Ability to administer medications, assist in or provide preventive health care treatment, teach and demonstrate preventive health care, nursing principles and techniques; ability to work with patients having a variety of physical problems, ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments, communicate effectively, ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others and ability to teach basic health care. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including: Annual and Sick Leave benefits; Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year; State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options; Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.