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Navy Healthcare??
- Thread starter becks104
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HCA...Health Care Administrator
I know of few of them....pencil pushers, bean counters. Of all the folks who work for BUMED, these are probably the furtherest removed from aviation
I am sure some enjoy that type of work....not my cup of tea.
Where are you located? Might pay to give a call to the Admin department of the nearest Naval Hospital and ask questions.
I know of few of them....pencil pushers, bean counters. Of all the folks who work for BUMED, these are probably the furtherest removed from aviation
I am sure some enjoy that type of work....not my cup of tea.
Where are you located? Might pay to give a call to the Admin department of the nearest Naval Hospital and ask questions.
Sounds like these HCAs are most likely civilians working for Tricare. The COs of Naval Medical Hospitals are usually Navy Captains with MDs. There is a mix of Active Duty and civilian health care providers (nurses, doctors, resp. therapists, etc). For more info, I have included the link to the NAVY Bureau of Medicine. Who is heavily recruiting you and for what? A civilian or active duty position?
http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/default.cfm?selTab=home
http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/default.cfm?selTab=home
active duty
They are recruiting me for an active duty position not civilian. 2 years paid as O-1 whle I am getting the degree plus a stipend on top of that and commissioned LTJG upon graduation. The guy recruiting me is the local Medical Officer Recruiter based in Montgomery, AL. I'm not sure why the guy is all over me other than I'm in a top-five ranked program and its supposedly a hot designator (no idea if thats true). I also have no idea where HCAs fit into to the overall picture, but it seems like they are much lower on the military healthcare totem pole then in the civilian world (start at a lower job category). Ideally I would like to end up on a boat or a field hospital or something of that nature...I can sit in a cubicle in the civillian world and although that kind of goes with the territory here, I would like to minimize it if at all possible.
They are recruiting me for an active duty position not civilian. 2 years paid as O-1 whle I am getting the degree plus a stipend on top of that and commissioned LTJG upon graduation. The guy recruiting me is the local Medical Officer Recruiter based in Montgomery, AL. I'm not sure why the guy is all over me other than I'm in a top-five ranked program and its supposedly a hot designator (no idea if thats true). I also have no idea where HCAs fit into to the overall picture, but it seems like they are much lower on the military healthcare totem pole then in the civilian world (start at a lower job category). Ideally I would like to end up on a boat or a field hospital or something of that nature...I can sit in a cubicle in the civillian world and although that kind of goes with the territory here, I would like to minimize it if at all possible.