Medical and Public Health

Occupational areas and positions include physician (all disciplines), nursing, dietician/nutrition, occupational and rehabilitation therapy, radiology, pharmacy, industrial hygiene and consumer safety.

Medical and Public Health Hiring Projections

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PROFESSIONAL FIELD
Key Occupational Area/Position
# of Employees
as of 9/30/08
Total Hires
FY 2007-08
Projected Hires
FY 2010-12
Department of Agriculture
Consumer Safety 276 4 33
Dietitian and Nutritionist 122 9 13
Department of Defense (Excluding Services)
Nurse 78 24 20
Pharmacist 33 28 15
Physician 40 41 2
Department of Energy
Industrial Hygiene 32 12 23
Department of Health and Human Services
Consumer Safety 2,187 419 761
General Health Science 3,093 635 1,378
Nurse 2,405 793 2,709
Physician 1,627 455 1,579
Public Health Program Specialist 2,392 398 1,195
Department of State
53 11 11
Department of the Army
Nurse 4,153 1,841 2,395
Pharmacist 438 142 219
Physician 772 332 384
Department of the Navy
Nurse 1,476 562 731
Pharmacist 168 74 87
Physician 207 99 75
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist 2,610 815 1,072
Medical Record Administration 2,038 408 530
Medical Technologist 4,061 814 1,287
Nurse 43,579 13,931 19,071
Nursing Assistant 9,015 3,981 3,104
Pharmacist 5,458 2,190 2,305
Physician 14,684 6,264 8,525
Practical Nurse 11,355 4,456 6,134
United States Air Force
Nurse 743 341 395
Physician 62 44 61
PROFESSIONAL FIELD
Key Occupational Area/Position
Total Left
FY 2007-08
Average
Age
Retirement
Eligibility
2009
Retirement
Eligibility
FY 2012
Department of Agriculture
Consumer Safety 30 48 42 82
Dietitian and Nutritionist 19 49 32 49
Department of Defense (Excluding Services)
Nurse 18 47 597 69
Pharmacist 18 53 3 7
Physician 3 52 2 2
Department of Energy
Industrial Hygiene 3 52 11 17
Department of Health and Human Services
Consumer Safety 180 44 284 320
General Health Science 289 47 158 195
Nurse 758 47 123 157
Physician 416 50 77 86
Public Health Program Specialist 290 45 210 261
Department of State
15 53 14 21
Department of the Army
Nurse 857 47 349 683
Pharmacist 119 48 67 109
Physician 146 53 156 249
Department of the Navy
Nurse 310 48 165 324
Pharmacist 25 47 17 28
Physician 69 51 37 69
Department of Veterans Affairs
Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist 447 46 316 442
Medical Record Administration 229 49 276 392
Medical Technologist 542 49 772 943
Nurse 7,455 49 6,618 8,932
Nursing Assistant 2,227 47 1,321 1,562
Pharmacist 1,394 45 717 894
Physician 3,836 51 2,899 3,391
Practical Nurse 2,552 47 1,248 1,838
United States Air Force
Nurse 157 48 68 153
Physician 17 52 10 18

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Current Mission-Critical Medical and Public Health Positions by Agency

Agency Medical and Public Health Positions
Department of Veterans Affairs 92,800
Department of Health and Human Services 11,704
Department of Defense 8,170
Department of the Army 5,363
Department of the Navy 1,851
United States Air Force 805
Department of Agriculture 398
Department of Defense (Excluding Services) 151
Department of State 53
Department of Energy 32

Percentage of Medical and Public Health Positions by Region

Source: Fedscope 09/08

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