LPN - Dunklau Gardens

Job Summary

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to work at Dunklau Gardens, a long‑term care, home health, hospice, and post‑acute short‑term skilled rehab facility in Fremont, NE.

Dunklau Gardens, 450E23rd St., Fremont, NE.

• Casual/PRN 12‑hour shifts:
  Day6am–6pm, Night6pm–6am
• Shift as needed; days and hours may vary week to week.

• Support physicians and other providers in patient care, including rooming patients and communicating delays.
• Perform duties with enthusiasm, courtesy, and service orientation, anticipating provider needs.
• Operate within scope of practice as defined by licensure, nursing standards, and organizational policies.
• Perform routine and specialized nursing procedures per physician orders.
• Assist physicians with exams, treatments, and minor procedures; prepare patient rooms and attend during procedures.
• Record patient information in the medical chart: history, physical data, vital signs, symptoms, treatments, exams, administered meds.
• Apply infection control principles.
• Oversee laboratory services: equipment, CLIA compliance, quality controls.
• Ensure radiation safety standards are met in radiology (if needed).
• Schedule clinical staff according to protocols; manage provider workloads to ensure coverage.
• Order and stock clinic supplies, vaccines, and pharmaceuticals.
• Document daily clinical operations and report issues or concerns to supervisor promptly.
• Maintain staff clinical competencies.

Graduation from an accredited practical nursing program.

1–3years of health‑care experience preferred; new graduates considered.

• Current Nebraska LPN state license.
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred; required within 3 months of hire.

• Knowledge of nursing practices, medications, charting, and equipment operation.
• Manual dexterity and ability to apply nursing principles.
• Effective oral and written communication with staff, patients, visitors, physicians, and departments.
• Adaptability to changing nursing practices.
• Positive patient relations when interacting with patients, staff, and the public.

• Medium weight handling (up to 50lbs).
• Climbing, crawling, kneeling, sitting, balancing, carrying, crouching, stepping/bending, twisting allowed as needed.
• Keyboarding/typing, running, reaching, seeing/visual, hearing, speaking/talking, standing, walking.
• Hazards: low electrical shock/ static, low radiation, occasional physical hazards (noise, temperature, wet floors, sharps), frequent chemical agents (toxic, corrosive, flammable, latex), biological agents, blood or body fluid contact.

• Sign‑on bonus: $15,000
• Referral bonus
• Shift differentials & other financial incentives
• Tuition assistance
• Academic sponsorship with Methodist College
• Free parking

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.