Kaiser Permanente·Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Provides professional nursing care and services to patients while directing LPNs and nursing assistive personnel. Acts as a primary nurse, resource nurse, and preceptor while ensuring quality care and adherence to medical orders.
This position is a Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Bargaining Unit represented position.
Job Summary: Provides nursing care and services to patients/families.
Provides direction to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and nursing assistive personnel.
Delegates nursing care according to legal and regulatory guidelines/statutes and organizational policies.
Utilizes reasonable judgment in carrying out prescribed medical orders of a practitioner.
Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver.
Serves as resource nurse.
Acts as preceptor and takes charge duties as assigned.
Practices professional nursing and delegates nursing tasks to nursing assistive personnel and provides direction to the LPN as appropriate. Utilizes nursing process to deliver care. Performs any nursing task requiring nursing knowledge, judgment, and skill. Administers medications. As appropriate, may administer intradermal local anesthetic for IV placement. Teaches LPNs and nursing assistive personnel special tasks of nursing care. Verifies staff competency to perform special tasks of nursing care as appropriate. Is responsible and accountable for quality of nursing rendered and adequacy of nursing care provided when special tasks are delegated to nursing assistive personnel. Functions as primary nurse/total patient caregiver. Serves as resource nurse and acts as preceptor. Takes charge duties as assigned. Incorporates the KP Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice. Performs administrative and other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned. May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.
ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate by Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to be obtained within one (1) year of hire and maintained thereafter. Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, detail oriented, customer service, influence, interpersonal relations, oral communication, prioritization, problem solving, quality management, results orientation, system thinking, teamwork, time management, written communication competencies. Inpatient Specialty Areas: Only departments in the Pediatrics, Mother Baby, NICU, Labor & Delivery, Operating Room, Emergency, Intensive Care, Hospital Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Ambulatory Treatment, Clinical Decision Unit, Diagnostic Imaging, Oncology - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe. Ambulatory Specialty Areas: Cardiology, Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Population Management - One (1) year experience in area of specialty or completion of formal course in area of specialty within established timeframe.
Experience working with electronic medical records. One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty. Coursework in basic EKG.
Requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing and a Hawaii Registered Nurse license. Must hold or obtain ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy certification and possess one year of specialty experience.
Market context
Labor and delivery RN roles in Hawaii are typically competitive because employers look for clinicians who can step into high-acuity maternal and newborn care with minimal ramp-up. This posting calls for an active Hawaii RN license, BLS, ACLS, NRP, STABLE, fetal monitoring, and at least 2 years of labor and delivery experience with coupling care experience; review these closely, since the requirements and benefits here are AI-summarized from the original job description to save research time. A practical next step is to confirm your licensure and certifications are current before applying.