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Hemingford Care Center
Hemingford, Nebraska

Director of Nursing in Training

Registered NurseFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Cascades Healthcare is a Utah based owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities in Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska. We recently created a Director of Nursing Training program, where RN's obtain on-site, classroom, and clinical training in preparation to become a Director of Nursing in one of our skilled nursing facilities.

The program is roughly six months in length, full-time. Your training will be provided at one of our skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. Upon completion of the training, you may be offered a Director of Nursing position at one of our Idaho, Utah, or Nebraska locations.

You will receive competitive nursing pay during the program. An experienced DON has the opportunity to make a strong six-figure income.

Prior nursing home experience is preferred, but regardless of your nursing background, if you are teachable, possess natural leadership skills, and aspire to become an outstanding SNF nurse manager, we would love to hear from you!

  • A few attributes of a successful Director of Nursing in a skilled nursing facility:
  • Energetic, with innate leadership capabilities
  • Articulate, very detail-oriented
  • Passionate about creating and maintaining a best-in-class nursing team
  • Always growing, always learning

Possesses an entrepreneurial mindset, driven to create & maintain profitability through superior patient care and excellent nursing department management

Requirements

  • Registered Nurse license in good standing
  • Minimum Associate's degree
  • We are happy to consider nursing students in their last semester of school
  • Prior leadership experience preferred

Benefits

  • Complete medical/dental/vision insurance benefits
  • Employer-matching 401k retirement program
  • Up to 16 days' paid time off per year
  • Company paid Life Insurance

Key Responsibilities

The trainee will undergo a six-month full-time program involving on-site, classroom, and clinical training to prepare for a Director of Nursing role. Upon completion, the individual will manage a nursing department, focusing on patient care, profitability, and team leadership.

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree

Key Skills

CommunicationTeam building

Long-Term Care Nursing — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 66% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is down 9.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Nebraska is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.4% of Nebraska clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
37%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 1.5
Below most Registered Nurse roles listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 5,604 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Hemingford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$265k
Median resident rent
$813/mo
Residents’ average commute
15 min
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Complete medical/dental/vision insurance benefits
Employer-matching 401k retirement program
Up to 16 days' paid time off per year
Company paid Life Insurance