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\u201cI enjoy the great teamwork, atmosphere and culture at OSF HealthCare. I can have the worst day at work and still can\u2019t wait to get up and come in the next morning,\u201d said Amy Berger, a United States Navy veteran and medical laboratory scientist with OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center<\/a>. \u201cI feel accepted and very much loved. The Sisters are very respectful of who you are and what you believe. You don\u2019t have to be religious to fit in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy joined the OSF family in 2013 after completing her education. She maximized the experience she received in the Navy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a reactor operator on the Theodore Roosevelt, a carrier based on the East Coast. The military trained me to be trainable and pay attention to detail. I use these skills on a regular basis in the blood bank,\u201d she said. \u201cYou need to watch for the smallest things and be very detailed orientated.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to joining the Navy, I had some hospital lab experience, and I decided to get back into that setting. I attended Northern Illinois University and did my clinicals with OSF. I didn\u2019t know OSF prior to my clinicals, but I never left after the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amy encourages veterans to search for civilian careers outside of their specific military training.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that vets feel like they cannot do something different or start over, but that\u2019s not the case. Vets need to look in unexpected places,\u201d said Amy. \u201cI\u2019m working in a completely different field than what I was doing in the Navy. There are a lot of veteran resource centers out there to help you go back to school or find a job. I found a career that matched my science background.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an affirmative action employer, OSF HealthCare invites all veterans to search osfcareers.org<\/a> for available positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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