Kaiser Permanente·Honolulu, Hawaii
Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients and families while directing LPNs and nursing assistive personnel. Acts as a primary caregiver, resource nurse, and preceptor to ensure quality care and staff competency.
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. 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.
Experience working with electronic medical records. One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of specialty. Coursework in basic EKG.
Requires a graduate degree from an accredited school of nursing and a valid Hawaii Registered Nurse license. Must hold BLS certification and obtain ACLS within 12 months of hire.
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.
