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Physician Assistant (Emergency)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Stewart, Georgia · Closes in 84 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: The public.

Only U.S. citizens can apply. This job is open to the public, and you must show proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: You need at least one full year of work experience as a certified physician assistant. That work must include evaluating patient conditions, making care plans, and prescribing medication, at a level matching GS-11. Education cannot replace experience for this job.

Education: You must have graduated from a physician assistant program accredited by ARC-PA, or its predecessors, at a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized body. Foreign education must be evaluated and deemed equivalent, or receive full credit at a U.S. accredited school. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Passed the NCCPA certification exam and keep certification current, including continuing medical education
Current, active, full, and unrestricted state license as a Physician Assistant (exemption exists for certain current federal 0603 employees)

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 Resume of two pages or less, showing employer, job title, start and end month and year, and hours per week Copy of your license or certification, which is required or you will be rated ineligible Copy of your transcript, which is required or you will be rated ineligible Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Optional cover letter Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service if required

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 84 days (January 27, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

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: Your application package, including your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers, will be reviewed against the qualification requirements. Missing documents or inflated qualifications can lead to removal from consideration.

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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:

Make sure your resume is two pages or less and lists hours worked per week for each job
Upload your license and transcript with your application, or you will be rated ineligible
Submit your resume and documents by 11:59 PM EST on 01/27/2027 and re-select documents in the application if needed

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