Location: Honakaa, HI

Start Date: 12-29-2025

End Date: 03-30-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Rotating shifts including weekends and holidays: Day 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM; Evening 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM; Night 11:00 PM - 7:30 AM (8-hour shifts, weekend and holiday coverage, OT rotation as needed)

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $60 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and document findings clearly
• Administer medications and monitor for therapeutic effect and adverse reactions
• Provide gastrostomy tube care, urinary catheter care, wound VAC management, CPAP support, and nebulizer treatments
• Assist patients with activities of daily living to support dignity and independence
• Admit and discharge patients with attention to continuity of care and documentation
• Notify MD or NP of pertinent changes in patient condition and collaborate on care plans
• Carry out assigned treatments and nursing duties in the long term care setting with professionalism

Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license required; Hawaii RN license must be obtained by start of assignment
• Clinical experience in long term care or similar settings preferred
• Demonstrated competence in medication administration and patient assessments
• Hands-on experience with gastrostomy tubes, urinary catheters, wound VAC, CPAP, and nebulizer treatments preferred
• Ability to work varied 8-hour shifts including nights, weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills for long term care patients
• Comfort with medication administration and accurate charting
• Skill in caring for feeding tubes, catheters, wound VACs, CPAP, and nebulizer therapies
• Effective communication with providers, patients, and families
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a busy facility and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams

Benefits

• Generous housing stipend to help you settle into island life
• Travel reimbursement to get you to Honakaa with ease
• Licensure assistance and reimbursement to help secure your Hawaii RN license
• Competitive pay with overtime opportunities for extra earnings
• Supportive team environment where your contribution matters
• Flexible scheduling conversations so you can balance work and adventure
• Access to clinical resources and training while on assignment
• Referral bonus program to reward you for bringing great teammates

Travel Perks: Explore Honakaa, HI

Set yourself up in beautiful Hamakua on the Big Island. Explore Waipio Valley and Pololu Valley lookouts and hikes, visit Akaka Falls and the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, check out local farmers markets and coffee farms along the Hamakua Coast, relax on nearby beaches, and take weekend trips to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. December through March is prime time for seasonal whale watching off the coast, so bring binoculars and a sense of adventure.

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