Registered Nurse/Quality Program Specialist- School Based Health

We are seeking a dedicated, talented, and team-oriented full-time Registered Nurse/Quality Program Specialist for our School Based Health program to join our `ohana (family) to support our mission and values. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, and a great working environment. 

Mission

Waimānalo Health Center is rooted in Native Hawaiian values and devoted to improving the health and wellness of all people, regardless of ability to pay, by providing comprehensive primary and preventive health care services of the highest quality.

Vision

Waimānalo Health Center is dedicated to the continuous advancement in quality healthcare while assuring universal access for all. We believe that our values of Aloha, Mālama I Ka Pono, Mālama I Ka ʻOhana, and Mālama I Ka ʻĀina, enable our patient-centered healthcare home services to deeply focus on the shared role of healing oneself, ʻohana, community, and ʻāina over generations.

Core Values and Guiding Principles

Waimānalo Health Center welcomes all members of the Koʻolaupoko community to access our holistic services ranging from traditional Hawaiian healing practices to Western medicine.

Aloha: We listen to people with our full attention, seeking to know them and understand their health care and wellness needs and aspirations for themselves, their family and community. We will respond, to the best of our abilities, as caring, compassionate, engaged, and professional partners in healthcare.

Mālama I Ka Pono: We know that quality healthcare starts with people’s trust in our services and the excellence of our care for them and the resources entrusted to us to meet their needs. We are committed to maintaining their trust by treating people with respect and confidentiality, and by being open about our organizational practices and results, seeking to continuously improve our work.

Mālama I Ka ʻOhana: We believe that wellness embraces the whole family, and we welcome their participation in the healthcare of their loved ones. Our belief extends from the Ahupuaʻa of Waimānalo throughout Koʻolaupoko where we build the foundation for good health and wellness for everyone, and we seek collaborative partners who share our values and vision.

Mālama I Ka ʻĀina: We understand the importance of one’s sense of place and the holistic nature of health and wellbeing. Through integrative services we support the balance of body, mind, and spirit, while respecting one’s cultural connectedness to the ‘āina of Hawai'i. Ka Mauli O Ka ‘Āina A He Mauli Kānaka: The Life of the Land is the Life of the People. 

Summary

The Registered Nurse in this role will primarily be based out of the School-Based Health Clinic (SBHC) and will oversee the SBHC on a day-to-day basis in conjunction with Ku I Ka Mana (KIKM), WHC providers in various specialties, medical assistants, the Student Health Assistant (SHA), school staff and administration.  While performing this role, the RN will also perform the duties of the Quality Program Specialist by assisting the Director of Quality Improvement (DQI) and Chief Operations Officer (COO) to develop, implement, maintain and evaluate the quality and performance activities which serve the employees and patients of Waimanalo Health Center. The Quality Program Specialist serves as a liaison between the health plans, AHARO Hawai`i, and Waimanalo Health Center to ensure the performance deliverables (activities related to performance incentive payments) are met.  Works to ensure data integrity, accurate documentation is maintained, improve scores/outcomes, conduct focused education/training and sustain relationships with partner agencies.