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Nebraska's agriculture, food processing, financial services, and healthcare sectors employ F-1 OPT holders across Omaha, Lincoln, and smaller regional hubs. Employers in engineering, information technology, and insurance are also active sponsors, making the state a practical option for international students finishing degrees at Nebraska's universities.
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Get Access To All JobsWhy work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary:
Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE
Work Schedule: This is a casual/prn position. Casual employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Shifts may vary from week to week. Will also be required to be available to work weekends and holidays.
Assists the physicians with performing various procedures within Surgery and Fluoro.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions
- Smart Growth - Provides care for the optimal patient experience.
- Service oriented – Actively looking for ways to help people to optimize the customer experience.
- Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively with empathy, compassion, and respect.
-
Active Listening – Gives full attention to what other people are saying, asking questions as appropriate to understand any points being made.
-
Quality & Safety - Provides appropriate patient care as outlined in the "Age specific criteria".
- Ensures patient comfort and understanding of ordered exam.
- Provides appropriate patient care.
-
Shows confidence and competency in all age specific categories.
-
Quality & Safety - Exam performance.
- Time out performed prior to procedure start.
- Assisting surgeon/radiologist with surgery/special procedures.
- Ensures optimal visualization of anatomy by directing radiographic equipment.
- Assist staff in room with procedure set-up.
-
Responds to pages in a timely manner.
-
Heightened Focus on Efficiency - RIS/Cerner/Navicare/ PACS/Outlook/Intranet/Powerscribe.
- Ensures Powerchart is available to the performing physician prior to start of case.
- Knowledge of order entry and ability to order correct exams and proper indications.
- Matches digital images to Radiology Information System (RIS) orders, for viewing in Picture Archival Communication System (PACS).
- Starts and completes exams performed.
- Consistently uses Exam Management.
- Document Medications and Allergies.
-
Consistently uses Powerscribe.
-
Quality & Safety - Quality Assurance (QA).
- Assists in maintaining appropriate par levels of supplies and communicates to appropriate ordering personnel.
- Patient identification accurately verified.
- Properly identify anatomical orientation on all films.
-
Clean and disinfect equipment at the conclusion of each case.
-
Partnerships & Collaboration - Department teamwork.
- Maintains positive and respectful relationship with team members.
- Understands and supports the direction and workflow of the department.
- Available at the start of scheduled shift and appropriately manages completion of shift.
- Relieves coworkers during cases as needed.
- Performs job duties as assigned.
- Maintains communication/coordination w/pertinent areas.
- Demonstrates ability to manage department workflow as needed.
- Maintains awareness of ongoing procedures and assists co-workers in unassigned areas when available.
-
Willingly seeks opportunity to provide patient care, or assist others as needed.
-
People - Clinical Instruction of Students.
- Provides and monitors “on the job training” per Methodist College Standards.
-
Maintains professional and courteous relationship w/students and instructors.
-
Partnerships & Collaboration - Department policy and procedures.
- Effectively demonstrates MHS and Imaging Behavior Standards.
- Shows knowledge by following department Policy & Procedures Manual.
Schedule:
This is a casual/prn position. Casual employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Shifts may vary from week to week. Will also be required to be available to work weekends and holidays.
Job Requirements
Education
- Graduate of an approved American Medical Association (AMA) School of Radiologic Technology required.
- Participation in mandatory inservices and continuing education as mandated by policies & procedures, external agencies and as directed by supervisors required.
Experience
- 1 year experience in radiology preferred.
License/Certifications
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registered or board eligible is required.
- Current license from the Nebraska Department of Health (RAD.NE) or the Iowa Department of Health (RAD.IA) depending on the locations providing radiology services required.
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Must demonstrate proficiency in the use of C-Arm during surgical procedures.
- Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients and family members as well as hospital personnel and coworkers.
- Must have analytical skills necessary to computate exposure factors.
- Ability to supervise, delegate and evaluate.
- Ability to follow through and to perform numerous tasks at once and work with minimal supervision.
