Kako'o La'au Lapa'au

We are seeking a dedicated, talented, and team-oriented full-time Kako'o La'au Lapa'au to join our `ohana (family) to support our mission and values. We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits, and an extraordinary working environment.

Mission
Waimānalo Health Center is rooted in Native Hawaiian values and devoted to improving the health and wellness of all people, regardless of ability to pay, by providing comprehensive primary and preventive health care services of the highest quality.

Vision
Waimānalo Health Center is dedicated to the continuous advancement in quality healthcare while assuring universal access for all. We believe that our values of Aloha, Mālama I Ka Pono, Mālama I Ka ʻOhana, and Mālama I Ka ʻĀina, enable our patient-centered healthcare home services to deeply focus on the shared role of healing oneself, ʻohana, community, and ʻāina over generations.

Core Values and Guiding Principles
Our values at Waimānalo Health Center promote Hawaiian-centered diversity, equity, and inclusion by welcoming all members of the Koʻolaupoko community to access our holistic services ranging from traditional Hawaiian healing practices to Western medicine.

Aloha: We listen to people with our full attention, seeking to know them and understand their health care and wellness needs and aspirations for themselves, their family and community. We will respond, to the best of our abilities, as caring, compassionate, engaged, and professional partners in healthcare.

Mālama I Ka Pono: We know that quality healthcare starts with people’s trust in our services and the excellence of our care for them and the resources entrusted to us to meet their needs. We are committed to maintaining their trust by treating people with respect and confidentiality, and by being open about our organizational practices and results, seeking to continuously improve our work.

Mālama I Ka ʻOhana: We believe that wellness embraces the whole family, and we welcome their participation in the healthcare of their loved ones. Our belief extends from the Ahupuaʻa of Waimānalo throughout Koʻolaupoko where we build the foundation for good health and wellness for everyone, and we seek collaborative partners who share our values and vision.

Mālama I Ka ʻĀina: We understand the importance of one’s sense of place and the holistic nature of health and wellbeing. Through integrative services we support the balance of body, mind, and spirit, while respecting one’s cultural connectedness to the ‘āina of Hawai'i. Ka Mauli O Ka ‘Āina A He Mauli Kānaka: The Life of the Land is the Life of the People. 

Summary

This position is responsible for assisting the Director of Cultural Health with lāʻau lapaʻau classes, patient education, community outreach, and WHC’s Farmersʻ Market. The Cultural Health Kākoʻo will assist with the preparation of lāʻau for patients, classes, and events. This includes growing, harvesting, and maintaining our Māla Ho‘ōla. The position works in the context of the patient-centered health care home. Our healing practices connect to five key characteristics that are deeply associated with ALOHA. These foundational themes contribute to your growth and understanding as a Hawaiian Health Practitioner. 

Kaunānā/Perception: Paying attention with the mind, body, and spirit.  

Mākaukau/Readiness: Foresight that comes from spiritual discipline.  

Haʻahaʻa/Humility: The bridling of the ego. 

Hoʻomaikaʻi Akahai/Respect: Foundational in healing and essential in Hawaiian healing traditions.  

Ahonui/Patience: Accepting that everything will have its time, we cannot measure or have expectations of patient’s process. Hawaiian healing is holistic in nature, a process and commitment that involves self, ‘ohana, ʻāina and Akua. It is the individual’s responsibility to take an active role in their healing.