environmental health officers
DESCRIPTION
Environmental Health Officers. Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service -USPHS-. Insert Officer’s Name Insert School Name Insert Date. EHOPAC. Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee. Our Mission. Protecting, Promoting, and Advancing the Health and Safety of the Nation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Environmental Health Officers
Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
-USPHS-
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EHOPAC
Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee
Protecting, Promoting, and
Advancing the
Health and Safety of the Nation.
Our Mission
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America’s Health Responders
Examples of missions:• Natural disasters• Multistate outbreak investigations• Mass gatherings• Terrorist attacks (9/11, Anthrax)• International humanitarian assistance
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• Over 6,000 well trained, highly qualified public health professionals.
• Essential component of the largest public health and response program in the world
• Highly motivated with an attitude of service
Commissioned Corps Officers:
• Desire to improve the health of humankind, both within and beyond our borders
• Enjoy the prospect of a highly varied and dynamic career
Commissioned Corps Officers:
How We Serve• Environmental Health & Protection
• Environmental Health Officer with the IHS• Disease control and prevention
• Epidemiologist at CDC
• Biomedical research• Researcher at NIH
• Regulation of food and drugs • Consumer safety officer at FDA
• Mental health & AODA treatment• Therapist at BOP
• Health care delivery• Physician at IHS
• International health• Emergency and humanitarian
response
USPHS Commissioned Corps One of the Seven Uniformed Services
Executive Branch
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DHHSDOD DHS
Coast GuardArmy
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Commerce
NOAA
• Environmental Health Officers
• Physicians• Dentists• Nurses• Pharmacists• Dietitians• Engineers• Mental Health
Specialists, (clinical psychologists and clinical social workers)
• Optometrists• Physician Assistants• Scientists/Researchers• Therapists
(occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech language pathology, respiratory therapy, and audiology)
• Veterinarians• Other health-related
disciplines
Disciplines within the Commissioned Corps
PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY...
…FOR 215 YEARS
Source: www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/phs_history/intro.html
A PROUD HISTORYFrom Ellis Island…
…To tribal lands.Across America
Around the World
• 1798 — Sick & Disabled Seamen Relief Act
• 1870 — Centralized Marine Hospital Service
• 1871 — John Maynard Woodworth
• 1889 — Formalized as US Uniformed Service of MHS
• 1902 — MHS to PHMHS (Ellis Island/State quarantine)• • 1912 — PHS; broadened power; investigate diseases, sanitation
• 2012 — Over 6,000 active-duty officers within 13 disciplines
Commissioned Corps Timeline
History …
• Established as the Sanitarian category in 1943
• Strength grew from ~75 officers to nearly 400 today
• Traditionally focused on food sanitation, water and wastewater treatment, and vector-borne disease
• Now serving on the front lines in the Nation’s fight against disease undertaking highly specialized services in broad areas of public health
Environmental Health Officers
Where We Are Assigned
(Not all agencies and programs are represented)
Meet Basic qualifications:• U.S. citizen• Less than 44 years of age• Medically qualified• Qualifying degree from an accredited
institution (varies depending on profession)
Additional requirement: • Current, unrestricted professional
license (if applicable)
What it takes to be an Officerin the Commissioned Corps:
Some of the benefits
• 30 days of paid vacation per year• Competitive starting pay that increases with promotions and years
of service• Noncontributory retirement based on a 20 to 30 year career• Full medical and dental• Low-cost health and dental for dependents or no cost at uniformed
services facilities• Veteran’s Administration benefits• Paid sick leave• Thrift Savings Plan• Use of military commissaries, exchanges, and other programs
Five Pillars • 1. Serving the needs of vulnerable or
medically underserved populations, • 2. Serving in hardship locations or
difficult to recruit positions, • 3. Being available for rapid deployment, • 4. Requiring regular engagement with
other uniformed services, • 5. Addresses an important public health
need but can only be filled with a Commissioned Corps officer
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COSTEP Opportunities
Junior COSTEP• One year in a qualifying program• Two years in specific health disciplines• Work one to four months during school • No obligation after graduation
Senior COSTEP• Full-time students in specific public health disciplines • At least eight months remaining in their final year*• Obligated to work for twice the amount of time • Sponsored by the Corps
Environmental Health in the
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Surgeon General: INSERT CURRENT SG
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Questions?
For more information please contact:
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Telephone: 000-000-0000E-mail: [email protected]
Marketing and
Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee