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Deputy Chief of Staff
Veterans Health Administration · Fresno, California · Closes in 330 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Internal to an agency.
This job is open to the public and to current federal employees of the hiring agency. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S., though non-citizens may be appointed if qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: Required: board certification in a related specialty. Preferred: more than 1 year of management or leadership experience in a complex medical center. No grade level is stated.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from a school approved for the year you graduated. You also need completed residency training in an accredited core specialty program that leads to board certification eligibility.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
- Board certification in a related specialty
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 330 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement with cut-off dates every 2 weeks starting November 1, 2026, and it may close early if the position is filled another way.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications listed. Your application, resume, or C.V. will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect consideration; pre-employment reference checks are also used.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Make sure your resume or C.V. clearly shows your board certification and medical training dates.
- Claim veterans' preference in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 if you qualify.
- Check that your ID is REAL ID compliant, because non-compliant licenses are not accepted for onboarding.
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