Pennsylvanians who served their nation are ready for weeks and even months to get into one of many commonwealth’s properties for army veterans.

About 1,500 former servicemembers and their spouses reside within the state’s six veterans properties. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs govt director Travis Davis says they’ve sufficient beds for one more 500 individuals — and about 330 veterans ready to get in.

What Davis doesn’t have are sufficient nurses and authorized nurse assistants. The state is urging certified job seekers to stroll in to one of many veterans’ properties to search out what he says is a rewarding profession.

“The majority of our residents come and they live the remainder of their lives with us,” Davis mentioned. “So our staff becomes very close and personal with them, and sometimes our staff are the closest thing to family for them.”

The jobs include state advantages and retirement, Davis famous. They even have a greater nurse-to-patient staffing ratio than is usually discovered within the non-public sector. That staffing ratio is one cause the properties can’t merely settle for extra veterans with out hiring extra staff.

Davis says individuals could present up any Wednesday and are inspired to carry two types of ID. They could also be supplied a job on the spot. Veterans’ homes are in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Scranton, Spring City and Hollidaysburg.

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