Medical Service Corps
From audiology to social work, clinical care in the Medical Service Corps is similar to the private sector. Except for the cutting-edge technology, travel opportunities and the benefits only the Navy can offer.
Clinical Care Providers
Job Overview:
In Clinical Care, you’ll use your advanced, specialized training to make an immediate and lasting impact. And you’ll discover the honor and respect that awaits you within such ranks.
Pay:
Sailors and Marines train for extreme conditions and in the most diverse environments. Attending to the health of these brave men and women requires exceptional health-care specialists. Trained to treat and prevent injuries and illnesses sustained in a unique working environment. Ensuring the physical and mental well-being of those under stress. Providing physical therapy to young heroes committed to preserving our freedom. All in addition to providing routine family care for loved ones at home.
The roles of a specialist in the Medical Service Corps are far-reaching – and absolutely critical to the Fleet and the country.
- Audiology
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Provide clinical support services for a diverse population. Also, provide rehabilitative, nonmedical support to conserve and improve communication ability.
- Clinical Psychology
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Join approximately 130 clinical psychologists in the Navy, working in military hospitals and clinics in the United States, overseas, aboard aircraft carriers and with special operational units.
- Dietetics/Food Management
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Work in inpatient medical nutrition therapy, outpatient nutrition counseling and food service operations. Also assist in general nutrition education and wellness programs for servicemembers and their families.
- Occupational Therapy
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Practice comprehensive neuromusculoskeletal evaluation and treatment of upper extremity and hand rehabilitation.
- Optometry
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Provide comprehensive ocular examinations, including evaluation of ocular health and the prescription of glasses and contact lenses at military treatment facilities worldwide.
- Pharmacy
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Practice pharmaceutical care in a wide variety of hospitals and clinics – ranging from large teaching hospitals and small clinics to a 1,000-bed hospital ship.
- Physical Therapy
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Practice comprehensive orthopedics at Navy hospitals and clinics in the United States and overseas, aboard aircraft carriers and in pediatric in-school settings overseas.
- Physician Assistant
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Obtain medical histories, perform comprehensive exams, and order and interpret diagnostic studies. Also, plan and initiate treatment in all areas of primary-care medicine.
- Podiatry
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Maintain the operational readiness of our fighting forces by treating issues of the foot, ankle and other lower extremities.
- Social Work
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Work with special behavioral health programs and projects in support of a strategically developing social work community.
Want to drill deeper? Learn more about other Health Care Opportunities in the Medical Service Corps.
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