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
  • 8 days ago

    Clinical Psychologist (Behavioral Health) 2025-8879

    Defense Health Agency - Multiple locations

    OverviewAbout the Position:This position is located at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia. Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles of waterfront space and 11 miles of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point. It is the world's largest naval station, with the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces ...

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  • 11 days ago

    Clinical Psychologist (Behavioral Health) 2025-8818

    Defense Health Agency - Bethesda, MD, United States

    OverviewThis position is located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Director for Behavioral Health, Department of BH Consultation and Education Health Psychology in Internal Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center and colloquially referred to as Bethesda Naval Hospital, Walter Reed, or Navy Med, is a United States military medical center located in Bethesda, Maryland. It is one ...

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  • 11 days ago

    Social Worker (Behavioral Health Consultant) 2025-8946

    Defense Health Agency - Camp Lejeune, NC, United States

    OverviewThis position is located at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) Camp Lejeune, NC. This is an employed civilian Social Worker (Behavioral Health Consultant) position that affords job security, a competitive salary, bonuses, moving expenses, full malpractice coverage, up to 26 days paid vacation, 11 days paid Federal Holidays, a sick leave benefit, CME opportunities, and a first-class health and retirement benefit package.

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  • 11 days ago

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) 2025-8756

    Defense Health Agency - Fort Wainwright, AK, United States

    OverviewCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) - Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright Alaska.About the Position:One position is located at Bassett Army Community Hospital, Fort Wainwright Alaska. One position is located at Soldier Centered Medical Home, Fort Richardson Alaska. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Fort ...

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  • 11 days ago

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) 2025-8757

    Defense Health Agency - Fort Richardson, AK, United States

    OverviewCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) - Soldier Centered Medical Home, Fort Richardson AlaskaAbout the position:It is Soldier Centered Medical Home, Fort Richardson Alaska. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Fort Richardson is a United States Army installation in the U.S. State of Alaska, adjacent to the city of Anchorage. ...

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  • 11 days ago

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT) 2025-8769

    Defense Health Agency - Eielson AFB, AK, United States

    OverviewCLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONSULTANT), Eielson AFB, AlaskaEielson AFB is located 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks in the interior of Alaska, and about 110 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The total population for the Fairbanks North Star Borough, which includes all the communities within the Borough (including Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB) reached 97,159 for the 2021 calendar year. The city of North Pole, where the spirit of Christmas lives year round, is located just ...

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  • 11 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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