Dear Veterans, families, and community advocates,
At VA North Texas Health Care System, our goal is to ensure the safety of our Veterans and our employees. As you all know, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have health, societal, and economic impacts on Veterans, staff, family members, and communities. The transmission of COVID-19 and the currently circulating Delta Variant raises concerns that hospitalization rates will rise as well as create serious or fatal outcomes for those who contract COVID-19 and its variants.
Per VHA Directive 1193 released on July 27, 2021, COVID-19 vaccinations are obligatory for
Title 38 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Personnel (HCP) which includes all physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors who work in VHA facilities, visit those facilities or provide direct care to the patients we serve.
All Title 38 employees must be fully vaccinated within eight weeks of VHA Directive 1193, or within eight weeks of their beginning employment date. The only exemptions of this requirement are for medical and religious purposes which must be documented. Employees and staff that purposely violate VHA Directive 1193 may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from Federal service.
The VA is highly committed to the health and safety of our Veterans and employees. Vaccinated employees minimize their risk of getting COVID-19, are less likely to get or spread the virus to others, will protect our Veterans, our co-workers, and our family members.
VA North Texas will continue to provide easy access to COVID-19 vaccines for employees, HCP and our Veterans. Additionally, Veteran spouses and caregivers 12 years of age and older can receive the Pfizer vaccine at the Dallas VA Medical Center. At this time, the Pfizer vaccine is the only vaccine approved for use in children who are 12 and up.
Spouses and caregivers 18 years of age and older may elect to receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the Pfizer vaccine at the Dallas VAMC, the Johnson & Johnson or Moderna vaccine at the Ft. Worth Outpatient Clinic or the Johnson & Johnson or Moderna vaccine at the Sam Rayburn Veterans Memorial Center, in Bonham.
Please click “
sign up to get a COVID-19 vaccine” to self-register as a spouse, caregiver or Veteran. You may also request an appointment by calling 214-857-4791 in Dallas, 214-857-4719 in Bonham, 817-730-0000 for Ft. Worth. Registered Veterans may request an appointment through
MyHealtheVet by sending a secure message to the “NTX COVID VACCINE SCHEDULING REQUEST” team.