Staff Nurse - Operating Room
Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Wake Island
Posted on: April 3, 2026
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Job Description:
Description: 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. 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. Basic
Qualifications: Experience N/A Education Graduate from an
accredited school of nursing. License, Certification, Registration
Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) Basic Life Support from American
Heart Association Additional Requirements: For Oncology 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. Preferred
Qualifications: Experience working with electronic medical records.
One (1) year experience or completion of formal course in area of
specialty. Coursework in basic EKG.
Keywords: Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu , Staff Nurse - Operating Room, Healthcare , Wake Island, Hawaii
