Company Profile

Defense Health Agency

Company Overview

Practice alongside other civilian and military health care professionals at locations across the U.S. and around the world and experience the unique professional opportunities and benefits that can be found with the Defense Health Agency.

The U.S. Defense Health Agency (DHA) is comprised of civilian health care professionals employed by the U.S. Government. DHA employees serve our country by caring for military service members but are not subject to military requirements such as "boot camp," military uniforms, or deployment.

Benefits

Defense Health Agency (DHA) employees experience satisfying careers while enjoying the freedom of flexible work schedules and opportunities to grow professionally. Learn more about how you can benefit from a civilian career at DHA.

Salaries
-Competitive salaries with annual pay adjustments
-Eligibility for recruitment, retention, and relocation bonuses
-Tenure eligibility after three years
-3-tier retirement savings plan with contributions matched 100% by your employer up to 5%

Career Growth
-Eligibility for paid, on-the-job training
-Tuition reimbursement
-Patient case diversity
-State-of-the-art medical facilities
-Positions in more than 500 facilities nationwide
-Advancement through global assignments and relocation

Health Insurance
-Extensive health, dental, and vision insurance options
-Health care costs shared with employer
-Flexible spending accounts to cover dependent and health care expenses
-Largest group long-term care insurance program in the country
-Eligibility for Medicare

Additional Perks and Incentives
-10 paid holidays during the calendar year
-13 to 26 days of vacation annually that carry over each year up to 240 hours
-13 days of accruable sick leave each year
-Travel discounts and access to vacation resorts
-Free gym memberships
-Child and elder care resources
-Employee assistance and child care support programs
-Adoption information and incentives programs

Positions Available
  • 25 days ago

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) 2025-8700

    Defense Health Agency - Shreveport, LA, United States

    OverviewCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) - Barksdale Air Force Base, LABarksdale AFB is located in Bossier City, a suburb of Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport is a city in northwest Louisiana. Downtown, the Sci-Port Discovery Center features an IMAX dome and hands-on science exhibits. Spring Street Historical Museum explores local history in a restored 19th-century bank. Riverboat casinos dot the Red River. Surrounded by gardens and trails, R.W. Norton Art Gallery displays ...

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  • 25 days ago

    Licensed Clinical Social Worker 2025-8546

    Defense Health Agency - Oak Harbor, WA, United States

    OverviewLicensed Clinical Social Worker - Oak Harbor, WAThis is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Personnel of the DOD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position:These positions are located with the Navy Health Clinic, Directorate of Medicine at Oak Harbor, Washington. - Salary negotiation maybe available for candidates new to Federal service. - A recruitment incentive or ...

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  • 29 days ago

    Physician (Family Practice) GP-0602-14

    Defense Health Agency - EUSTIS, VA, United States

    The position is located in Department of Primary Care located at McDonald Army Health Center, Fort Eustis,VA. This description is typical of family medicine position descriptions and is not a complete list of all duties/responsibilities. Work involves performing specific medical tasks, such as conducting physical exams, follow-up appointments for health issues, fitness-for-duty evaluations, medical boards, flight physicals and aeromedical summaries. The duties to be performed require board ...

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  • 29 days ago

    Physician (Family Medicine) GP-0602-14

    Defense Health Agency - Kittery, ME, United States

    The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The naval yard lies along the southern boundary of Maine on the Piscataqua River. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) employs a civilian workforce of top-tier professionals to safely overhaul, repair, and modernize the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine fleet, specifically Los Angeles and Virginia-class ...

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  • 29 days ago

    SUPERVISORY PHYSICIAN (FAMILY PRACTICE) GP-0602-14

    Defense Health Agency - FORT LIBERTY, NC, United States

    This position is located in the Dept. of Family Medicine, Primary Care within Womack Army Medical Center. Located at Fort Bragg NC. Centrally located in the beautiful state of North Carolina, residents enjoy a temperate year-round climate and world-renowned colleges and universities beautiful beaches and the scenic Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains.Fayetteville is a progressive city of 175,000 nestled between the Appalachian Mountains and the white sandy beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. The region ...

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