Nation’s Largest Health Care System

• Each year, VA serves over 9 million Veterans in 1,200+ health care facilities spread throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
• VA is a leader in clinical innovation and surgical quality, performing about 400,000 procedures annually.
• Over 7,000 training programs in affiliation with over 1,800 educational institutions means endless opportunities to grow your skills and advance your career at VA.

Access to cutting-edge technology

• VA is the leader in telehealth, with over 700,000 Veterans accessing care through telehealth across 50 different specialties in 2016.
• In 2017, VA introduced plans to dramatically expand telehealth—also known as “anywhere to anywhere”—health care services.
• VA offers state-of-the-art tools, including speech-recognition capabilities, virtual technologies, mobile devices and renowned knowledge-based resources.

Education support

• VA offers a broad range of scholarships, tuition reimbursement and loan repayment programs, and other educational opportunities to help you in your lifelong quest for learning.
• VA employees with federal student loans may be eligible for the national loan forgiveness program.
• VA conducts the largest medical education program in the country, in partnership with over 1,800 academic institutions.

Work/Life balance

• VA employees enjoy predictable, flexible schedules with guaranteed shifts that accommodate their specific needs and lifestyles.
• Some VA facilities provide on-site child care, operated by licensed providers.
• Many VA facilities have fitness centers on site.
• Employees receive generous vacation and personal leave, including 26 paid days off, 13 sick days and 10 paid federal holidays.

Exceptional benefits

• VA employees can choose from a variety of high-quality health care and life insurance options, as well as flexible spending accounts.
• Health care professionals at VA are protected by the Federal Government in cases of alleged malpractice, eliminating the need for personal liability insurance.
• VA offers up to 15 days a year of military leave support for reservists and National Guard.
• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).

Team-based. Patient-focused.

• Each Veteran works with a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), a group of medical professionals with defined roles, coordinating care to promote the total health and wellness of a patient.
• VA is a leader in patient satisfaction.
• VA provides mental health integration in clinical practice and clinical pharmacists embedded in primary care.

Live and work anywhere

• One active, unrestricted state license allows VA employees to practice in any VA facility nationwide.
• Wherever life may lead, VA employees can seek employment at a VA facility with an open position and transfer with no loss of benefits.
• With VA’s integrated system, employees are free to explore new areas of career development and pursue opportunities anywhere within VA.

Leadership Training

• Employees have 24/7 access to multiple web-based catalogs, filled with diverse online courses and training options to help advance their careers.
• VA offers ongoing internal training opportunities to employees at all employment levels, from mandatory developmental programs to competitive opportunities.
• Through VA Learning University’s many initiatives (VALU), ambitious candidates can complete customized training to become unifying leaders and innovative agents of change at VA.

The best patients—Veterans!

• VA employees have the chance to give back to America’s heroes and help improve life for them and their families every day.
• Every day, you have the privilege of spending time with Veterans and hearing their harrowing stories of struggle and triumph. It’s a chance to develop genuine bonds and understanding that helps you better serve their unique needs.
• VA patients have experienced wide-ranging military conflicts, resulting in a broad array of ailments and wounds—that means employees regularly meet new challenges that sharpen their skills and critical thinking abilities.