The work we do matters! Hiring Agency: Veterans Affairs - Agency 28 Location: Scottsbluff, NE Hiring Rate: $21.625 Job Posting: JR2026-00027530 Nurse Aide (C.N.A) - Full-Time Openings Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff (Evergreen) (Open) Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): Job Description: $21.625 to $28.859 Pay rate may commensurate with education and/or experience within fiscal constraints if approved; PLUS $3/hr differential for every hour worked AND shift differentials of $1.00-$1.75 for Evenings/Nights/Weekends Full-Time Shifts Available, Shifts are dependent on current vacancies Set Schedule, Work Every Other Weekend, 8-Hours Shifts Days: 6:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; Evenings: 2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.; Nights: 10:00 p.m. - 6:30 a.m. Provides personal hygiene care for members, including but not limited to, toileting, bathing, dressing, shampooing, shaving, hair combing or brushing, and tooth brushing. Feeds members or assists feeding members to themselves. Answers member's call signals; responds to basic care needs and requests. Provides general nursing care of members, such as applying clean and dry dressings, performing decubitus care, and providing cold or warm applications. Lifts or transfers members from one position to another manually or with mechanical lifts. Turns and repositions members to prevent wounds from developing. Transports members throughout the Home via wheelchair, provides members with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed. Administers medication and observes members for adverse medication reactions. Completes paperwork regarding the charting of member care and treatment such as recording vital signs, appetite observations, flow sheets, restraint sheets and member transfers. Aids in planning member treatment care and assists in overseeing the activities of the members. Evaluates and report behavior, symptoms of illness and progress of members to appropriate nursing supervisor staff.
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Must be at least 18 years of age, completed a State approved 76-hour nurse aide training course and competency evaluation program, and be listed on the Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry. Other: Applicants must possess a valid driver's license or the ability to provide independent authorized transportation. Hired candidates must successfully complete the 40 Hour Medication Aide course and be listed on the Medication Aide registry within first year of employment. Knowledge of: principles and processes for providing customer and personal services; Nebraska Medication Aide Act, medication administration and adverse medication reactions; regulations governing nursing assistants; practices and principles of providing basic nursing assistance; infection control practices; HIPAA regulations; abuse and neglect identification and prevention; safety principles; privacy and dignity principles. Skill in: providing basic nursing assistance, administering medications; developing positive relationships with others. Ability to: recognize adverse medication reactions and take appropriate action; follow oral and written instructions in exact detail; lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally and push/pull occasionally up to 75 lbs. on a daily basis; frequently bend at the waist and neck and frequently twist at the waist and walk or stand up to 90% of the shift; interact with members and others in a positive manner and be flexible to meet changing demands of the job; lift, turn and/or repositions members as needed. If you're currently employed by the State of Nebraska, please don't apply through this external career site. Instead, log in to Workday and open the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page. You can access Workday anytime through the Link web page: https://link.nebraska.gov/
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