WASHINGTON – The Indian Health Service has recently announced its largest hiring initiative in the agency’s history. The IHS is currently recruiting and hiring qualified professionals within clinical, public health, administrative, and leadership roles.
IHS’s goal under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is to “make America healthy again.” The IHS has completed a comprehensive workforce plan for the hiring initiative.
According to the IHS press release, “Secretary Kennedy has emphasized the importance of fully staffing IHS facilities to help advance and strengthen our mission of providing the highest quality health care services possible to our patients. His leadership has been instrumental in ensuring that IHS has the flexibility, resources, and support needed to execute this hiring event on such a large scale.”
Currently, the IHS is operating at a near-30 percent vacancy rate. According to IHS Chief of Staff Clayton Fulton, “Our friends, families, and relatives need the best available health care providers who are focused on our shared goal of raising the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level, and this hiring initiative will go far in helping us accomplish that goal. This is an exciting time to join the Indian Health Service.”
There is a wide range of staffing needs, including physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and professionals in behavioral health, public health, environmental health, health administration, and more.
“Our goal is to raise awareness of not just career opportunities at IHS, but also the transformative work already underway to fortify the foundation future generations will build upon,” stated IHS. Information on positions is available at the IHS Jobs website and USAJobs.gov.
