President Biden signed a bipartisan bill that creates a program to recruit military medical personnel who have less than a year in their service commitment to work in federal health care jobs.
When military treatment facilities began to downsize, ROA approached the House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) with the idea of recruiting qualified military personnel to fill open positions in the VA. In this program, the Department of Veterans Affairs is required to consult with the Department of Defense to identify and refer members of the Armed Forces with health care occupations for employment with the VA during their separation process.
The VA must refer interested members to a recruiter for consideration of open positions in the member’s specialty and geography of interest. Referrals must not be made earlier than one year before the member’s separation from the Armed Forces.