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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Tecumseh, NE

Hiring Rate:

$21.625

Job Posting:

JR2026-00030381 Staff Care Technician II - Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

Job Description:

$21.625/hour PLUS $3.00/hour facility differential for hours worked.
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS! GREAT BENEFITS, INCLUDING TUITION REIMBURSEMENT!
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.

For information about the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) visit www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at megan.jones@nebraska.gov.

DUTIES:
*Provides personal hygiene care for inmates in the skilled nursing facility, including but not limited to, toileting, bathing, dressing, shampooing, shaving, hair combing or brushing, and tooth brushing.
*Feeds or assists inmates feeding themselves.
*Responds to basic care needs and requests. Provides general nursing care of inmates, such as applying clean and dry dressings, performing decubitus care, and providing cold or warm applications.
*Lifts or transfers inmate patients from one position to another manually or with mechanical lifts.
*Turns and repositions patients to prevent wounds from developing.
*Transports via wheelchair, provides help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed.
*Administers medication and observes inmates for adverse medication reactions.
*Maintains a safe and sanitary living environment by removing soiled and wet bedding, making beds, laundering clothing, and locking up cleaning supplies.
*Completes paperwork regarding the charting of care and treatment such as recording vital signs, appetite observations, flow sheets, restraint sheets and transfers.
*Assists in evaluating needs and makes recommendations to supervisors regarding the planning of individual care and re-motivation of inmates.
*Attends in-service training classes and participates in on-the-job training programs to acquire knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for continued employment.

 

Requirements / Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: 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: Incumbents must complete a state approved medication aide course and successfully pass a written and clinical competency exam administered by the State of Nebraska and be placed on the State of Nebraska Medication Aide Registry as a condition of continued employment. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. with assistance. Applicants accepting a job offer must pass the pre-employment medical examination and a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid Nebraska Department of Correctional Services' Pre-service Training Program.

 

 

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