Health Care Team – Active Duty FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER – 66P
U.S. Army Medical Corps
PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE LIVES OF OUR NATION’S DEFENDERS.
As a Family Nurse Practitioner, the work you'll do on the U.S. Army health care team is not only an essential service, but also life changing. It's a career that will make a difference in our Soldiers' lives, their families, and even your own. Family nurse practitioners are a critical component in providing primary health care support for adults and children during humanitarian missions, other contingency operations, and peacetime. Their scope of practice promotes health, wellness, and disease/injury prevention. In this job, you will collaborate with and be surrounded by dedicated professionals who share your values and a passion for excellence.
Benefits may include:
- Repayment of qualified education loans to lending institutions, paid annually over a maximum of 3 years while serving for qualifying nurse specialties.
- Based on your nursing specialty, you may be eligible for an accessions bonus.
- Full-tuition scholarship toward obtaining a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and a monthly stipend of more than $2,000.00 through the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP).
- No-cost or low-cost medical and dental care for you and your family.
- Travel opportunities, including humanitarian missions.
- 30 days of paid vacation earned annually.
- Commissary and post exchange shopping privileges.
- Enrollment into the Uniformed Services Blended Retirement System.
- Specialized training to become a leader in the military nurse community.
Requirements:
- Masters degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from a program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- Must be between 21 and 42 years of age upon initial appointment. Prior commissioned time is credited one-for-one against the 42-year age cutoff.
- Current, valid, active, and unrestricted nursing license as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
- Board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
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