Veteran's Health Administration
Industry: Federal consulting and health care services
Aptive Resources is a management consulting firm, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, that provides strategy and transformation, integrated health care staffing, data and analytics, marketing and communications, performance optimization, human capital, and research and evaluation services within the federal government sector. Much of the work supports the Department of Veterans Affairs; the firm recently received a five-year blanket purchase agreement for health data interoperability services for the VA Office of Clinical Informatics, covering health information exchange, the Joint Longitudinal Viewer, population health, and clinical standards and terminology. Staff work from Alexandria and remotely nationwide.
For experienced professionals
Types of talent they hire: registered nurses and clinical staff (ICU, emergency, primary care, dialysis), health information management and medical coding (ICD-10-CM/PCS), project and program management, health informatics and IT, management and budget analysis, graphic design and multimedia, web development, strategic communications and technical editing
Hiring full-time, experienced roles as well as early-career ones.
Recruiting at director, VP and executive level as well.
For students and recent graduates
Also recruits interns and recent graduates.
11 programs for students and recent graduates
- VA Student Trainee Experience Program (VA-STEP) — internship program
VA Student Trainee Experience Program: paid, hands-on clinical training at a VA medical center for BSN, medical laboratory science and PharmD students, working with a preceptor. - VA Pathways Internship Program — internship program
Federal Pathways internships for currently enrolled students across clinical, administrative, IT and business occupations; can convert to permanent VA employment. - VA Pathways Recent Graduates Program — rotational program
Entry-level developmental program for people who graduated within the previous two years (six years for veterans with military service obligation), with mentorship and a formal training plan. - VHA Technical Career Field (TCF) Training Program — rotational program
Two-year paid, career-ladder training program placing new graduates into VHA shortage occupations (e.g., public affairs, IT, health information, biomedical engineering, safety) with a preceptor at a host facility. - VA National Diversity Internship Program (NDIP) — internship program
Paid spring, summer and fall internships for undergraduate and graduate students from diverse institutions, including HBCUs and other Minority Serving Institutions, placed across VA offices. - VA Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) — scholarship
Tuition scholarship for students in qualifying health care disciplines (nursing, physician, and other clinical fields) in exchange for a service obligation at a VA facility. - Employee Incentive Scholarship Program (EISP) — scholarship
Scholarship for current VA employees pursuing degrees or training in health care occupations; relevant to alumni already working at VA. - National Nursing Education Initiative (NNEI) — scholarship
Scholarship support for VA registered nurses pursuing bachelor's and advanced nursing degrees. - VHA Master of Social Work (MSW) Student Internship Program — internship program
Paid MSW field placements/internships and post-MSW fellowships at VA medical centers nationwide. - Health Professions Trainee (HPT) program / VA residencies and fellowships — fellowship
VA's academic affiliation program placing medical, nursing, pharmacy, psychology and allied health students, residents and fellows in paid clinical training at VA facilities. - Graduate Healthcare Administration Training Program (GHATP) — fellowship
12-month administrative residency/fellowship preparing graduate-degree holders and recent graduates for health care management careers in VHA.
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Where the work is
Nationwide at VA medical centers and clinics; onsite
On site -- the work is done at a location
Locations: Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area (Palo Alto), Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, Seattle, Denver, Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Louisville, Richmond, Dayton
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