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The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) and NHSC Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce LRP offer a variety of service options for applicants. You may work full-time or half-time at one or more NHSC-approved sites. Learn more about these flexible service options.
Full-Time vs. Half-Time
- Full-time participants must work a minimum of 40 hours/week. Of those hours, 32 hours/week must be spent providing direct patient care at the assigned practice site(s) and 8 hours/week can be spent performing clinical or non-clinical practice-related duties.
- Half-time participants must work a minimum of 20 hours/week. Of those hours, 16 hours/week must be spent providing direct patient care at the assigned practice site(s) and 4 hours/week can be spent performing clinical or non-clinical practice-related duties.
*There are some exceptions to these hourly requirements for certain disciplines/specialties (pediatric dentists & OBGYNS) and site types (Critical Access Hospitals & Teaching Health Centers). For additional details, review pages in the Application and Program Guidance for NHSC LRP (pages 24-31) or NHSC SUD Workforce LRP (pages 24-32).
Working at Multiple NHSC-Approved Sites
Before applying for the NHSC LRP or NHSC SUD Workforce LRP, you must be working at an NHSC-approved service site(s) or have accepted an offer of employment and will begin working at the site(s) and meeting the NHSC clinical practice requirements by July 18, 2019.
If you work at more than one site (e.g., several satellite clinics), you must include each location in your application. To confirm if a site is NHSC-approved, search the Health Workforce Connector.
Note: If you are working at multiple sites, each Employment Verification Form should reflect the hours worked at each site. The total hours from all the Employment Verification Form must not exceed 40 hours per week, for full-time employment, and no more than 39 hours per week, for half-time employment.
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