Registered Professional Nurse III, Ambulatory Surgery Services (Casual Hire)

Job Description

Join Hilo Benioff Medical Center and be part of a team that proudly cares for our friends, family, and neighbors across East Hawaii. 

Job Description

Hilo Benioff Medical Center is seeking a dedicated Registered Professional Nurse III to join our Ambulatory Surgery Services team, which includes Short Stay (SS), Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), and Gastro Lab. In this role, you will provide comprehensive perioperative and procedural nursing care, support patients throughout the pre- and post-anesthesia process, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes. This position requires flexibility to work varying shifts, weekends, holidays, and standby call as needed.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct nursing care to surgical and procedural patients in the preoperative, postoperative, PACU, and Gastro Lab settings, utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Prepare procedural areas with appropriate equipment and supplies and coordinate patient care throughout the perioperative and recovery phases.
• Monitor patient conditions, administer medications, carry out physician orders, and respond effectively to emergencies and changes in patient status.
• Educate patients and families regarding procedures, recovery expectations, discharge instructions, and ongoing care needs.
• Maintain patient safety and infection prevention standards while ensuring equipment readiness and adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a resource and leader for team members, including supervising support staff, mentoring new employees, and assuming Charge Nurse responsibilities as delegated.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Experience

• Six (6) months of professional nursing experience providing independent patient care in a clinic, hospital, or institutional setting.
• One (1) year of inpatient or outpatient surgical experience preferred.

Certification

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within one (1) month of employment.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications required within six (6) months of employment or transfer into the department.

Licensure

• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Hawaii.

Company Description

As the Big Island’s leading providers of inpatient and outpatient care, the East Hawaii Region of Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC), consisting of Hilo Benioff Medical Center, Honoka'a Hospital, Ka′u Hospital, Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home, East Hawaii Medical Group and East Hawaii Health Pharmacy, delivers a full range of services and programs. Our three hospitals include 290 beds and more than 1,900 employees. Our medical staff is comprised of 250 physicians, physician assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, representing 33 specialties. East Hawaii Health is our network of clinics offering primary and specialty care. Hilo Benioff Medical Center functions as a Level III Trauma Center, which includes the second busiest emergency room in the state, providing 24-hour care and serving more than 50,000 patients annually. Honoka'a Hospital and Ka′u Hospital are designated as Critical Access Hospitals. To learn more about the East Hawaii Region, please watch our Video Yearbook or visit www.hbmc.org, www.honokaahospital.org or www.kauhospital.org.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays each year (104 hours); 14 (112 hours) during election years*
• 21 paid vacation days (168 hours) per year*
• 21 paid sick days (168 hours) per year*
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Participation in the State of Hawaii’s retirement system
• Potential eligibility for various student loan repayment & scholarship programs

* Rates listed for paid holidays, vacation and sick days are for 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions assigned to 8 hour shifts. Accruals for these benefits are otherwise prorated based on FTE.

Pre-Employment Health Requirements

Offers of employment will be contingent on successfully passing a pre-employment examination, which includes a drug screen and other regulatory medical requirements such as, but not limited to, a tuberculosis (TB) screen.  The cost for drug screening and blood draw for QuantiFERON and Titers, shall be borne by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Pre-Employment Assessments for External Candidates

As part of the recruiting process for this position, external applicants (job applicants NOTemployed by HHSC’s East Hawaii Region) are required to complete pre-employment assessments shortly after application submission. If you are not an employee of the East Hawaii Region of HHSC, you will receive an email containing assessment instructions. We ask that you complete the assessments within two days of receipt of the request. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

The East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is a drug free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Shift Details

Must be available to work shifts, weekends and holidays as necessary based on hospital operations. Services are provided 24/7.