Register in the Talent Management System (TMS)

• Create new user record
• Complete assigned training
• Include the TMS training certificate with your application

Get fingerprinted; you may be fingerprinted and obtain your badge at any VA in the country. Find a VA near you. Please arrange to take your fingerprints 20-120 days before your first day on rotation. If you are fingerprinted at a VA location other than Minneapolis VA, prior to your fingerprinting appointment please contact the Minneapolis VA PIV Office at 612-467-4325 for the appropriate routing numbers (SOI and SON numbers).

Please complete the VAMC onboarding checklist located on your New Innovations profile.

IMPORTANT: On all forms, please use an email address that you will access regularly for the duration of your VA training. Do not use an email address at an affiliation you may be eventually leaving.

Please enter the Minneapolis VA Medical Center Outpatient Entrance or Main Entrance wearing your badge for security. Follow signs to the Imaging main hallway “1R” sign.

Please wait in the Imaging reception area (room 1R-128) to be greeted by staff.    

The vast majority of medical students have previously rotated at Minneapolis VA. If you have previously rotated, there are three requirements:

• Appointment letter (FL 10-294) covering the dates of your rotation (form attached below)
• Up-to-date TMS security training (see below)
• Up-to-date PIV badge

Complete, sign and date the appointment letter, FL 10-294, form attached below.

Take VA security training; log in to your TMS account and complete Course ID 3192008.

If you do NOT have a current VA badge, please contact Minneapolis VA Radiology customer service representative, Vance Engelstad at 612-467-2038, to request a badge application form and to schedule a badge and fingerprinting appointment. The badge and fingerprinting appointment are together. We strongly suggest making an appointment at least three weeks prior to your first day of rotation to ensure your badge is available to provide you Imaging Department access.

If you have NOT previously rotated, please contact Sara Baker to determine what additional items will be required.

Sara Baker
Resident Coordinator (ADPAC)

Phone: 612-467-1057
Email: sara.baker2@va.gov

On your first rotation day, please come to the Imaging Department in room 1R-128. Enter the Minneapolis VA Medical Center Outpatient Entrance or Main Entrance and follow signs to the Imaging main hallway "1R" sign. Once here, you can proceed to Vance’s office at 1Q-105. Ask at the Imaging Department front desk for directions. Vance will begin with a tour of the department at 8:00 a.m.