Physical Requirements
Weight Demands
- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
Physical Activity
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
+ Climbing
+ Crawling
+ Couching
+ Kneeling
+ Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
+ Balancing
+ Carrying
+ Distinguish colors
+ Grasping
+ Lifting
+ Pulling/Pushing
+ Reaching
+ Repetitive Motions
+ Stooping/bending
+ Twisting
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
+ Hearing
+ Keyboarding/typing
+ Seeing/Visual
+ Speaking/talking
+ Standing
+ Walking
Job Hazards
- Not Related:
+ Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Occasionally (34%-66%):
+ Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
+ Electrical Shock/Static
- Frequent (67%-100%):
+ Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
+ Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
+ Equipment/Machinery/Tools
+ Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
+ Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
+ Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards
About Methodist:
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.
Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.
Job Summary:
Location: Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Address: 8303 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE
Work Schedule: This is a casual/prn position. Casual employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Shifts may vary from week to week. Will also be required to be available to work weekends and holidays.
Assists the physicians with performing various procedures within Surgery and Fluoro.
Responsibilities:
Essential Job Functions
- Smart Growth - Provides care for the optimal patient experience.
- Service oriented – Actively looking for ways to help people to optimize the customer experience.
- Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively with empathy, compassion, and respect.
-
Active Listening – Gives full attention to what other people are saying, asking questions as appropriate to understand any points being made.
-
Quality & Safety - Provides appropriate patient care as outlined in the "Age specific criteria".
- Ensures patient comfort and understanding of ordered exam.
- Provides appropriate patient care.
-
Shows confidence and competency in all age specific categories.
-
Quality & Safety - Exam performance.
- Time out performed prior to procedure start.
- Assisting surgeon/radiologist with surgery/special procedures.
- Ensures optimal visualization of anatomy by directing radiographic equipment.
- Assist staff in room with procedure set-up.
-
Responds to pages in a timely manner.
-
Heightened Focus on Efficiency - RIS/Cerner/Navicare/ PACS/Outlook/Intranet/Powerscribe.
- Ensures Powerchart is available to the performing physician prior to start of case.
- Knowledge of order entry and ability to order correct exams and proper indications.
- Matches digital images to Radiology Information System (RIS) orders, for viewing in Picture Archival Communication System (PACS).
- Starts and completes exams performed.
- Consistently uses Exam Management.
- Document Medications and Allergies.
-
Consistently uses Powerscribe.
-
Quality & Safety - Quality Assurance (QA).
- Assists in maintaining appropriate par levels of supplies and communicates to appropriate ordering personnel.
- Patient identification accurately verified.
- Properly identify anatomical orientation on all films.
-
Clean and disinfect equipment at the conclusion of each case.
-
Partnerships & Collaboration - Department teamwork.
- Maintains positive and respectful relationship with team members.
- Understands and supports the direction and workflow of the department.
- Available at the start of scheduled shift and appropriately manages completion of shift.
- Relieves coworkers during cases as needed.
- Performs job duties as assigned.
- Maintains communication/coordination w/pertinent areas.
- Demonstrates ability to manage department workflow as needed.
- Maintains awareness of ongoing procedures and assists co-workers in unassigned areas when available.
-
Willingly seeks opportunity to provide patient care, or assist others as needed.
-
People - Clinical Instruction of Students.
- Provides and monitors “on the job training” per Methodist College Standards.
-
Maintains professional and courteous relationship w/students and instructors.
-
Partnerships & Collaboration - Department policy and procedures.
- Effectively demonstrates MHS and Imaging Behavior Standards.
- Shows knowledge by following department Policy & Procedures Manual.
Schedule:
This is a casual/prn position. Casual employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business. Shifts may vary from week to week. Will also be required to be available to work weekends and holidays.
Job Requirements
Education
- Graduate of an approved American Medical Association (AMA) School of Radiologic Technology required.
- Participation in mandatory inservices and continuing education as mandated by policies & procedures, external agencies and as directed by supervisors required.
Experience
- 1 year experience in radiology preferred.
License/Certifications
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registered or board eligible is required.
- Current license from the Nebraska Department of Health (RAD.NE) or the Iowa Department of Health (RAD.IA) depending on the locations providing radiology services required.
- Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Must demonstrate proficiency in the use of C-Arm during surgical procedures.
- Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients and family members as well as hospital personnel and coworkers.
- Must have analytical skills necessary to computate exposure factors.
- Ability to supervise, delegate and evaluate.
- Ability to follow through and to perform numerous tasks at once and work with minimal supervision.
Physical Requirements
Weight Demands
- Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.
