Alternative Billets
Current Medical Corps Collateral Opportunities and Positions Available
Collateral Opportunities (Click here for more information)
– EMDP2 Interviewers, Applications, Reviewers, and Mentors (No deadline)
– Medical Corps Community Working Group Lead and Members (No deadline)
– Contributors to Military Medical Communities – monthly briefings to potential military medical students (No deadline)
– Interviewers for HPSP Aapplicants (No deadline)
Position Applications (Click here for more information)
- Senior Medical Director, Medical Readiness Division (MRD) Norfolk, VA – Report date Summer 2026 (Due 19 Dec 2025)
- Deputy Assistant Director, Operations and Plans (J-3/5), Operations, Strategy, Plans and Analytics, Education and Training (J-3/5/7), DHA, Falls Church, VA – Report date May 2026 (Due 29 Dec 2025)
- Chief, Immunization Healthcare Division, Public Health (PH), Assistant Director, Health Care Administration (AD-HCA), DHA, Falls Church, VA – Report date July 2026 (Due 29 Dec 2025)
New Medical Corps Positions Announced
If you are interested in either of these positions, reach out to the Medical Corps Chief’s office:
- Chief, Immunization Healthcare Division, Public Health (PH), Assistant Director, Health Care Administration (AD-HCA), DHA, Falls Church, VA
- PRD: 15 July 2026 or earlier
- Deadline of Application to Corps Chief Office: 29 Dec 2025
- Deputy Assistant Director, Operations and Plans (J-3/5), Operations, Strategy, Plans and Analytics, Education and Training (J-3/5/7), DHA, Falls Church, VA
- PRD: 29 May 2026 or earlier
- Deadline of Application to Corps Chief Office: 29 Dec 2025
Current Medical Corps Position Applications
The following leadership positions are currently accepting applications. Please visit our updated SharePoint “Position Applications” page for complete details, qualifications, and application procedures:
- Pediatrics Residency Program Director at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC), Report Date April 2026 (Application Deadline 22 October 2025)
- Director, Force Medical Readiness (N10D), Report Date May/June 2026 (Application Deadline 03 November 2025)
Non-Specialty Specific Billet Application Process
For those with projected rotation dates (PRDs) in 2026, please see the Non-Specialty Specific (NSS) billet position descriptions and application attached.
Please carefully read the instructions on the front page of the application to assist with completion. Note the following:
– You CAN apply for NSS if you applied for GME, milestone, or senior executive position. Please annotate this by checking the appropriate boxes on the application.
– Those who are constituents of CAPT Gustafson’s (Surgical specialties), please email him but also cc the senior detailer, CDR Ewing, as CAPT will be PCSing later this summer. This will ensure all applications are accounted for.
Applications are due NLT 1600 CST on Friday, 1 August 2025. Contact your respective detailer for any questions/concerns.
Brigade Commander, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University – 01 JUL 2026
USU, Brigade Commander– President requests qualified candidates for the Brigade commander position. Candidates must be in the grade of 0-6. Candidate must have character traits to represent the University within the DoD, the federal government and within the academic community. The candidate will serve as a role-model of a career-oriented military health professional and is eligible for a faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor or above. The candidate has demonstrated the ability to led successfully within the complex military environment and has previous success in a military command and in an academic setting are preferred, though not required. The candidate is available for a three-year assignment. The desired report date is NLT than 1 Jul 2026.
Nomination Package Requirements: Command endorsement letter, CV, letter of intent, up to three supplemental letters of recommendation and copies of the last three performance reports. The letter of intent should include a summary of military and civilian education, assignment history and the names with contact information of three references with names and contact information. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to USU and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
Fully completed and combined nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Tuesday, 13 May 2025.
NMCP Association Director of Surgical Services – Due 7 MAR 2025
The Associate Director, Surgical Services (ADSS) assists the Director with implementing his/her vision for the future, executing the administrative workload and providing oversight of clinic and surgical operations. The ADSS cultivates a collaborative work environment among the ten Department Heads (Anesthesia, Brain & Spine, Cancer Coordination Center, Eyes Ears Nose and Throat, General Surgery Oral Maxillofacial surgery, Operative Support Services, Orthopedics, Urology, and Gynecological Services, and Obstetrics). The incumbent is responsible in assisting the director in using available resources to provide the best possible patient care. The incumbent also provides guidance and direction to leaders within the directorate regarding administrative matters, management of personnel, budgetary issues and clinic management.
The position is open to Navy Medical Department officers of all Corps at the O-4 to O-6 level with a professional clinical background. All applicants must have the approval of their Detailer to apply.
The preferred candidate will have the following attributes:
1) A track record of broad superior performance in both clinical and leadership positions;
2) Effective interpersonal, communicative, and collaborative skills;
3) Proven ability to function in operational and academic settings and to understand operational and academic imperatives;
4) Superior military bearing.
