Job Postings - Garden County Health Services

Garden County Health Services Employment Center

Official Application

Please review our current job postings below. To apply, contact us at 308-772-3283 or pick up an application at 1100 West 2nd Street in Oshkosh.

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Medical Laboratory Technologist

Position Description: This position focuses on bench technologist duties which include chemistry, cardiac panels, coagulation testing, blood banking, urinalysis, hematology, and EKG. Reference pathology services do our cultures and sensitivity, microbiology, histology and any special laboratory needs. We do not have obstetric services. We are recruiting a full time staff member to also participate in the call rotation. Salaries are competitive for our region and commensurate with experience. Nebraska Blue Cross Health and Dental Insurance as well as a facility sponsored retirement program are among the benefits available for our employees.

Please email your work history, references and salary requirements to:
Jill McGinley, RN, DON,
Garden County Health Services
1100 W 2nd, Oshkosh, Nebraska 69154
Phone: 308-772-3283
Email: nursing@gchealth.org

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Medical Technician Lab Manager

Position Description: This position is responsible for the day to day operations in our Critical Access Hospital. Previous management experience, in any field, would be preferred. Experience in blood banking, hematology, coagulation studies, and chemistries required. Our chemistry machines are the Vitros 250 and TOSOH AIA 360. Our laboratory personnel perform the collection of and reporting of ABGs, they perform the ECGs, and set up out patients with Holter monitors. Our laboratory performs approximately 824 outpatient studies per month. This is averaged between the busier months in the winter and the slower months in the summer. On-call is required and shared between 3 individuals. Our inpatient census averages 1.54 per day and we see approximately 45-50 ER patients per month.

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CT Technician/Radiology Technician

Position Description: This position is responsible for the day to day and after hour radiologic needs for a ten bed Critical Access Hospital. Our radiology department performs approximately 240 studies per month. This includes the contract services of mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and bone density. The X-ray machine is a Dell Medical and the films are processed through a table top processor. X-rays are then scanned and sent over the T-1 line for interpretation by a radiologist at Regional West Medical Center. On-call is required and shared between 3 individuals. Our inpatient census averages 1.54 per day and we see approximately 45-50 ER patients per month.

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Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physician

Position Description: This position focuses on working to provide clinical, emergency, and acute care to patients throughout the life cycle. We do not have obstetric services. We are recruiting to staff to a call schedule of 1:3. Salaries are competitive for our region and commensurate with experience. Nebraska Blue Cross Health and Dental Insurance as well as facility sponsored retirement program are among the benefits available for our employees. Relocation assistance is negotiable. We are designated an underserved area with possible loan repayment from Federal through the National Service Health Corp and/or Nebraska State Loan Repayment Program. We also participate in the Nebraska State 30 program for 3-1 visa applicants.

Practice Description:

Our patient base ranges in age from infants to elderly. In an average day acute, chronic, women's health and preventative issues are seen. On call shifts could have no calls in, while other shifts are busy. Air transport staffed with paramedics and ground transport is at your disposal for critical patients. Cardiac, trauma, orthopedic and surgical patients are typically transferred to Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Medical Center of the Rockies and Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins. X-rays are scanned and sent over the T-1 line for interpretation by a radiologist at Regional West Medical Center.

Please submit your resume, references and salary requirements to:
Carol Kraus
Garden County Health Services
1100 West 2nd Street
Oshkosh, Nebraska 69154

Phone: 308-772-3283
Fax: 308-772-0143
Email: ceo@gchealth.org

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Long Term Care - R.N.

Job Description: Nursing duties/charge nurse in Long Term Care setting.

Qualifications: R.N. License

For more information, contact Jody Lobner, D.O.N.308-772-3283 Extension 239.
Completed Applications should be turned in to the Human Resources Office

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Long Term Care
Full-Time C.N.A.

Job Description: Resident care

Qualifications: Must be listed on Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry

For more information, contact Jody Lobner, ADON 308-772-3283 Extension 239.
Completed Applications should be turned in to the Human Resources Office

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Full-time Housekeeper

Job Description: to complete all phases of housekeeping for the entire facility. Maintain all aspects of infection control. Complete Job Description available in the Human Resources Office.

