Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine Nephrology

Job Overview

One full‑time staff position is available in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This role will work in the transplant section within the division of Nephrology to provide inpatient, outpatient, pre‑ and post‑transplant services at UCMC.

This position will enhance the quality of care given to transplant patients by providing dedicated care to non‑renal solid‑organ transplants, including long‑term transplants. Duties will include pre‑transplant recipient evaluations—including pre‑operative assessments; donor questionnaires and wait‑list management—and follow‑up on donor list, wait‑list, and pre‑operative care issues. Additionally, this role will focus on living kidney donation education, patient care, and related patient care improvement initiatives.

• Practice clinical/Patient Care according to professional practice standards and institutional policy/procedure.
• Ongoing assessment, when appropriate, is performed and documented according to policy.
• Assessment demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and identification of the patient’s needs as they relate to a development level and cultural dimensions.
• Interpretation of the patient’s condition and abnormal findings is communicated in a timely manner to the physician and all appropriate members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Participate in hospital and provider performance improvement activities.
• Care for all aspects of outpatient functions for kidney transplant clinic including wait‑list management.
• Responsible for coordination of care for transplant patients across their various multi‑disciplinary teams ensuring necessary patient care is accomplished.
• Education for transplant patients including medication adherence, signs of rejection/infection, vaccination guidelines, lifestyle modifications, transplant process, and living donation.
• Provide cross‑coverage for fellow transplant APPs during scheduled time off, managing their patient panels for routine and urgent needs to ensure continuity of care.
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.

• Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority.
• Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty.

• Three (3) years nursing experience.

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• Master’s Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program.

• Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority.
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

• Sitting – Often
• Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) – Often
• Hearing, listening – Often
• Talking – Often
• Standing – Often
• Walking – Often
• Bending – Seldom
• Stooping – Seldom
• Kneeling, squatting – Seldom
• Reaching overhead – Seldom
• Pulling, pushing – Seldom

UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well‑being, financial security, and work‑life balance. Eligibility may vary by position and FTE status. Highlights include:

• Comprehensive Tuition Remission – UC provides tuition remission for you and your eligible dependents, covering tuition costs for nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university.
• Robust Retirement Plans – As a UC employee, you won’t contribute to Social Security (except Medicare). Instead, you’ll choose between state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP), with UC contributing 14–18% of your salary based on position.
• Real Work‑Life Balance – UC prioritizes work‑life balance with a generous time‑off policy, including vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays and additional end‑of‑year paid time off (Winter Season Days), 6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.
• Competitive salary based on…