Sam Nelson participated in Project SEARCH at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha during the last year of high school. The work immersion program prepares students for the world of work through a combination of classroom time and internship rotations. After graduating from the program he was hired permanently at the host site. One of his job duties as an Environmental Services Associate is cleaning Isolette® Infant Incubators in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Nebraska Medicine’s General Manager Environmental Services Jonathan Nguyen, his supervisor, recognized that Sam’s hard work, attention to detail, infectious attitude adds value to the organization daily. Together with the help of Nebraska VR, additional business needs were identified and the duty of washing the Environmental Services cleaning clothes was added to his job. The match resulted in a customized
position that met both the employer and employees needs.
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