Home Health LPN – Wound and Ostomy Care
Omaha, Nebraska
The Nebraska Medical Center

Job Opportunity: Home Health Nurse (LVN / LPN)

Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Employment Type: Travel/Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Provide specialized wound and ostomy care in a clinic setting focused on chronic, non-healing, or slow-healing wounds.
• Patient population includes those with diabetic wounds, pressure wounds, vascular wounds, non-healing surgical wounds, and ostomy care needs.
• Services include wound care, patient education, pre-surgical marking, post-surgical follow-up, counseling, and coordination of advanced therapies such as negative pressure wound therapy, compression therapy, biological dressings, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and advanced dressings.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team of specialists.

Work Schedule

• Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
• No weekends, holidays, or on-call required
• 40 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license in Nebraska
• Minimum of 1 year of home health nursing experience within the last year

Facility & Environment

• 100% nicotine-free facility
• Mandatory scrubs required (specific color and branding provided after confirmation)
• Parking permit available for purchase or daily parking rates apply

Compliance & Documentation Requirements

• Government-issued photo ID required
• Background check within 30 days of start, including multi-county and federal checks
• Ongoing monthly SAM and OIG checks required
• Education verification required
• State-specific registry checks required (Nebraska DHHS Adult & Child Services Registry)
• Primary source license verification and NURSYS verification required
• Annual physical exam and fit mask test (3M 1860 Small/Regular or 3M 1870+) required
• Immunizations and health screenings required:

  • Tdap within last 10 years
  • Annual TB testing or chest x-ray if history positive
  • MMR (2 vaccines or positive titer; boosters if low/equivocal)
  • Hepatitis B titer or declination
  • Varicella (2 vaccines or positive titer; boosters if low/equivocal)
  • Drug screening within 60 days of start and annually (specific panel required)
  • Flu vaccine preferred (documentation or declination required)
  • COVID vaccine preferred (medical/religious exemption or declination accepted)
• Annual skills checklist required
• Two professional references from the past 2 years required

Additional Notes

• Orientation Safety Manual acknowledgment required
• Eye exam required only if working in the OR (not applicable here)
• Locals not accepted; candidate must be at least 100 miles away from the facility
• Return to office (RTO) requests must be submitted with application; additional requests subject to manager discretion

This position offers a focused opportunity to provide expert wound and ostomy care in a well-respected acute care teaching hospital environment with a stable weekday schedule and no weekend or holiday shifts.