Academic Pediatrics School-Based APP – Fairborn, OH

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Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

Practice Where Kids Are

Provide convenient, accessible primary and preventive healthcare services directly within the Fairborn City Schools community.

Make a Meaningful Impact

Build relationships with students and families while helping address their healthcare needs in a familiar and supportive environment.

Exceptional Work-Life Balance

This is a 0.8 FTE position designed around the academic calendar, offering a predictable daytime schedule and an approximately two-month summer break, generally from June 15 through August 15. Exact dates may vary based on the school calendar.

Summer Flexibility

Interested in additional hours? Opportunities for additional work may be available during the summer months for providers who would like to maintain a more consistent schedule.

Be Part of Something Growing

Join Dayton Children’s expanding school-based health initiative and collaborate with our established and successful School-Based Health Clinic at Xenia Community Schools. You’ll have opportunities to share best practices, collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues, and help shape the continued growth of school-based healthcare in our community.

What You'll Do

As a School-Based APP, you will provide comprehensive, developmentally appropriate care to children and adolescents from birth through 21 years of age. Working independently and in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals, you will:

• Provide comprehensive primary and preventive healthcare

• Perform physical assessments and examinations

• Evaluate patients and develop diagnoses

• Develop, initiate, and manage individualized plans of care and treatment

• Monitor patient progress and adjust care plans as needed

• Provide health education and guidance to students and families

• Initiate appropriate consultations and referrals

• Collaborate with physicians, school personnel, families, and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals

• Help promote the health and well-being of students within the school community

What We're Looking For

We welcome applications from Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who are passionate about caring for children and adolescents.

For Nurse Practitioners:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

• Master’s degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program

• Current Nurse Practitioner licensure in the State of Ohio

• 3–4 years of nursing experience

• Pediatric or ambulatory care experience preferred

For Physician Assistants:

• Master of Physician Assistant Studies or equivalent

• Current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

• Physician Assistant licensure in the State of Ohio

• Pediatric or ambulatory care experience preferred

Why Dayton Children’s?

At Dayton Children’s, you’ll be part of a team dedicated exclusively to improving the health and well-being of children. This is more than a traditional clinic role—it’s an opportunity to bring healthcare into the community, remove barriers to care, and make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families.

If you’re looking for a pediatric APP position where you can practice medicine, build meaningful relationships, enjoy a family-friendly schedule, and help shape an innovative school-based health program, we’d love to hear from you.

Join us in bringing exceptional pediatric care directly to the children who need it most.