Nurse Tech - FT D

Full-Time Days Nurse Tech – Hillcrest Firethorn

Location: Lincoln, NE
Service Line: Hillcrest Firethorn
Schedule: Full-Time Days
Starting Pay: $18.00+ per hour, depending on experience

Hillcrest Health & Living is looking for a compassionate, dependable, and motivated Nurse Tech to join our nursing team at Hillcrest Firethorn in Lincoln, NE.

Hillcrest Firethorn provides post-acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing services in a modern, hospitality-focused environment. Our team works together to provide high-quality care while helping guests and residents maintain dignity, independence, comfort, and quality of life.

At Hillcrest, our mission is simple: Inspiring people to live their best lives. As a Nurse Tech, you will play an important role in providing hands-on care, building meaningful relationships, and supporting guests and residents throughout their day.

What You’ll Do

As a Nurse Tech, you will work closely with nurses, Med Techs, and other care team members to provide personalized daily care and promptly communicate changes in a guest or resident’s condition.

You will:

• Assist guests and residents with bathing, dressing, grooming, personal hygiene, and other activities of daily living.

• Help guests and residents maintain independence by encouraging them to do as much as safely possible for themselves.

• Respond to call lights promptly and help identify individual needs.

• Assist with transfers, positioning, ambulation, and wheelchair transportation according to individualized care plans.

• Obtain and record vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, and weight as directed.

• Observe guests and residents for physical, behavioral, or emotional changes and promptly communicate concerns to the nurse.

• Assist guests and residents with meals and provide dining support when needed.

• Change linens and help maintain clean, comfortable, and safe resident-care areas.

• Follow individualized care plans and established clinical procedures throughout each shift.

• Document personal care and other required information accurately and timely.

• Communicate refusals of care, abnormal vital signs, and other concerns to the nurse.

• Follow appropriate infection-control, safety, and resident-handling procedures.

• Work collaboratively with nurses, Med Techs, therapy, culinary, and other team members to support quality care.

• Build positive relationships with guests, residents, families, and coworkers through compassionate and respectful interactions.

• Assist with additional resident-care and nursing-team needs as assigned.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, dependable, and genuinely enjoys working with aging adults.

The right candidate will understand that excellent care is about more than completing tasks. It is about noticing the small things, treating each person with dignity, communicating changes quickly, and helping guests and residents feel comfortable and supported throughout their day.

Ideal candidates will have:

• A passion for providing hands-on care and supporting aging adults.

• Previous experience as a Nurse Tech, CNA, nursing assistant, caregiver, or similar direct-care role preferred.

• Experience in skilled nursing, post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, assisted living, hospital, or a similar healthcare setting preferred.

• Strong communication skills with guests, residents, families, nurses, and other team members.

• Ability to recognize and promptly communicate changes in a guest or resident’s condition.

• A compassionate and respectful approach to personal care.

• Strong attention to detail with care plans, vital signs, documentation, and safety.

• Dependability and consistent follow-through.

• Ability to manage multiple resident needs while maintaining quality care.

• A calm, flexible, and professional approach in a fast-paced clinical environment.

• Comfort using electronic documentation systems and healthcare technology.

• A team-first attitude and willingness to help wherever needed.

• STAR mentality: Selfless, Tough, Accountable, Respectful.

Education & Credentials

• Completion of an approved Nursing Assistant course required.

• Active Certified Nursing Assistant certification in Nebraska required.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Basic Life Support CPR certification required or willingness to obtain within the required timeframe.

• Previous experience providing personal care to aging adults in skilled nursing, long-term care, post-acute care, hospital, assisted living, or a similar setting preferred.

Why Hillcrest?

At Hillcrest Firethorn, Nurse Techs are an essential part of the nursing team and often spend more one-on-one time with guests and residents than anyone else.

Your ability to recognize a change, offer reassurance, encourage independence, or simply take a few extra minutes to listen can make a meaningful difference in someone’s day.

As a Nurse Tech, you will work alongside nurses and other clinical team members while gaining valuable hands-on healthcare experience. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to build relationships, strengthen their clinical skills, and grow within healthcare.

What Hillcrest Offers

• Starting pay of $18.00+ per hour, depending on experience.

• Full-time day schedule.

• Multiple health insurance plan options.

• Vision, dental, and life insurance.

• Professional development support, including tuition reimbursement, certifications, and career-growth programs.

• Dayforce Wallet, allowing you to choose when you get paid.

• Gym membership reimbursement and partner discounts.

• Supportive nursing leadership and a collaborative clinical team.

• Opportunities to grow within a mission-driven senior care organization.

Physical & Other Requirements

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.

• Must be able to independently lift up to 35 pounds.

• Must be able to perform repetitive sitting, bending, standing, walking, reaching, lifting, and movement as needed.

• Must be able to safely assist guests and residents with transfers, ambulation, mobility, and personal care.

• Must be flexible, calm, and professional when working with guests, residents, or families in stressful situations.

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.

• Must be able to utilize technology, electronic documentation systems, and clinical resources efficiently and effectively.

• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids.

• Other duties as assigned.

Ready to Make a Difference Every Day?

If you are a Nurse Tech who enjoys working directly with aging adults and wants to be part of a team where your work has a meaningful impact, we invite you to apply for the Full-Time Days Nurse Tech – Hillcrest Firethorn role.

Join Hillcrest Health & Living and help us continue inspiring people to live their best lives through compassionate care, meaningful relationships, and dependable teamwork.