Navigating Seas of Change in the Military Healthcare System – Sponsored by NML&PDC
The landscape within the Military Healthcare System is changing daily and leaders need tools and strategies to help in our collective pursuit of a Culture of Excellence within Navy Medicine. The Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NML&PDC) has partnered with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) to bring you three sessions on the topic of change. Flyer and Registration instructions:
Sessions:
Wednesday, 27 April from 1100 – 1300 (EST): Leading and Managing in Changing Times
Wednesday, 11 May from 1100 – 1300 (EST): Practical Leadership Strategies in an Age of Change
Wednesday, 18 May from 1100 – 1300 (EST): Agility and Resilience in Healthcare Leadership: Key Behaviors for Leading Change
All sessions will be on Microsoft Teams. ACHE members must register to receive credit.
Direct questions to the POCs on the flyer above.
Hot Fill for JUL 2022 – Fleet Surgical Team 4 OIC / CATF Surgeon – Norfolk, VA – O5/O6
This is a high visibility, high impact position that involves coordination between Navy and Marine Corps operational units. Previous operational experience is a must. Candidates must have demonstrated leadership abilities in previous assignments. Prior completion of CATF Surgeon course is preferred but not required. Must be O5/6, but would consider highly qualified O5 selects.
Command: FLEET SURGICAL TEAM 4
Job Title: Officer-in-Charge, Fleet Surgical Team / CATF Surgeon
Billet Locations: Norfolk, VA
Billet Rank: O-5/O-6
Tour length: 2 years
GMO privileging required: YES
Fill date: July 2022
Deployed leadership opportunity for an O5/O6 to serve as the Senior Medical Authority Afloat. Fleet Surgical Team OICs serve as the Subject Matter Experts (SME) in maritime Health Service Support and typically report to Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) Commanders or Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) Commodores. Supervising a team of 18 personnel, your role is to ensure that your team and assigned ARG ships’ Medical Departments are combat ready to deploy aboard LSD, LPD and LHD/LHA class warships to provide Role 2 damage control surgical services, Intensive Care support, resuscitative support, enroute care, blood bank management services, and behavioral health support. In addition, while underway you will serve as the Commander, Amphibious Task Force (CATF) Surgeon, responsible for the coordination of health services support across multiple ships at sea and with numbered Fleet Commanders. Position open to all medical specialties.
Interested officers should contact CAPT Wayne Smith at 901-874-4094 or via email at wayne.r.smith42.mil < at > us.navy.mil.
Upcoming TSP Changes and Finance Friday Articles
The TSP will be transitioning from May 16th to the first week of June and there will be limits on transactions during this time. Here you can read about the changes and key transition dates.
- 7 Tax Deductions Doctors Miss Out On
- Do You Need a Financial Planner?
- How to Estimate Bond Returns
- Is the Housing Market Broken?
- Panic Selling Quantified
- Rent vs. Buying a Home: Why We’re Financially Independent and Renting
- Some Reminders About the Stock Market
- The First Thing You Need to Do Before Investing Your Money
- The Wasted Effort of Active Trading
- Treading Gingerly – Where Should Bond Investors Go in a Search for Yield?
- Troops would see a 4.6% pay raise next year under Biden’s fiscal 2023 budget plan
- TSP Changes Coming in 2022
Updated Leadership Guidance from the SG and CNO
The SG recently issued some updated leadership guidance to the senior leaders in Navy Medicine. Part of this was because the CNO updated his Charge of Command and the new Get Real Get Better initiative. Here are the relevant documents:
The Department of Defense Releases the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Defense Budget
The President is proposing a 4.6% pay raise, and you can read about all of the budgetary proposals here:
Joel Schofer's Career Planning Blog 