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Physical Therapist
Veterans Health Administration · Laughlin, Nevada · Closes in 6 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Veterans, The public.

This job is open to the public, so U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Current employees of the hiring agency and eligible veterans or their eligible family members can also apply.

Experience: You need at least 1 year of progressively complex physical therapy experience equivalent to GS-11, the grade just below this job, including making independent clinical decisions. The basic requirement is also 5 years of progressively independent work as a physical therapist with a bachelor's degree, or 2 years with a master's degree.

Education: A Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) or other doctorate in physical therapy meets the education requirement by itself. A master's or bachelor's degree in physical therapy qualifies only together with the experience listed above. The degree must come from a program accredited by CAPTE (Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education).

Licenses and certifications:

Full, current, and unrestricted license to practice physical therapy in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C.

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or CV showing your physical therapy work dates and duties Transcript if you use education to qualify Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcript if you use foreign education Professional certification, if applicable DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference Disability letter if you claim Schedule A or VA disability status SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This job will close once 25 applications are received, which may happen before the official closing date.

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 your application meets the listed qualifications. Your experience, resume, and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.

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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:

Submit the complete application package by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026, since you are responsible for meeting the deadline.
Describe your physical therapy experience clearly with dates and duties, especially work at the GS-11 level, because the agency will not assume anything.
If you are a veteran, select your preference in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 and any SF-15 form.

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