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Staff Physician Oncology Nocturnist Job in Cincinnati, Ohio US

Staff Physician Oncology Nocturnist

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Cincinnati, OH

Posted: 7/13/2025 - Expires: 8/12/2025

Job ID: 291624529

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Job Description

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
* Second Among All 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 (2024)
* 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)

Advance your career on a dynamic team at the leading edge of innovative new approaches to the treatment and care of children with cancer. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, a 670-bed institution and home to the nation's #1 pediatric cancer program (as ranked by U.S. News & World Report), is currently seeking a full-time Inpatient Staff Physician Nocturnist for our specialized inpatient oncology unit. Hematology/oncology training or oncology background is not required.

Our inpatient staff physician team works in close conjunction with the attending oncology physician to provide day-to-day management for complex and acutely ill cancer patients. Inpatient staff physicians work in the context of a multidisciplinary team with dieticians, pharmacists, social workers, care managers, child life, PT/OT, and nursing. In addition to the challenging and dynamic clinical experience, inpatient staff physicians have opportunities to participate in quality improvement, clinical guideline development and implementation, resident and medical student education, and clinical research.

The schedule is exclusively night shifts and includes weekend and holiday rotations. Full time nocturnists will join another staff physician hospitalist who rotates between day and night shifts such that there will be two nighttime hospitalists covering the oncology inpatients.

Applicants should be board-eligible/certified in pediatrics or medicine/pediatrics. Training is provided. Obtaining an Ohio Medical License is required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

* Patient Care - Perform direct patient care of pediatric patients within the scope of the medical license, education and experience. Participate in safe, effective and compassionate patient care, commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility. Examine patients to determine presence of disease and to establish preventive health practices. Determine nature and extent of disease or injury, prescribe and administer medications and immunizations. Perform procedures, collect data, analyze data and make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment and discontinuation of care. May formulate, maintain, support, monitor and modify a patient-specific plan for care, treatment and rehabilitation based on the patient's assessment. May also plan and coordinate care, treatment and rehabilitation for discharged patients.

* Effective Communication - Provide for the exchange of appropriate patient care and clinical information when patients are admitted, referred, transferred or discharged. Provide data which will contribute to the assessm

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Job Summary

Employment Type:
Full Time Employee
Job type:
Regular Employment
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Education Level:
High school graduate
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