Registered Nurse Clinical Manager- Ambulatory Subspecialty Sites

Cincinnati Children's • Crestview Hills, KY

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking an experienced and collaborative Registered Nurse Clinical Manager to provide leadership and operational oversight across multiple Ambulatory Subspecialty Clinics. This position plays a key role in advancing clinical excellence, ensuring safe, high-quality care delivery, and supporting staff development in a fast-growing and dynamic ambulatory environment. The Clinical Manager will partner with site leaders, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams to support daily operations, promote standardization of practice, and foster a positive, team-oriented culture. Our Ambulatory Nursing team continues to grow rapidly, expanding services to meet the needs of children and families across the region. The specific locations supported by this position will be determined based on organizational priorities and may evolve over time. Current sites include Liberty, Mason, Eastgate, CVH, Union, Green Township, Batesville, Louisville, Centerville, and Maysville, with the addition of a new Site-Based Resource team at the Burnet (Main) Campus. We are seeking a leader who is passionate about people, process, and patient care—someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and embraces growth and change.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the State of Ohio, and willingness to apply for multistate RN license
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
• Minimum of five years of nursing experience, including three years in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Strong leadership, communication, and critical-thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to evolving needs.
• Ability and willingness to travel between Cincinnati Children’s ambulatory sites as needed.
• BSN
• 3+ years of work experience in Nursing
• Active RN License in Ohio

Nice To Haves

• master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in an ambulatory or outpatient specialty setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for nursing and clinical operations across assigned ambulatory subspecialty sites.
• Support patient care delivery, staff engagement, and operational efficiency across multiple clinic locations.
• Ensure adherence to Cincinnati Children’s policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with clinic leadership to monitor staffing needs, patient flow, and scheduling to ensure optimal coverage.
• Lead performance improvement initiatives focused on quality, safety, and patient experience.
• Mentor and coach clinical staff, fostering professional growth and accountability.
• Provide Saturday clinic coverage when needed for unexpected call-offs (rare occurrence).
• Collaborate with leadership to align clinic operations with the organization’s strategic goals and initiatives.
• Provide programmatic leadership of the clinical component in their assigned areas to ensure quality patient care outcomes.
• Develop and implement goals, standards, policies, educational programs, procedures and practices in alignment with the strategic plan.
• Monitor situations that affect daily operations and take appropriate actions.
• Participate in the development, coaching, and evaluation of department personnel.
• Mentor and provide learning and development opportunities for direct reports.
• Establish workforce communication and approaches that will represent our Core Values and cultural competence.
• Ensure staff competence through appropriate training and practice oversight.
• Demonstrate consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of practice.
• Ensure that shared governance and shared decision making are integrated with leadership practices.
• Demonstrate skill with interpersonal communication along with presentations, written materials and through group facilitation.
• Hold self and others accountable for mutual professional expectations and outcomes.
• Maintain knowledge of regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
• Consistently assure quality and adherence to standards by utilizing auditing and quality assurance approaches.
• Follow the guidance of their Directors in the development and implementation of corrective action plans.
• Partner with department leaders of Center for Professional Excellence (CPE) and Accreditation Services to improve staff performance, compliance and documentation.
• Assure all reporting staff have required competence, education and their clinical performance represents standards of compliance.
• Enhance relationships to promote interdisciplinary involvement and knowledge of compliance standards, status, and actions.
• Facilitate the knowledge and actions of employees with appropriate policies and standards of performance.
• Serve as a point of contact and resource for the daily operations.
• Research and resolve operational questions and problems as they arise.
• Serve as a resource to staff in the resolution of complex issues and concerns.
• Provide oversight and guidance in the day to day patient staffing.
• Evaluate and adjust resource allocation based on patient needs and system factors.
• Establish and maintain procedures for orientation of new employees.
• Assure integration of annual operational goals into daily practice.
• Address problem trends, develop, plan and implement solutions to improve processes and work flow for both individuals and systems for which teams work.
• Provide oversight and evaluation of clinical practices, patient outcomes and all practices associated with safety and quality patient care.
• Be competent to support patient care delivery for their area as needed.
• Provide leadership for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, and completion of specific projects.
• Assure alignment of developing projects with organizational priorities and strategic plan.
• Develop project plans, resource allocation, and timeline.
• Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• May direct assigned project team ensuring effective utilization of resources.
• Report on progress of the project to all stakeholders.
• Provide detailed organizational communication plans when clinical operations are impacted.
• Integrate principles of inclusion throughout projects and daily operations.
• Engage with the day to day operations that impact productivity.
• Conduct analysis, partner with others in decisions around resource allocation and recognize the impact of decisions on productivity.
• In collaboration with director; develop, implement and evaluate the department's annual operating and capital budget to achieve the organizational and departmental objectives.
• Analyze and monitor financial performance and assist in the reporting of financial results.
• Evaluate variances, determine underlying causes, and establish proposed solutions.
• Provide clinical practice leadership for the operation of specified patient services departments dedicated to the care of infants, children and adolescents.
• Provide direct support and oversight of clinical practice, coordination of patient care delivery, coaching and development of staff, and manage the work environment.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees