Registered Nurse Ii, Iv, V

Job Summary

General Duty and/or Clinical Nursing work involves responsibility for direct and/or indirect nursing care to patients in hospitals, infirmaries, sanitaria or similar health care facilities. Positions may involve assignment to one or rotation among the various clinical services of the institution (obstetrics, pediatrics, surgery, orthopedics, outpatient, geriatrics, tuberculosis, psychiatric, Hansen’s disease, etc.).

Public Health Nursing with emphasis on case finding and follow through, health guidance and teaching, and liaison with community health and related services provides direct and/or indirect nursing care oriented toward maintaining health and preventing illness, as well as toward treatment and cure. Positions may involve assignment to a specific geographic area and/or to specialized community public health clinics.

Alternate Situation positions may be program specialists in a particular clinical service or subject matter area of nursing. They may plan, organize and coordinate community and/or institution educational and consultive services related to specialized nursing techniques, methods and treatment services characterizing a particular medical program. This responsibility involves assisting nurses and program administrators in the development and improvement of nursing programs, policies and procedures;

planning and conducting education programs within a specific clinical service area; and supervising subordinate nursing and/or clerical personnel.

• Location:
  
  Island of Hawaiʻi, Kauai, Maui, Molokai.
• Salary:
  Level II $7,718 per month (SR‑18, Step B);
  Level IV $10,117 per month (SR‑22, Step B);
  Level V $10,943 per month (SR‑24, Step B).

To qualify, you must meet all of the following requirements. Please note that unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. In addition, qualifying work experience is credited based on a 40‑hour workweek.

• License Requirement:
  License to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Hawaiʻi.
• Specialized Experience Requirement: (Level II = 0 years, Level III = 6 months, Level IV = 1 year 6 months, Level V = 2 years 6 months) Professional work experience as a registered nurse. For public health nursing positions, applicants must have had public health nursing experience in the appropriate quantities shown in the table above.
• For all positions, applicants for Registered Nurse IV and V must have had one year of satisfactory work experience comparable to the next lower level in the State service. For example, applicants for Registered Nurse V in the hospital, institutional or clinic setting must have had one year of experience comparable to Registered Nurse IV as a supervisor of nurses responsible for all patient care, management activities within an assigned ward, floor or clinical area.
  
  Applicants for Registered Nurse V in the public health nursing setting must have had one year of experience independently responsible for public health nursing treatment, care and educational services within an assigned geographic area.
• For both public health and hospital, institutional or clinic nursing positions in the class Registered Nurse VI, all applicants must have had one year of experience comparable to the class Registered Nurse V or two years of experience comparable to the class Registered Nurse IV in the State service.
• Administrative Aptitude Requirement:
  Applicants for Registered Nurse VI in both public health nursing and hospital, institutional or clinic nursing must have demonstrated administrative aptitude. Administrative aptitude may be demonstrated in experience which shows strong affirmative evidence of the necessary administrative aptitudes and abilities. Such evidence may be in the form of success in regular or special assignments or projects which involved administrative problems (in planning, organizing, promoting, evaluating, controlling and directing programs, including policy and budgetary considerations;
  
  and/or providing staff advice and assistance in such matters); interest in administration demonstrated by the performance of work…