SITE LOCATION: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (MAIN CAMPUS WAIANAE)
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Emergency Department Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides routine and emergency medical care, under the supervision of a licensed physician.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
1. Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner training program and NCPAA or AANP certification
2. Two to three years of post-graduate work experience in an Emergency Department
3. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
4. Hawaii State Board of Medical Examiners licensure
5. Controlled substance prescriptive authority
An Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
Skills Required
- Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner training program
- NCCPA or AANP certification
- Two to three years of post-graduate Emergency Department experience
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification
- Hawaii State Board of Medical Examiners licensure
- Controlled substance prescriptive authority
What We Do
The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, established in 1972, is the oldest of the 15 community health centers in the state and the largest employer on the Waiʻanae coast. WCCHC employs 700+ staff that work throughout its main center in Waiʻanae, satellite clinics in Nānākuli, Waiʻanae, Kapolei, Waipahu and Ewa, a school-based dental clinic and six school-based primary care clinics in Waiʻanae and Nānākuli, and other business and program sites throughout the Waiʻanae Coast/West Oʻahu. The Health Center’s mission just begins to tell our story: "The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center is a healing center that provides accessible and affordable medical and traditional healing services with aloha. The Health Center is a learning center that offers health career training to ensure a better future for our community. The Health Center is also an innovator, using leading edge technology to deliver the highest quality of health care services.” The vision of our community founders, to offer comprehensive health services, has guided the development of services and activities for our patient centered health care home, which includes: Primary Care Clinics (Adult Medicine, Family Practice, Pediatric Health, Women’s Health), Dental, 24-hour Emergency Medical Services, 24-hour Laboratory, 24-hour Imaging, School-based/Adolescent Health Centers and School-based Dental, KWIC-Walk-in Clinics, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Treatment, Pain Management, Pharmacy, Mammography, Vision Services. Specialists: Dermatology, Endocrinology, General Surgery, Nephrology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Podiatry, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, and Wound Care. Case Management/Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Management, Exercise/Fitness activities (Fitness Gym, Walking Trails, Yoga, Zumba, and more), Integrative Weight Management, Family Planning, Farmers’ Markets, Health Education, Community Wellness, Homeless Outreach, Native Hawaiian