Qualifications: the ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment; flexible; energetic; self-motivated; detail oriented and able to work without direct supervision.

For more information, contact
Larry Fiesterman, Plant Services Director 308-772-3283 Extension 217 or
Cindy Trout, Housekeeping Supervisor

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C.N.A. classes are being offered
at Garden County Health Services
Qualifications: Must be 16 years of age

Garden County Health Services is offering C.N.A. classes. Become a certified nursing assistant and start a new career. For those who are doing home cares, increase your knowledge base. For more information or to sign up, contact Jody Lobner, D.O.N. at 308-772-3283 or 1100 West 2nd Street, Oshkosh, NE 69154.

Dates and times: TBA (classes are held throughout the year when there is an interest.)

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Facility Description: Garden County Health Services is a well-respected, county owned, non-profit health care provider. In Oshkosh we have a Critical Access Hospital with 10 beds, telemetry monitoring available, swing bed services, emergency services, outpatient surgery services, a multi-specialty clinic, an attached 40 bed long term care facility and an off campus 23 unit assisted living. Our emergency services include a lighted helipad and a fully staffed emergency team. Our physician is board certified and has an advanced practice registered nurse working with him. We have a primary clinic location: Garden County Rural Health Clinic in Oshkosh. (http://www.gchealth.org)

Location: Oshkosh, Garden County, Nebraska. Per the 2000 US Census: *County population - 2,292 *Oshkosh population - 887 *Lewellen population - 282 *Lisco population - 68 *Garden County is 1,704.4 square miles with 26.6 square miles of water.

Description: Inexpensive housing to rent or to buy. (http://www.jacknerudrealty.com) or (http://www.carollakerealestate.com)
Garden County features small town rural communities and wide-open spaces. Four distance seasons. Think ranchers, farmers, cattle, pastures, fields. Breathtaking sunrises, sunsets, clean air, starry nights. Safe. Neighbors know and look out for each other. Great place to raise a family. School systems are staffed by excellent teachers with a heart for children. (http://www.gardencountyschools.org) Day care is also provided in the community at 3 facilities with one preschool in Lewellen provided by the Volunteers of America with bus service available from Oshkosh.
The community is just beginning to develop tourism opportunities. Garden County is very supportive of entrepreneurs and willing to go the extra mile to assist in any way they can. Oshkosh has a half cent sales tax that is used for economic development assistance. For more information about Garden County go to: (http://www.GardenCoNe.com). Recreational opportunities abound. In Garden County you can fish, "tube" down the river, rodeo, hunting, opportunities abound, bird watch at Crescent Lake (http://crescentlake.fws.gov/crescentlake), hike the Oregon Trail or Mormon Trail, golf, horseback riding while breathing clean air under clear skies. The possibilities are endless.
Water skiing, sailing, boating, fishing, soft white sand can all be found just 20 minutes away at Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala. (http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=99). Historic Ash Hollow State Park situated on the Oregon Trail in Garden County, celebrates the pioneer spirit that settled the west. The annual Ash Hollow pageant held each year on Father's Day draws visitors from hundreds of miles to enjoy music, food, and pioneer tales. Archeology and paleontology of the area is interpreted at the visitor's center. (http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=99) Denver, Colorado, a mere three and ½ hours to the south is your ticket to international travel, opera, concerts, symphony, skiing in the Rocky Mountains and professional sporting events. (http://www.denver.org)
The Grand Daddy of 'Em All, Cheyenne Frontier Days is only two and ½ hours away to the west in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (http://www.cfdrodeo.com Head north, and in three hours you will be in the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mount Rushmore, Deadwood, Crazy Horse Monument, Rapid City (five hours) and Sturgis are all within an easy reach. (http://www.blackhills.worldweb.com)

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Contact Information:
Carol Kraus
Garden County Health Services
1100 West 2nd Street
Oshkosh, Nebraska 69154

Phone: 308-772-3283
Fax: 308-772-0143
Email: ceo@gchealth.org

1100 West 2nd Oshkosh, NE 69154 (308) 772-3283