Kako'o Lomilomi (Licensed State of Hawaii Massage Therapist)

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
Waimanalo 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
Waimanalo Health Center is dedicated to the continuous advancement in quality healthcare while assuring universal access for all. We believe that our values of Aloha, Malama I Ka Pono, Malama I Ka Ohana, and Malama I Ka Aina, enable our patient-centered healthcare home services to deeply focus on the shared role of healing oneself, ohana, community, and aina over generations.

Core Values and Guiding Principles
Our values at Waimanalo Health Center promote Hawaiian-centered diversity, equity, and inclusion by welcoming all members of the Koolaupoko 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.

Malama 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.

Malama I Ka Ohana: 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 Ahupuaa of Waimanalo throughout Koolaupoko where we build the foundation for good health and wellness for everyone, and we seek collaborative partners who share our values and vision.

Malama I Ka Aina: 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 ‘aina of Hawai'i. Ka Mauli O Ka ‘Aina A He Mauli Kanaka: The Life of the Land is the Life of the People.

Summary

This position is responsible for assisting the Director of Cultural Health in providing cultural healthcare to patients including lomilomi and la'au lapa'au education in collaboration with the patient’s primary care provider and 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.

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

Makaukau/Readiness: Foresight that comes from spiritual discipline.

Haahaa/Humility: The bridling of the ego.

Hoomaikai 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, aina and Akua. It is the individual’s responsibility to take an active role in their healing.