Interested candidates should submit (preferably via e-mail) a letter of interest, a short bio, copies of the 3 most recent FITREPs, and a CV by 07 MAR 2025 to:
Tresa R. James
Administrative Assistant, Director of Surgical Services
Naval Medical Readiness Training Center
620 John Paul Jones Circle
Portsmouth VA 23708
Office: 757-953-3051
USU School of Medicine Associate Dean for Regional Education – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
This position will open in the summer of 2025 to Medical Corps Officers from any specialty or service assigned or eligible for assignment to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP). The selectee will be required to devote 0.5 full-time equivalents to the administrative needs of the position and 0.5 full-time equivalents to clinical practice at NMCP.
The ideal candidate will have the following attributes:
1. Has an M.D or D.O. degree, current medical licensure, appropriate staff appointment and board certification in their specialty.
2. Holds a USU faculty appointment of Associate Professor or higher and participates in faculty activities such as teaching, research and patient care.
3. Has formal training or experience in faculty development or health professions education.
4. Has ten years of experience, or in-depth knowledge of the Military Health System to include familiarity with the Joint Service Graduate Medical Education system and new and emerging military unique educational requirements.
5. Knows the assessment requirements for each core medical student clerkship at NMCP
6. Knows state-of-the-art faculty development programs that are required to fulfill LCME and ACGME accreditation standards.
7. Able to facilitate inter-departmental and inter-professional collaboration.
8. Demonstrates exceptionally strong professional written and oral communication skills, coupled with the ability to negotiate complex conflict laden situations and to develop consensus-based solutions.
9. Can commit to a minimum of three years in the position.
Interested candidates should notify CAPT Mark Tschanz of their intent to apply. Navy applicants must submit a complete application package include CV, Letter of Intent and the last three performance evaluations via a single combined pdf over e-mail to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan no later than 14 FEB 2025. Questions can be directed to the incumbent, Lt Col Andrew Thagard.
2 MC Chief Office Positions – MC Career Planner and Talent Management Officer
If you feel recruiting and retention is one of your strengths and aligned with your career goals, please apply for one of the two Office of the Corps Chief positions advertised in this email – Medical Corps Career Planner and Talent Management Officer. CAPT O’Sullivan has done an amazing job with the Surgeon General’s LOE4 – so well that she has been appointed by the SG to be the newly created Talent Management Lead. Each Corps will also appoint a Talent Management Officer (position description attached) to work within this team and lead BUMED’s recruiting and retention effort. Since CAPT O’Sullivan will be moving over to the Talent Management Team, the Medical Corps Career Planner has become available on the NSS list (position description also attached). Candidates should submit the following: CV, Bio, OSR/PSR, Letter of Intent, and Command Endorsement to the Corps Chief Office NLT 07 January 2025. Applications should be submitted to LT Grace Lowitzer at grace.e.lowitzer.mil@health.mil. If you want to be a part of making our Medical Corps healthy again, please consider applying.
USU School of Medicine Commandant Position
USU, Commandant, SOM – President requests qualified candidates for the Commandant position. Candidates must be in the grade of 05 or 0-6 or has been selected for promotion to that grade. Candidate must have character traits to represent the University within the DoD, the federal government and within the academic community. The candidate will serve as a role-model of a career-oriented military health professional and is eligible for a faculty appointment at the level of assistant professor or above. The candidate has completed grade-appropriate service military professional education. The candidate has demonstrated the ability to led successfully within the complex military environment and has previous success in a military command and in an academic setting are preferred, though not required. The candidate is available for a three-year assignment. The desired report date is NLT than 1 Jul 2025.
Nomination Package Requirements: Command endorsement letter, CV, letter of intent, up to three supplemental letters of recommendation and copies of the last three performance reports. The letter of intent should include a summary of military and civilian education, assignment history and the names with contact information of three references with names and contact information. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to USU and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
Fully completed and combined nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Monday, 28 October 2024.
FY25 Non-Specialty Specific Billets
Much thanks to CAPT Gustafson, the team at PERS-4415 and the operational specialty leaders. Below is the FY25 Non-Specialty Specific (NSS) billet list and companion Candidate Input Form. This represents the opportunities known today; there may be additions in the future. PERS-4415 will make us aware of these additional opportunities as they become known.
The deadline to apply is Friday, November 1, 2024. If officers are unsure as to their eligibility or are concerned for how applying for an NSS billet impacts their detailing, they should contact their Detailer and Specialty Leader. Additionally, if you have already applied for a slated position (CO, XO, SEM, Milestone), you should not apply for these opportunities without speaking to me the Deputy Corps Chief directly.
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