Physical Activity
- Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
+ Climbing
+ Crawling
+ Couching
+ Kneeling
+ Sitting
- Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
+ Balancing
+ Carrying
+ Distinguish colors
+ Grasping
+ Lifting
+ Pulling/Pushing
+ Reaching
+ Repetitive Motions
+ Stooping/bending
+ Twisting
- Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
+ Hearing
+ Keyboarding/typing
+ Seeing/Visual
+ Speaking/talking
+ Standing
+ Walking
Job Hazards
- Not Related:
+ Explosives (pressurized gas)
- Occasionally (34%-66%):
+ Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
+ Electrical Shock/Static
- Frequent (67%-100%):
+ Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
+ Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
+ Equipment/Machinery/Tools
+ Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
+ Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
+ Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
- Note: Safety Officer can assist with identification of job hazards
About Methodist:
Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.
Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.
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Tips for Finding OPT Jobs in Nebraska
Target Nebraska's large food and agriculture employers
Companies like Cargill, Tyson Foods, and Nebraska-based agricultural processors regularly hire for engineering, food science, and supply chain roles that qualify for F-1 OPT. These employers have established HR processes for work authorization and sponsor consistently.
Leverage your university's career center before OPT starts
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University, and University of Nebraska Omaha all maintain employer partnerships with local sponsors. Career fairs focused on STEM and business attract companies that are already familiar with OPT authorization timelines and requirements.
Search Migrate Mate for Nebraska-specific OPT openings
Migrate Mate filters jobs by visa type and state, so you can browse F-1 OPT sponsorship roles in Nebraska without manually vetting each employer. This saves significant time when you're working against an OPT authorization deadline.
Focus on Omaha's financial services and insurance sector
Omaha is home to major insurers and financial firms including Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries, Mutual of Omaha, and TD Ameritrade. These companies hire analysts, actuaries, and technology roles that qualify as specialty occupations under F-1 OPT rules.
Check STEM OPT extension eligibility early if your degree qualifies
If your degree is in a STEM field, you may be eligible for a 24-month STEM OPT extension after your initial 12 months. Confirming this before your job search lets you honestly communicate your full authorization timeline to Nebraska employers.
Connect with international student networks at Nebraska research institutions
University of Nebraska's system has active international student associations that share employer referrals and sponsorship experiences. Peer networks often surface smaller regional employers in Lincoln and Omaha who sponsor OPT but don't advertise it broadly.
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Get Access To All JobsF-1 OPT Jobs in Nebraska: Frequently Asked Questions
Which industries in Nebraska sponsor the most F-1 OPT visas?
Agriculture and food processing, financial services and insurance, healthcare, and information technology are the strongest F-1 OPT sponsoring industries in Nebraska. Omaha's concentration of insurance and finance employers and the state's deep agribusiness infrastructure create consistent demand for roles in engineering, data analysis, finance, and food science that qualify for OPT work authorization.
Which cities in Nebraska have the most F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs?
Omaha accounts for the majority of F-1 OPT sponsorship opportunities in Nebraska, driven by its financial services, healthcare, and technology employers. Lincoln is the second-largest market, particularly for roles connected to state government, university research, and regional employers. Smaller cities like Grand Island and Kearney offer opportunities in food manufacturing and agribusiness.
What types of roles typically qualify for F-1 OPT sponsorship in Nebraska?
Roles that qualify for F-1 OPT in Nebraska generally require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field directly related to the position. Common qualifying roles include software developer, financial analyst, mechanical engineer, food scientist, actuary, and data analyst. Roles in agricultural engineering and supply chain management are particularly relevant given Nebraska's industry base.
How do I find F-1 OPT sponsorship jobs in Nebraska?
Migrate Mate lets you filter job listings by F-1 OPT visa type and by Nebraska specifically, so you can focus only on employers who have indicated they sponsor OPT. Beyond that, attending University of Nebraska system career fairs, connecting with your international student office, and targeting Omaha and Lincoln employer directories by sector are effective approaches for finding active sponsors.
Are there any Nebraska-specific considerations for F-1 OPT sponsorship?
Nebraska's economy is heavily concentrated in industries like agriculture, insurance, and healthcare, so F-1 OPT holders with degrees in related STEM or business fields are well positioned. Because Nebraska has fewer large tech employers than coastal states, demonstrating direct alignment between your degree and the offered role is especially important when approaching smaller or mid-size regional employers unfamiliar with OPT authorization.