through a holistic, team-based approach that supports children and their families while advancing science, research, and discovery. Our nurses have the opportunity to care for a diverse pediatric population, collaborate with nationally recognized experts, and make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families every day.

If you’re looking for a nursing role where your expertise, compassion, and commitment to pediatric care truly matter, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

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 potential impact of culture on the patient/family experience and incorporates culturally inclusive concepts into patient care.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate/Diploma prepared RNs from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution requires 2+ years of experience. If hired without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date/RN job date and complete program within 5 years of hire/RN job date.

• Preferred: BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN are preferred.

• Active Ohio RN License. May be required to obtain other state licensure.

• 2 years nursing experience

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