Hospital Medicine – Clinical and Research Opportunities

The Division of Hospital Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s has a successful history of quality improvement, translating evidence into practice, family-centered care, and leadership in education and research.

Drs. Patrick Brady & Karen Jerardi lead the division which includes:

• >55 faculty and staff physicians

• a 3-year fellowship in PHM with 9 fellows

• Additional team members of 15 outstanding research coordinators, a data analyst, advanced practice providers, and administrative assistants.

The Division provides care to more than 7,000 patients each year at 2 campuses including:

• general hospital medicine teams

• a complex care team

• two co-management services for surgical inpatients

• consultation for adults with complex healthcare needs admitted at Cincinnati Children’s by Med Peds physicians

We provide individualized career development through mentoring, career development committees, and participation in and leadership of quality improvement, education, and research efforts. We focus on team science and encourage collaboration. Our division averages more than 100 peer-reviewed publications per year with most faculty publishing a peer-reviewed paper each year. Cincinnati Children’s has a number of internal grant mechanisms, and the division receives over $2.9M in direct federal grant support per year.

As a team, we value inclusion and recognize the importance of an inclusive physician workforce providing care for our patient population, and we invite you to consider one or more of the following opportunities: 

General Clinical

Experience should include demonstrated skill in managing patients with acute illness and complex medical and surgical conditions. Experience as a pediatric hospitalist, teaching of medical students and residents, and leading quality improvement projects are not required but are differentiating factors. Faculty rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO

• Board Eligible/Certified in Pediatrics

• The ability to receive a medical license in the State of Ohio

• Additional consideration given for those with PHM board eligibility/certification

• As CCHMC continues to grow its regional, national, and international presence, clinicians may be asked to work at locations outside of the Burnet Campus.

Nocturnist Clinical

We also offer nocturnist positions with differential pay and shift numbers. We are intentional about cultivating inclusion and belonging for our nocturnist team with the goal of supporting long-term careers, joy-in-work, and work-life balance. As we recognize, overnight work is less desirable to many people, we incentivize this work with ~20% reduced shift expectations and increased salary.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO

• Board Eligible/Certified in Pediatrics

• The ability to receive a medical license in the State of Ohio

• Additional consideration given for those with PHM board eligibility/certification

Research Faculty

Experience should include successful completion and dissemination of hospital-based pediatric research. The candidate’s research methods expertise should be in health services, clinical outcomes, implementation science, qualitative, comparative effectiveness, or clinical operations research.

Individualized career development is provided through mentoring within the Division of Hospital Medicine and across the institution. Opportunities for collaboration are fostered through weekly divisional research meetings as well as other collaborative research groups throughout the Department of Pediatrics. The candidate would spend the majority of her/his time in research with the expectation of independent funding within 2-3 years of hire (e.g. career development award).

Qualifications:

• MD or DO and Board Eligible/Certified in Pediatrics

• MS in Epi or Clinical Research or similar

• The ability to obtain a medical license in the State of Ohio

• Additional consideration given for those with PHM board eligibility/certification

Med-Peds Faculty

We offer specific positions for Internal Medicine-Pediatrics trained physicians who work on our Adult Care team in addition to Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Adult Hospital Medicine teams at the University of Cincinnati.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO

• Board Eligible/Certified in Pediatrics

• The ability to receive a medical license in the State of Ohio

• Additional consideration given for those with PHM board eligibility/certification.

Our City

• Affordable urban and suburban housing with easy access to hospital

• Excellent and diverse restaurants

• Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, and National Football League teams

• Large public park and bike trail systems

• Excellent music venues, symphony, theater, and art museums

• Renowned amusement parks, aquarium, and zoo

• Numerous colleges & universities

 

Primary Location

Location A

 

Schedule

Full time

 

Shift

Day (United States of America)

 

Department

Hospital Medicine

 

Employee Status

Regular

 

FTE

1

 

Weekly Hours

40

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