Queen's North Hawaii Community Hospital is a 35-bed rural acute care hospital located in Waimea (Kamuela), Hawaii Island. More than 300 employees and over a dozen employed physicians staff the main hospital, as well the outpatient clinics located in the Lucy Henriques Medical Center, at our Primary Care Clinic located near Longs Drugs, and at our Specialty Clinic located in the Parker Ranch Center.
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The Queen's Health System is a nonprofit health care organization with a rich history of caring for the people of Hawai'i. We have four hospitals and more than 70 preventive, specialty health care locations and labs throughout the Pacific region. And, as the state's largest employer, we have 10,000 caregivers, medical staff, and leadership to help you achieve optimal health and wellness.
I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Screens, diagnoses and treats or provides professional consultations for patients who demonstrate disorders of speech, language, cognition, and/or swallowing.
• Participates as an integral member of the Rehab Team.
II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Essential: seeing, hearing, speaking, and finger dexterity.
• Continuous: standing and walking.
• Frequent: sitting, twisting body, pushing/pulling maximum weight up to 50 pounds of force, stooping/bending, squatting, reaching above and at shoulder level, reaching below shoulder, repetitive arm/hand motions, gripping of an object.
• Occasional: kneeling, climbing stairs, lifting usual weight up to 10 pounds, carrying maximum weight of 10 pounds.
• Operates computer, augmentative communication equipment, telephone, copy, fax machine, pulse oximeter, blood pressure device, electrolayrnx, vitalstim, endoscope, wall suction and pager/cell phone.
III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions.
• Frequent exposure to body fluids, especially oral/respiratory secretions, x-ray and potential communicable diseases.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• Current Hawaii State license as a Speech Language Pathologist.
• Current American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) certification
• Current BLS/HCP certification.
• Completion of a Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) or Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) course.
B. EXPERIENCE:
• Experience in an acute care hospital or rehabilitation center preferred.
• Prior FEES or MBS clinical experience preferred.
• Experience with adult swallowing, communication, and cognitive evaluation and treatment preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet
To fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all the people of Hawaii.
I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Performs a variety of radiologic procedures.
• Provides patient care during procedures.
II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Essential: standing, walking, finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking; lifting usual weight of 50 pounds; pushing/pulling usual weight of 50 pounds; carrying usual weight of 20 pounds.
• Continuous: stooping/bending; reaching above and below shoulder level, frequent gripping of an object, pushing/pulling usual weight up to 50 pounds.
• Frequent: twisting body, lifting usual weight with assistance up to 50 pounds; carrying up to 40 pounds; reaching at shoulders, repetitive arm/hand motions, static gripping of an object for prolonged periods of time.
• Occasional: sitting, kneeling, crawling, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, squatting.
• Operates x-ray equipment, computer and printer, fax machine, surgical supplies and equipment, film cassettes, film processors.
III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
• Exposed to both inside and outside environmental conditions; cold temperatures due to the air conditioning.
• Subjected to noise/vibration from film processors.
• Exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids, wastes, electrical and radiation energy, mechanical/electrical units, chemicals and radiation.
IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
• Graduate from an accredited school of Radiologic Technology.
• Registered Technologist with American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT).
• Hawaii State license as a Radiologic Technologist.
• CurrentBLS/HCP certification.
B. EXPERIENCE:
• One (1) year experience in an acute care facility preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet