Military Partnerships
For more information, contact Sandra Martinez by email or by calling 703-205-2272.
Bringing military talent home to healthcare
Inova Health System's innovative "Military to Medicine" Program is a new career pathway for veterans, military spouses and recovering wounded service members.
The special education, training and hiring programs that form the basis of this program will allow Inova to attract qualified healthcare employees from the estimated 1.8 million veterans presently in the workforce, the 300,000 men and women who exit the armed services every year and thousands of military spouses.
During 2008, Inova launched three different phases of the program.
Phase 1 allows for the training of new recruits into the Army Reserve in critical medical specialties. These individuals will then be hired by Inova while they complete their commitment to the U.S. Army Reserve.
Phase 2 is the development of community partnerships to enhance employment and training programs for injured service members and their caregivers. Inova and community partner Service Source, Inc., were awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support this effort.
Phase 3 will provide healthcare job opportunities to military spouses using a model which allows these professionals to transfer their skills and experience to healthcare positions at facilities wherever they are stationed.
Read a Washington Post article about Inova's Military to Medicine program.
