Outpatient Charge Nurse (RN) - Children's Hospital, Battle Building

Make a meaningful impact on pediatric outpatient care while helping lead the daily operations of one of Virginia's premier children's healthcare environments. This role combines clinical expertise, operational leadership, and team development to ensure exceptional experiences for patients, families, providers, and staff every day.

This is an opportunity for an experienced pediatric nurse to step into a respected leadership role, support a highly collaborative team, and help drive excellence across a broad spectrum of pediatric primary and specialty care services. This is a full-time, onsite position working Monday through Friday, offering a stable schedule while providing the opportunity to lead within a highly specialized pediatric ambulatory setting.

The Role

The Outpatient Charge Nurse RN provides day-to-day leadership and coordination for pediatric outpatient clinic operations. Working closely with nurses, providers, support staff, patients, and families, you will help ensure clinics run efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of safety, service, and clinical excellence.

This role supports pediatric patients ranging from newborns through young adults and provides exposure to a diverse mix of specialty services including General Pediatrics, ENT, Pulmonary, Cardiology, Allergy, Endocrine and Diabetes, Complex Care, Adult Congenital Care, and Cystic Fibrosis programs. The pace is dynamic, the work is meaningful, and the impact is visible every day.

In an average day, you will:

• Provide frontline nursing leadership for daily pediatric outpatient clinic operations.

• Coordinate workflow and resources to support smooth-running clinics and exceptional patient experiences.

• Serve as a clinical resource and mentor to nursing and support staff.

• Support care delivery across both well-child and sick-child visits in addition to multiple specialty clinics.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient patient flow and effective communication.

• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and service excellence.

• Help resolve operational challenges while maintaining focus on patient, family, and staff needs.

• Build strong working relationships across teams and help foster an environment of collaboration and trust.

Success in this role means helping create efficient clinic operations, supporting staff engagement, and ensuring children and families receive outstanding care in a welcoming and organized environment.

Why UVA Health

Few organizations offer the combination of academic medicine, nationally recognized pediatric care, and professional nursing growth opportunities found at UVA Health. As part of UVA Health Children's, you will join a team dedicated to advancing pediatric care while supporting the health and well-being of families throughout Virginia and beyond.

The Battle Building provides a unique environment where pediatric specialists work together in a state-of-the-art outpatient setting designed around the needs of children and their families. As a Charge Nurse, your leadership helps connect those services and ensures care is delivered safely, efficiently, and compassionately.

What makes this opportunity especially compelling:

• Join UVA Health Children's, recognized as the #1 Children's Hospital in Virginia.

• Practice within a Magnet-recognized nursing environment that values professional excellence and nursing leadership.

• Lead within a highly specialized pediatric ambulatory setting serving a diverse patient population.

• Work alongside experts across numerous pediatric specialties, creating exceptional breadth and clinical exposure.

• Advance your leadership career in a respected Charge Nurse role with significant operational and clinical influence.

• Be part of a team recognized for its strong culture and commitment to safety.

• Support an environment that prioritizes staff engagement, including initiatives that help strengthen team connections and workplace satisfaction.

• Access opportunities for ongoing professional growth, development, and career advancement within a nationally recognized academic health system.

• Contribute directly to the success of pediatric outpatient services that impact children and families across the region.

• Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

This position is particularly well suited for nurses who bring pediatric experience, leadership capability, clinical confidence, flexibility, and a desire to continue growing professionally while helping others succeed.