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JOB REQUIREMENTS: This is objective level certified nursing assistant (CNA) work with responsibility for providing direct and indirect nursing care, while following individual programs, for up to 60 geriatric, disabled and/or cognitively impaired clients at the Wisconsin Veterans Home. Nursing care is provided in accordance with standards set down by the American Nurses Association, gerontological nursing standards, federal, state, VA regulations the mission and philosophy and policies and procedures of the Wisconsin Veterans Home and Department of Veterans Affairs. Responsibilities include providing nursing care that follows a written care plan to help meet the therapeutic, preventative, restorative, spiritual, psychosocial, cognitive, and rehabilitative needs of the members. This includes some cognitive techniques to help maintain the demented member at the highest functional level. This position works as an integral part of the Health Care Team under the limited supervision of a Nursing Supervisor, under the direction of licensed nursing staff. Please email JenniferM.Anderson@wisconsin.gov for a copy of the full position description. ***** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: These jobs require certification or eligibility for certification as a Wisconsin Nurse Aide and eligibility to work in a federally certified nursing home as a CNA. In addition to the CNA requirement, minimally qualified applicants will have experience: Providing basic patient care Using computer programs Using professional communication Medical recordkeeping The following experience is preferred, but not required: Well Organized; and/or Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team; and/or Providing Advanced Nursing Care; and/or Working as a CNA in a relevant setting (i.e., health care, geriatrics, 24/7 facility) ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: https://wj.wi.gov/17021