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U.S. Army hiring medical and dental personnel for its Civilian Corps

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By John Nolan, Staff Writer Updated 4:21 PM Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Army is hiring civilian doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers and other clinical specialists for employment at sites across the United States and internationally.

Behavioral health and family medical practice are the specialties most in demand at the moment, Joseph Harrison Jr., chief of recruitment and retention for the U.S. Army Medicine Civilian Corps, said Tuesday from his office in San Antonio, Texas.

On average, about 2,500 job openings in medical, dental or behavioral health specialties occur each month worldwide because of turnover within the system, Harrison said. The Army Civilian Corps employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide.

“We are not a training program,” he said. “When we hire people, they have to be fully qualified.”

His agency’s website, at www.civilianmedicaljobs.com, provides information about available positions, benefits and locations of jobs. Job candidates may also sign up to receive a newsletter.

Because these are civilian jobs with the Army, job holders aren’t subject to being deployed and can be relocated only if they are willing to move, Harrison said.

He and other representatives of the Army Civilian Corps make periodic recruiting trips around the country. Harrison, who is retired from the Air Force and formerly handled recruiting of medical personnel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said he will be in Columbus on Wednesday for an invitation-only meeting with a focus group of clinical personnel.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or jnolan@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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