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<v ->I am major Carly Montpellier

from Sudbury, Ontario,</v>


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and I'm a Health Services

Management Officer.


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<v ->Health Services Management Officers,</v>


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or HSMs for short manage

the delivery of healthcare


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to Canada soldiers, sailors, and aviators.


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That's over 71,000 people across Canada


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and wherever our troops are

stationed around the world,


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<v ->HSMs are the ones that are

working behind the scenes.</v>


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We're not the ones providing

the direct patient care.


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So without the person

coordinating the schedules in the


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background, making sure that

the resources are available,


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making sure that you know

people are adequately trained,


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then we're not necessarily providing safe


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and efficient healthcare.


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So really, we're the people

working behind the scenes


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to ensure that, that that can

happen for our population.


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<v ->Being a Health Services

Management Officer in the Canadian</v>


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Armed Forces calls for the same business


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and management skills

required to manage a clinic


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or hospital in civilian life.


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That means managing all resources


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and projects to ensure


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that Canadian Armed Forces

members receive a spectrum


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of care equivalent to what

the most generous, provincial


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and other federal

government programmes would


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provide in the same area.


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Additionally, as a platoon commander,


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an HSM may also manage their

own team on overseas missions.


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<v ->Some of the key aspects

of our job, I would say,</v>


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are human resource management,

leadership, guidance,


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administration, planning

organisation in terms


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of like training and operations.


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So really depending on what

your job is within health


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services, it could look

a little bit different.


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You could focus on more one area than


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the other. Those numbers


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<v ->Include the reserve.</v>


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<v ->The team is quite diverse, most</v>


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of which are clinical trades.


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So some of the people that we would work


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with on a daily basis

would be medical officers,


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nursing officers, physician's assistants,


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medical technicians, physiotherapists,


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mental health providers such

as mental health nurses,


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social workers, so quite a large umbrella.


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<v ->HSMs also have the

opportunity to work in one</v>


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or more employment streams in

the operational environment,


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personnel management,


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or in a clinical setting.

As their career progresses.


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HSMs can be employed at regional

or national headquarters


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or our national training facility


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and may have the opportunity

to deploy on international


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or domestic operations.


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<v ->My career has been quite diverse.</v>


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I've had numerous deployments.


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I was able to sail with the

US Navy, which was huge.


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I've worked with the

Army, with the Air Force,


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so there's just endless

amounts of opportunity.


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I think overall I, I'm extremely lucky


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and have had a a quite a beautiful career.