Juan Torres

Recruiting Demographic  Men and women both allowed to serve as PT’s  Older than 19 and with a Doctorate in PT  Physically fit  Motivated, determined and responsible

Background  Navy PT part of the Clinical Care Provider Department  Section of Navy Health Care  Best technological equipment available, dynamic work environment  Obtain skills able to use anywhere

Officer Commission  As a Physical Therapist in the US Navy you will be commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade or Lt. JG

Job Description  Comprehensive orthopedics for wounded or injured sailors, Marines, their families and people around the world  Variety of work settings such as hospitals, ships, etc  Freedom for controlling and implementing rehab programs

Equipment  Work with state of the art equipment  First to use new innovations and inventions  Government funded meaning no shortage of money, supplies, personnel or equipment.

Position in the Navy Enlisted RanksOfficer Ranks

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Responsibilities  Prevent injuries  Rehab wartime, work-related or any other type of injury  Improve muscular-skeletal and other impairments  Perform all procedures as civilian PT but with more independence

Opportunities  Specialization in specific field such as massage therapy, orthopedics  Increase education and obtain certifications  Pursue advance degrees; additional pay for extra certs/degrees  Clinical/management positions available

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Lifestyle changes Become disciplined Responsible with others lives and well- being Advance your confidence and professional persona Be more organized, task oriented and time management focused

Promotion Process  Authorized Officer Strength- amount of officers allowed in each branch.  Promotion Flow Points-years served before promotion allowed  Selection Opportunity Percentage-% of personnel accepted

Retirement Pay  20 years of service= 50% of base pay rate  2.5% added for each year beyond 20  30 years of service=75% of base pay

Specialty Jobs  Available special job options:  Navy SEALs  Health care administration officer  Navy Diver and Rescue  Navy Nurse

Commitment  Must be a US Citizen  Must possess a minimum of a 4 year degree  Be no older than 35 but older than 19  Financial obligations satisfied  Drug test  Serve a minimum of 3-5 years

Considerations  Significant time away from home Change of locations often  Long hours on the job and fluctuating work schedules

Switching Branches  Able to switch branches after contract is up  Qualifications will transfer and translate into different branch  Must go through boot camp again unless coming out of the Marines

After the Navy  Work within a hospital setting such as Cooper and Virtua  Open your own clinic  Use the GI Bill to obtain education in another field

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