Registered Nurse Dermatology Outpatient

Cincinnati Children's • Burnet, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Cincinnati Children’s is seeking an experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse II to join our Outpatient Dermatology team. Our dermatology clinic provides comprehensive care for children with a wide range of skin conditions—from common concerns to rare and complex disorders—while offering an exceptional family-centered experience. This nurse partners closely with dermatologists and advanced practice providers to support patient visits, provide education, coordinate care, and ensure smooth clinic operations. You will build meaningful relationships with patients and families while helping them navigate treatments, procedures, and ongoing care needs. ✨

Requirements

• Registered Nurse with active Ohio RN license
• Two years nursing experience required
• 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.
• May be required to obtain other state licensure.
• Foreign graduates must have license validated through TruMeritTM per Ohio Board of Nursing code for Foreign Graduates.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of two years of pediatric & ambulatory nursing experience preferred
• Dermatology experience preferred but not required training provided
• Strong communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic outpatient environment
• Commitment to family-centered, culturally sensitive care
• BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care during outpatient dermatology visits, including assessment, triage, wound care, medication administration, and procedure support.
• Offer education to patients and families on diagnosis, treatment plans, skincare routines, and follow-up expectations.
• Coordinate care across providers, departments, and external partners to ensure seamless patient experiences.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to support clinic flow, manage patient throughput, and maintain a safe environment.
• Perform telephone triage, respond to MyChart messages, and follow up with families regarding concerns, results, and care instructions.
• Maintain accurate documentation in alignment with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinic-based projects.
• 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.
• Demonstrates consistent integration of the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) in all aspects of 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.
• 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.
• Consistently integrates age specific and culturally inclusive concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Supportive team culture committed to professional growth
• Opportunities for specialty training and continuing education
• Comprehensive benefits, competitive compensation, and meaningful work that truly makes a difference

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees