Staff Nurse-Chronic Disease

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.

Essential Responsibilities:

+ 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 an...