Health Care Opportunities
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Medical Service Corps (Specialists)
Imagine being a biochemist developing lifesaving vaccines. A physician assistant ranking among the most respected members of the team. Or an administrator helping manage billions in resources.
Now imagine providing leadership and expertise to support your country. In support of the men and women who defend it and the world at large. Welcome to the Navy Medical Service Corps.
- Why the Navy Medical Service Corps?
- Educational/Financial Benefits
- Medical Service Corps Specialties
- Explore Further
Why the Navy Medical Service Corps?
What is the Medical Service Corps (MSC)? It’s the most highly diversified group of professionals within Navy Health Care:
- It’s administrators literally changing the way the health-care system works
- It’s scientists making radical breakthroughs in research and development
- It’s clinical care specialists working with cutting-edge technology and a diverse patient population
As an Officer in the Navy Medical Service Corps, choose from more than 22 different specialties:
- Some interacting directly with patients
- Others working behind the scenes
- With more than 250 Navy and medical facilities around the globe, you could serve anywhere from aboard an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean to a world-renowned National Naval Medical Center in the U.S.
In the world of Navy Health Care, you can:
- Advance your medical career in ways you could never realize in the private sector
- Make use of continuing, hands-on training and some of the most advanced technology in the world
- And do it with all the personal and professional benefits only the Navy has to offer
Educational/Financial Benefits
Wherever you are in your professional career, the Navy can help ease your financial burdens and advance your career with generous scholarships, financial assistance and continuing education programs.
And keep in mind: If you’re a student, you can concentrate on your education or training with no military/training obligation until after your program is completed.
Graduate Students
Receive Income During Graduate School
Covering the cost of graduate school can be challenging. Tuition. Books and supplies. Living expenses. But there is an easier way.
Navy Health Services Collegiate Program (HSCP) — Depending on your specialty, you can potentially receive a monthly salary and housing allowance* from $2,940 to $5,150 while finishing your degree. To see if you qualify, read more about your specific specialty now.
Offers have many variables. To get details and find out which offer would benefit you most, request that a Navy Officer Recruiter contact you.
* Navy HSCP housing allowance based on graduate school location. Increased offer amounts available in areas with a higher cost of living.
Practicing Professionals
Get Help Repaying Educational Loans
There’s an alternative to spending years paying down the cost of your graduate education. If you’re currently a practicing health-care specialist:
Navy Health Professions Loan Repayment Program — Receive up to $120,000 to help repay your graduate school loans by applying to receive $40,000 each year for up to three years.*
To be eligible, you must serve as an Active Duty Medical Service Corps Officer for each year you receive the loan payment.
Offers have many variables. To get details and find out which offer would benefit you most, request that a Navy Officer Recruiter contact you.
* Offer depends on specialty and service requirement.
Medical Service Corps Specialties
There are 22 unique practice areas to choose from in the Navy Medical Service Corps. These fall into one of three broad categories:
Health Care Administration
In the Navy, you can gain experience managing and running systems that improve the way the business of health care operates. You could evaluate medical and humanitarian needs after a tsunami hits the coast of Thailand. Or oversee proper construction of a new medical facility at a base in Europe.
Navy Health Care Administrators can concentrate on any of more than 10 different focus areas, including everything from general health-care administration to patient administration. Financial management to patient management. Manpower systems analysis to operations research.
Learn more about a health management career in the Navy Medical Service Corps.
Health Care Science
In the Navy, you can conduct breakthrough research and apply findings in some of the most interesting areas of health care. That could involve investigating the origins of bug-borne illness. Studying the thermal stress and magnetic force of a submarine’s nuclear reactor. Or correlating the aerodynamics of the new F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Navy Health Care Scientists can specialize in any one of more than 10 fields, including everything from aerospace physiology to research psychology. Environmental health to industrial hygiene. Biochemistry to microbiology.
Learn more about health science careers in the Navy Medical Service Corps.
Clinical Care
In the Navy, you can help people live healthier, happier lives — setting benchmarks in various areas of clinical care. That could mean establishing proper dietary plans for servicemembers aboard aircraft carriers at sea. Counseling the families of deployed servicemembers. Or overseeing the distribution of prescription medicine to third-world countries as part of relief efforts.
Navy Clinical Care Providers can specialize in any one of 10 fields, including everything from audiology to optometry. Clinical psychology to physical therapy. Dietetics to pharmacy.
Learn more about clinical care careers in the Navy Medical Service Corps.
Explore Further
Manage systems on a scale rarely found in the private sector. Take on exciting research projects others may wait their whole career for. Network with some of the brightest clinical minds in the world of health care. All in the Navy Medical Service Corps.
Questions? Get more information now. We’re here to steer you through the process and look forward to hearing from you soon!