Unrestricted Hawaii RN license and current BLS/CPR; BSN preferred
3+ years of nursing leadership or clinical management experience
Home health, home care, or hospice experience preferred
Experience with Joint Commission or state surveys
Current clinical skills and willingness to work in the field
Proven ability to build trust and respect among team members
Experience in developing or improving clinical systems
Demonstrated ability to mentor team members effectively
Responsibilities
Lead assessments, care plans, and supervisory visits, ensuring they are current and scheduled
Act on urgent concerns immediately and review routine alerts within 24 hours
Set clear expectations and provide regular coaching for nursing staff
Develop the clinical team and expand the PRN nurse pool
Train caregivers and validate their skills
Address incidents and complaints until resolved
Maintain Joint Commission readiness through audits and quality meetings
Participate in the clinical on-call roster and provide direct care as needed
Benefits
100% employer-paid medical, prescription, dental, and vision for eligible employees
401(k) match
Paid time off
Free continuing education opportunities
Flexible work schedule with primarily on-site requirements
Full Job Description
Director of Nursing (RN) - Home Care
BrightStar Care of Honolulu is hiring a Director of Nursing to lead clinical care for our clients across Oahu, from personal care through skilled nursing and infusion. We are looking for a leader who earns the trust of a team, brings out the best in people, and takes pride in seeing things through. Over time, you will shape and grow the clinical team, including our per diem nursing pool.
What Makes This Role Special
Your clinical judgment is trusted. You guide when a client is ready to start care, when a caregiver is ready for a skill, and what safe care looks like in each home. We talk through decisions together, and when you raise a safety concern, leadership listens and supports you.
A department to shape. You start with a strong clinical resource nurse and experienced field nurses. You will assess what the department needs, develop the people in it, and build our per diem (PRN) nursing pool so we can serve more clients well. Along the way you will stay hands-on with clients when the team needs you.
Support from the top. You report to the COO, with a weekly one-on-one, full access to the information you need, and timely decisions when you bring something forward.
A seat on the leadership team. You help shape which clients we serve, how we grow skilled services, and how the department grows with them.
Something to build. Families trust the care we give. We are investing in stronger systems for tracking visits and documentation, and we want a leader to shape them. Your first weeks are for listening, shadowing and getting to know our people and clients.
What You Will Lead
Assessments, plans of care, orders and supervisory visits, kept current and scheduled two weeks ahead
Changes in condition: urgent concerns acted on immediately, and every routine alert reviewed by a nurse within 24 hours
Your nurses: clear expectations, regular coaching, and honest feedback that helps them grow
Developing your clinical team and growing our PRN nurse pool
Caregiver training and skills validation
Incidents and complaints, followed through until the solution holds
Joint Commission readiness all year, including chart audits and quarterly quality meetings
The clinical on-call roster
Direct clinical care when the team needs you
What Success Looks Like
Clients receive safe, excellent care, on time
We stay fully compliant with Joint Commission, state and BrightStar standards, and ready for a survey on any day
Nurses and caregivers feel prepared, supported and proud of their work
Lessons from problems turn into lasting improvements
Leadership always has a clear picture of how clinical care is going
Who We Are Looking For
Unrestricted Hawaii RN license and current BLS/CPR; BSN preferred
Three or more years of nursing leadership, clinical management or supervisory experience, including responsibility for your team's performance
Home health, home care or hospice experience preferred
Experience with a Joint Commission or state survey
Current clinical skills and a willingness to work in the field alongside your team
You build trust first, and you treat caregivers, nurses and office staff with the same respect
You have built or improved a clinical system, and you can walk us through it
You have helped a team member grow, and made a hard call when it was needed
Reliable transportation and auto insurance
The Details
$110,000 to $120,000 per year, depending on experience
Full time, primarily on site with some flexibility
Shared clinical on-call rotation for after-hours questions
100% employer-paid medical, prescription, dental and vision for eligible employees
401(k) match, paid time off, free continuing education
To Apply
Send your resume with a few sentences on a clinical system you built or improved, what changed because of it, and who helped you do it. We read every one.
Our Hoku'alohi Promise: "We promise to provide the kind of care we would want for our own loved ones; to be compassionate, empathetic, patient & kind, while providing reliable, trustworthy, and top-notch, professional home care."
