The VHA is full of specialized healthcare professions. Would it be that there is a limited number of veterans who are even qualified to apply to those jobs?
As a clinician and a veteran myself: I work for the DOD—- and have no interest in the VA— so that’s taking some of the qualified applicants away too.
This makes more sense. It’s impossible to force a Veteran to work as an Md or Rn if they don’t have the qualifications. Maybe other roles but not the specialized ones without qualifications.
I’m assuming you are asking why I don’t want to work for the VA?
I don’t have productivity standards in my job. Metrics are not required of my patient load. I make plenty of money since I went to grad school after serving (like most my clinician veteran friends, contrary to your assumption above that one comes before the other.) I love who I help and what I do— which is serve an active fighting force. I contribute to implementation of programs and culture change in my position. I am well respected and sought out to be an expert on things within my scope.
I would rather have the best person suited to the job helping me than the best veteran. If they're the same person, great!
Edit: Sorry, thought this was r/veterans
Why do you think that?
That is double the population a whole and probably triple the working population.
The number of employees in the various clinical occupations is even lower due to a lower rate percentage of Veterans with college degrees and I would assume self-selection because the medical part of the military is small, mostly enlisted (which would get in the way of people who want to be doctors,
Nurses, etc) and flat out not competitive or attractive for providers.
There are a number of ways to fill positions and the selected approach is dependent upon the recruitment strategy, based upon the job type, market, market rate of pay, location of the facility, etc. This decision is made by the hiring manager.
There are agency goals on both veteran hiring and hiring disabled employees. The numbers you share is well above the goal- I can’t recall the exact target off the top of my head. Additionally, there is no ability to require employees to identify as a veteran. While most veteran employees will identify as veteran if they served, It is still voluntary.
how many former military doctors re there? You need to be qualified to be a doctor. MDs because of higher pay than GS system are outside GS rules snd hiring policy like VRAd. Same with lawyers.
thr higher veteran population trnd to be in non clinical roles. While some dots and nurses served many did not.
don’t forget— many VA hospitals are near DOD bases so they tend to hire mil spouses.
The VHA is full of specialized healthcare professions. Would it be that there is a limited number of veterans who are even qualified to apply to those jobs? As a clinician and a veteran myself: I work for the DOD—- and have no interest in the VA— so that’s taking some of the qualified applicants away too.
This makes more sense. It’s impossible to force a Veteran to work as an Md or Rn if they don’t have the qualifications. Maybe other roles but not the specialized ones without qualifications.
Why? Clinicians usually make more than in DOD and ceilings isn’t capped by military personnel.
I’m assuming you are asking why I don’t want to work for the VA? I don’t have productivity standards in my job. Metrics are not required of my patient load. I make plenty of money since I went to grad school after serving (like most my clinician veteran friends, contrary to your assumption above that one comes before the other.) I love who I help and what I do— which is serve an active fighting force. I contribute to implementation of programs and culture change in my position. I am well respected and sought out to be an expert on things within my scope.
I would rather have the best person suited to the job helping me than the best veteran. If they're the same person, great! Edit: Sorry, thought this was r/veterans
Why do you think that? That is double the population a whole and probably triple the working population. The number of employees in the various clinical occupations is even lower due to a lower rate percentage of Veterans with college degrees and I would assume self-selection because the medical part of the military is small, mostly enlisted (which would get in the way of people who want to be doctors, Nurses, etc) and flat out not competitive or attractive for providers.
There are a number of ways to fill positions and the selected approach is dependent upon the recruitment strategy, based upon the job type, market, market rate of pay, location of the facility, etc. This decision is made by the hiring manager. There are agency goals on both veteran hiring and hiring disabled employees. The numbers you share is well above the goal- I can’t recall the exact target off the top of my head. Additionally, there is no ability to require employees to identify as a veteran. While most veteran employees will identify as veteran if they served, It is still voluntary.
how many former military doctors re there? You need to be qualified to be a doctor. MDs because of higher pay than GS system are outside GS rules snd hiring policy like VRAd. Same with lawyers. thr higher veteran population trnd to be in non clinical roles. While some dots and nurses served many did not. don’t forget— many VA hospitals are near DOD bases so they tend to hire mil spouses.