To learn what you need to know when you start the VA application process, we asked members of our physician-provider recruiter (PPR) team, who work in our Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) around the country, to share advice and insight about what it means to work at VA.
What did they have to say?
Jeffrey D. Richter of VISN 15 said, “Our onboarding process is unique and different than most. We have different guidelines and procedures than other health care facilities you may be used to. In turn, it may take our onboarding team a little bit longer to ensure all these requirements are met. Communication is key with your onboarding partners.”
Your efforts will pay off when you have the chance to serve Veterans.
“You’ll see consistent displays of the genuine compassion shown, as well as a commitment to care, and the devotion to providing the best possible service to those who served our country,” said Tracey Cooper of VISN 20.
“Working at VA is the purest form of practicing medicine,” shared Timothy A. Bernau of VISN 22. “You concentrate on what you’re truly passionate about and that’s helping people!”
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Read the rest of what our PPR team members have to say, and get more advice about the application process, at VA Careers.
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VSO officers of the Atlanta region in Decatur are the most unconcerned non-assistance “Claim-Blockers with Black veterans. I had to fight for Forty(40) years just to make it visible that I was a Combat Marine. I am legally Blind and ALL records reports such except for the VA raters who continue to display Systemic Racism… Is there a Safe route for disabled Combat veterans to righteously receive their rights benefits??? Please let it be known. Thank you..
Is your blindness “service related”? Meaning, did something happen during your active duty that caused your blindness? If it is not service connected, VA will not cover it as a percentage disability. I served in the Navy 30 years ago and had documented hearing loss when I applied to become a navy diver. It took over 20 years to get my VA disability, but they would only give me 10% for tinnitus (ringing in the ears) nothing for the loss, although I will soon loose all my hearing.
How do you expect to actually hire anyone if all the jobs are only open to those within the same federal agency and those transitioning.? How about all the rest of us veterans ,disabled veterans, common people? All the great physicians psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and so on, who are outside of those classifications.
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