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PHS Career Planning:PHS Career Planning:Chief Professional Officers' PerspectiveChief Professional Officers' Perspective

Leadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

Introductions

RADM Sven Rodenbeck

• PHS Commissioned Officers – RADM Giberson

• Highly Trained Professional – RADM Nesseler

• Mission Matters – CAPT Welch

• Support PHS Commissioned Corps – CAPT Clark

• Tying it Together – RADM Rodenbeck

• Q&As – 40 minutes

Agenda for TodayAgenda for Today


Set the StageSet the Stage

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•Each CPO has had different career paths

•You will have different career paths

•But general themes that bind them

•Professional & personal life


PHS Commissioned OfficersRADM Scott Giberson

Being a Commissioned OfficerBeing a Commissioned Officer

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• Responsibility and commitment to a mission• Honor and sustain tradition

• Strengthen our “brand” of service


Honor TraditionHonor Tradition

PHOTO• Uniform• visibility• leadership• valued asset• respect

• Service • history• public health need

• Camaraderie


““Brand” of ServiceBrand” of Service

PHOTO• Brand defined

• What is our brand?

• Strengthening our brand

• Our future is with you


ValueValue

PHOTO• Tangible• Intangible• Future as a Commissioned Corp Officer

• Think about need• Thematic response / service (5 focus areas of Department)

• Self-assessment• The ‘battle flag’…


Highly Trained ProfessionalsRADM Kerry Nesseler

Basic Commissioning Eligibility Basic Commissioning Eligibility PHOTO

• General and Category-Specific Appointment Standards

• Professional Degree(s)

• Medical and Security Clearances

• References

• Other

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“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do”

Elvis Presley


ValueValue

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• Leadership

• Service

• Integrity

• Excellence


PHS Core ValuesPHS Core Values

Other Key ValuesPHOTO

• Loyalty

• Lifelong Learning

• Courage

• Passion


LoyaltyLoyaltyPHOTO“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all

enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.”

-- The PHS Commissioned Officer’s Oath of Office

“The idea of separating the executive business of the confederacy from Congress, as the judiciary is already in some degree, is just and necessary.”

-- Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787

“Leave the President free to choose his own coadjutors, to pursue his own measures, and support him and them, even if we think we are wiser than they, honester than they are, or possessing more enlarged information of the state of things.”

-- Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 1811

Lifelong LearningLifelong LearningPHOTO

“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”

-- Mae West

“Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”

-- Albert Einstein


CourageCouragePHOTO

“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.”

-- John Maxwell

““If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.”

-- Secretary Tommy Thompson


PassionPassionPHOTO“When work, commitment, and pleasure all

become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -- Author unknown

“Chase your passion, not your pension.”-- Denis Waitley

“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” -- Benjamin Franklin


Mission MattersCAPT Mike Welch

MISSION MATTERS MISSION MATTERS

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Mission - “A Specific Task or Duty Assigned to a Person or Group of People”



PHOTO“To Raise the Physical, Mental, Social, and Spiritual Health of American Indians and Alaska Natives”

“Collaborating to Create the Expertise, Information, and Tools that People and Communities need to Protect Their Health, Through Health Promotion, Prevention of Disease, Injury, and Disability, and Preparedness for New Health Threats”


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“Advancing the Public Health by Helping to Speed Innovations that make Medicines, and Foods more Effective, Safer, and more Affordable”

“Our Mission – To Inspire and Nurture the Human Spirit, one Person, one Cup, and one Neighborhood at a Time”



PHOTOUSPHS Mission - “Protecting, Promoting, and Advancing the Health and Safety of our Nation”

Achieving the Mission Through:

• Rapid and Effective Response to Public Health Needs

• Leadership and Excellence in Public Health Practice

• Advancement of Public Health ScienceLeadership, Service, Integrity, Excellence

MISSION MATTERS – PUBLIC MISSION MATTERS – PUBLIC SERVICE SERVICE

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• Public Service not Self Service

• It’s Not a Job, It’s Your Passion

• Know how you matter to the Mission of your Agency/Organization


MISSION MATTERS – AGENTS OF MISSION MATTERS – AGENTS OF CHANGE CHANGE

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• Problem Solvers/Critical Thinkers

• Demonstrate Public Health Impact

• Issue – Action – Impact (Results)

• Celebrate Your Accomplishments


MISSION MATTERS – VALUE TO MISSION MATTERS – VALUE TO YOUR PROGRAM YOUR PROGRAM

PHOTO• Multiple Missions

• Support Agency Mission

• Your Work = Value Added

• Personal Sacrifice


MISSION MATTERS - CONCLUSION MISSION MATTERS - CONCLUSION

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MISSION MATTERS:

KNOW HOW YOU MATTER TO THE MISSION


Support PHS Commissioned CorpsCAPT Edith Clark

Increase your visibility through increased participation

Supporting the CorpsSupporting the Corps


PHOTO• PAC - Get actively involved• Be a mentor (officially or unofficially)

to a new officer • OFRD-Work with your supervisor for

approval to join one of the teams • Be a part of COA of other

professional societies- Don’t just pay dues, run for office at the local or national level



PHOTO• Additional opportunities include

joining the Color Guard

• Through your leadership and your increased involvement you will be a role model for all officers

• Volunteer in your local community to show the public about the Public Health Service



PHOTO• Be ready to “step up to the plate” to

opportunities within your agency and department

• Volunteer your professional skills at health fairs and other events where you represent your agency/profession and the Corps



Tying it Together

RADM Sven Rodenbeck

What did we not talk about so far??

Tying it TogetherTying it Together


• Career planning should not only focus on promotion

• The Promotion Benchmarks should only be one of many career planning tools

• Promotions are a by-product of good career planning



• Promotions occur because of demonstrated accomplishments and impacts

• What difference did you make?

• But you can’t plan to make a difference



• But you can:

Harness your passion

Continue to develop your professionalism

Find balance with personal life




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