Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, Department of Radiology, Interventional Radiology

The University of Cincinnati, founded in 1819, is a Carnegie 1 urban public research university with over 53,600 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and 360,000 alumni. As the anchor of the Cincinnati Innovation District and home to the nation’s oldest cooperative education program, UC contributes $10.6 billion in economic impact to the city and $22.7 billion to Ohio. The College of Medicine, one of the oldest medical schools in the country, partners with UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to train top health professionals and advance cutting‑edge research. The Department of Radiology is a top‑tier department with world‑renowned faculty.

About the role

The Department of Radiology is accepting applications for a full‑time Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to work with a designated supervisor providing comprehensive, continuous, and personalized care to patients in various areas of interventional radiology. The position is based at multiple locations including West Chester Hospital (WCH), University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC), and other sites, with a standard work schedule of Monday through Friday, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Responsibilities

• Understand the indications, alternatives, risks, and steps of IR procedures to inform patients, families, referring physicians, and other healthcare providers
• Perform history and physical examinations prior to IR procedures
• Obtain informed consent for IR procedures for outpatients and inpatients
• Place pre‑procedure and post‑procedure IR orders
• Perform admitting history and physical, discharge, and write orders for inpatients admitted to the IR service
• Provide medication reconciliation, prescribing, and discharge for patients undergoing outpatient IR procedures
• Make rounds on inpatients following IR procedures and other patients as scheduled
• Answer telephone calls from patients regarding IR procedures
• Evaluate new inpatient and outpatient IR procedure requests/consultations and review with IR physicians
• Coordinate outpatient and inpatient IR procedure requests and address peri‑procedural medical and scheduling issues
• Communicate with requesting providers, IR physicians, IR technologist coordinator, and IR scheduler during the workday
• Facilitate communication and coordination for complex IR cases involving other services (e.g., Anesthesia, Gastroenterology, Transplant Surgery)
• Perform follow‑up outpatient visits on patients who have previously undergone IR procedures
• Become proficient in Epic for IR workflow, including Status Board use and onboarding rotating IR resident physicians
• Participate in IR section quality safety program (biopsy follow‑up, Morbidity & Mortality maintenance)
• Attend monthly IR Morbidity & Mortality Conferences; prepare and submit materials as directed
• Assist the IR physician in fluoroscopic procedures as needed
• Provide possible weekend coverage for rounding and consultations
• Cover IR clinic/outpatient setting
• Perform the following image‑guided procedures:
  • Paracentesis
  • Thoracentesis
  • Abscessogram/drainage catheter study
  • Gastrostomy tube exchange
  • Non‑tunneled and tunneled central venous catheter placement
  • Catheter removals

Requirements

Candidates must meet the qualifications for either the Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant pathway:

• Nurse Practitioner
  • Master’s degree from an accredited nursing program
  • Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority
  • Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty
  • Three (3) years of nursing experience
• Physician Assistant
  • Master’s degree from an accredited physician assistant program
  • Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority
  • Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
  • Minimum of one (1) year of experience

Qualifications

• Experience in Interventional Radiology, including interventional spine procedures
• Experience with Epic electronic health record system

Physical Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive tuition remission for employee and eligible dependents covering nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs
• Robust retirement plans: choice of state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP) with UC contributing 14–18% of salary (no Social Security contribution except Medicare)
• Generous time‑off policy: vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, additional end‑of‑year paid Winter Season Days, and 6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents
• Competitive salary based on experience