Registered Professional Nurse IV (Employee Health Manager)

Job Description

The Registered Nurse Manager (Registered Professional Nurse IV) for Employee Health plays a key leadership role within the Human Resources department at Hilo Benioff Medical Center, overseeing the employee health program for employees, vendors, volunteers and students working at the East Hawaii Region's hospitals, clinics, and affiliates. This position ensures compliance with regulatory standards while supporting a safe, healthy, and well-prepared workforce. The Nurse Manager provides clinical expertise, operational leadership, and strategic coordination across employee health, medical surveillance, infection control, and occupational health initiatives. This position offers an opportunity to shape a culture of wellness, strengthen organizational readiness, and support the delivery of exceptional customer service by ensuring employees meet health, safety, and education requirements.

Job Duties

• Lead and manage daily operations of the Employee Health unit, including staffing, scheduling, workflow coordination, performance evaluations, and staff development across nursing, clinical, and administrative roles.
• Oversee employee health clinical services, including vaccinations, health screenings, exposure follow-up, medical surveillance, and documentation, ensuring adherence to nursing standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., OSHA, Joint Commission, DOH).
• Coordinate cross-functional health and safety programs by partnering with Human Resources, Infection Control, Environment of Care, Workers’ Compensation, and physician leadership to support occupational health and workplace injury processes.
• Develop, implement, and maintain employee health policies, education, and compliance systems, ensuring employees and non-employees meet health, onboarding, and annual regulatory requirements, and communicating proactively with those at risk of non-compliance.
• Provide strategic, educational, and clinical leadership through participation in quality improvement initiatives, policy development, program planning, data review, and organizational committees impacting employee health and safety.
• Promote a culture of customer service, confidentiality, and operational excellence by modeling respectful communication, supporting teamwork, maintaining a safe care environment, and representing Employee Health in community and interdepartmental relationships.

Education: Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing as demonstrated through the possession of a license to practice as a professional nurse in the State of Hawaii.

Specialized Experience: One and one-half (1½) years of professional nursing experience. Preferred requirements are a) a broad experience in hospital/system environment and b) background in principles and practices of healthcare operations, training & development, state and federal health care regulatory requirements. Possession of a master’s degree from an accredited college or university school of nursing may be substituted for one year of nursing experience.

Supervisory Aptitude: Incumbent must have demonstrated possession of supervisory aptitude, or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects. Examples include serving as a group or team leader; previous work experience in a position that demonstrates or performs supervisory functions or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory or administrative capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.

Licensure: License to practice as a registered 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.

Benefits

Employees working as Registered Professional Nurse IVs will receive step movement salary increases based on total recent RN experience (within the past 5 years) and satisfactory service with the employer. Based on the 7/1/2025 salary schedule and Bargaining Unit 9 collective bargaining agreement, Registered Nurse IVs will receive pay increases according to the following schedule:

• $126,276: Eligible after 3 months with the employer and a total of 12 months RN experience.
$121,404
• $131,316: Eligible after 3 months with the employer and a total of 18 months RN experience.
$121,404
• $136,584: Eligible after 3 months with the employer and a total of 24 months RN experience.

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 NOT employed 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.