RESPONSIBILITIES
Effective Date: 01/24
I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible for coordinating clinical care of patient. Integrates all health care providers to ensure high quality patient/family outcomes, and establishes a consistent and accountable relationship with patient/family. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, initiation and development of the plan of care, patient/family education, utilization management and discharge planning.
II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Essential functions- Continuous: lifting up to ½ lb., seeing, hearing, talking, grasping, fingering.
- Frequent to continuous: standing, walking, stooping, forward reaching, handling.
- Frequent: pushing and pulling up to 30 psi, lifting up to 10 lbs., sitting, bending.
- Occasional to frequent: squatting, twisting.
- Occasional: pushing and pulling up to 70 psi; lifting: horizontal lift/carry up to 75 lbs. with assistance, floor to waist up to 35 lbs., waist to shoulder up to 25 lbs., overhead level up to 15 lbs.; carrying up to 35 lbs, running, climbing, side bending, kneeling, crouching, overhead reaching.
- Operates various machines/tools/work aids.
III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Inside work.
- Exposure to body fluids, blood products, and communicable diseases.
- Work environment may be highly stressful, fast paced and hectic.
- Assignment to inpatient adult psych areas and Family Treatment Center includes occasionally accompanying patients outdoors.
- Management of confused/disoriented and combative patients may involve tasks which may compromise physical safety.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
- Current Hawaii State license as a Registered Nurse.
- Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing; Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing preferred.
- Current BLS certification.
- Depending on area assignment, additional certification(s) may be required.
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English effectively.
SCOPE OF SERVICE
The Queen’s Medical Center Central Oahu Emergency Department (ED) is a 14-bed unit that provides comprehensive emergency medical and nursing services 24 hours a day for patients of all ages.
There is one primary treatment area:
1. Main ER (14 beds) - All rooms are equipped with monitoring capability, suction, oxygen, and airway supplies. There are some rooms that also have specialized equipment.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet
Your Health. Our Legacy
Our Mission: To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai‘i.
Our Values:
Compassion guides our actions
Aloha inspires us in all that we do
Respect and understanding are essential for the dignity of all
Excellence is our quest
