Registered Professional Nurse IV; Educator), Psych Acute

Job Description

Join our Behavioral Health team as a Registered Nurse
- Educator
, where you will partner with the Director of Nursing and Nurse Manager to provide clinical leadership, oversee daily unit operations, and support the delivery of compassionate, high-quality behavioral health care. This leadership role combines patient care, staff development, operational oversight, utilization management, and discharge planning to ensure safe, efficient, and patient-centered services for individuals receiving inpatient behavioral health treatment.

• Assist with the daily coordination and supervision of the Behavioral Health Unit, including staffing, scheduling, resource utilization, and ensuring compliance with hospital policies and regulatory standards.
• Provide clinical leadership by serving as a role model, supporting quality improvement initiatives, monitoring patient care outcomes, and promoting evidence-based nursing practice.
• Support recruitment, orientation, competency assessments, performance evaluations, staff coaching, recognition, and professional development to foster a highly engaged nursing team.
• Coordinate utilization management and discharge planning activities, including insurance authorizations, interdisciplinary care coordination, patient and family education, community referrals, and continuity of care following discharge.
• Monitor departmental operations, productivity, budgets, and supply utilization while collaborating with nursing leadership to ensure efficient and cost-effective patient care.
• Promote a culture of teamwork, exceptional customer service, patient safety, infection prevention, and continuous improvement through collaboration with physicians, pharmacies, hospice providers, community partners, and interdisciplinary teams.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college. Bachelor's Degree is highly desirable.

Licensure & Certification

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Hawaii required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within one month of hire.

Experience

• Minimum of one and one-half (1.5) years of professional nursing experience.
• Demonstrated leadership or supervisory potential through charge nurse responsibilities, team leadership, special projects, supervisory training, or performance evaluations reflecting supervisory aptitude.
• Experience in behavioral health, psychiatric nursing, acute care, or inpatient nursing is preferred.

• 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.

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

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