Registered Nurse - Newborn Special Care Unit
Honolulu, Hawaii
Health system employer
RN
Posted Jul 16
- Shift
- Rotating
- Unit
- NICU
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Rotating
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Hawaii is $42/hr, across 97 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children is Hawai'i's only maternity, newborn and pediatric specialty hospital. The Newborn Special Care Unit provides continuous care to newborns of up to three months, including meeting the complex psychosocial needs of both the child and their family. The RN provides nursing services through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of patient care in the NSCU. Functions as an associate to a charge nurse, eventually assuming charge nurse responsibilities. Work
Schedule
Day/Night - 12 Hours. Work Type: Full Time Regular. FTE: 0.900000. Bargaining Unit: Hawaii Nurses Association. Minimum
Qualifications
Current Hawai'i Registered Nurse License, Current AHA BLS and NRP CPR cards, One (1) year recent acute care RN experience in a Special Care Nursery (NICU II). Preferred
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field, ACLS and PALS CPR cards, More than two (2) years recent acute care RN experience in a Special Care Nursery (NICU II).
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Requirements
- Current Hawai'i Registered Nurse License, Current AHA BLS and NRP CPR cards, One (1) year recent acute care RN experience in a Special Care Nursery (NICU II). Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field, ACLS and PALS CPR cards, More than two (2) years recent acute care RN experience in a Special Care Nursery (NICU II).
Place
- City
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- State price level
- 10% above the national average
Hawaii index 110.0, where 100 is the national average.
Honolulu pairs Pacific island beauty with urban convenience, where palm-lined streets meet hospital corridors. Waikiki's shoreline and Diamond Head's slopes frame a compact capital city. Nurses relocating here trade mainland commutes for ocean views, though island living brings unique logistics worth weighing.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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Hawai'i Pacific Health (HPH) is a not-for-profit healthcare system serving communities across Hawai'i and the Pacific region. Anchored by four medical centers — Kapi'olani, Pali Momi, Straub Benioff, and Wilcox — and more than 70 locations statewide, HPH provides coordinated…
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NICU / Neonatal is open from year one. Residencies hire in directly, and the unit's level sets the work.
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