Health Care Professionals Working Group

Contact Us

Organization Address: 

Paul Ferris

Chairman

915-569-1289

915-569-1335 (fax)

E-mail Address: 

Health Care Professionals Working Group

The DEFCON Health Care Professionals Working Group is one of three DEFCON Working Groups approved by the AFGE National Executive Council in November 2010 and officially established in February 2011. The main purpose of the working group is to foster better coordination and communication on issues affecting members of the health care community within the Defense Department.

Nurse Job Titles Guidance

Below is 2008 guidance from the U.S. Army Medical Command detailing the rationale for assigning basic and parenthetical titles for nurses.

Immunization MOA

Below is a memorandum of agreement between William Beaumont Army Medical Center and AFGE Local 2516 in El Paso, Texas, regarding immunizations

Continuity of Operations Memo

Below is a memorandum from the U.S. Army Medical Command in Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, regarding continuity of operations in the absence of fiscal 2012 appropriations

ANSOC Implementation

Check out the documents below. We welcome your input and any MOA you might have on ANSOC. 

Recission Letter

The rescission letter should be a heads up of what direction the agency wants to move. Diana Price of AFGE is on top of the issue and monitoring the situation. Early warning is a great preventer of a disaster.