Cincinnati Children's

Key Responsibilities

• • Perform direct patient care of pediatric patients within the scope of the medical license, education and experience.
• • Consistently contributes toward the advancement of clinical patient care and improved outcomes.
• • 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.
• • If a subspecialist, works to establish a local or regional referral base.
• • Participates in ongoing educational activities for continued enhancement of clinical expertise.
• • 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 assessment of a patient's needs, the organization's capability to provide care or treatment and the appropriate level of care.
• • Participates in the training and education of medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, community physicians and/or staff.
• • Attends clinical rounds, medical lectures, grand rounds, and other conferences, as assigned.