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Physician Assistant (Pulmonary)
Veterans Health Administration · Atlanta, Georgia · Closes in 337 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
This job is open to the public. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S., though non-citizens may be appointed if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Current excepted service federal employees may also apply.
Experience: For the entry level (PA-I), no experience beyond the basic requirements is needed. PA-II requires 2 years of successful practice as a Physician Assistant, and PA-III requires 3 years of practice, or a residency or doctoral degree with 1 year of PA practice.
Education: A master's degree in any discipline, or a bachelor's degree in any discipline plus 1 year of experience as a Physician Assistant, meets the basic requirement. A PA post-graduate residency or a doctoral degree in a health-related field can help you reach the PA-II or PA-III level. Education must come from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE), or are in the process of taking it
- Full and unrestricted license to practice in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or D.C., or will hold one
- Current state registration, if the state requires it to keep the license active
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 337 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement, so referrals happen on cut-off dates on the 1st of each month. Applications received after a cut-off date are referred at a later interval or as vacancies occur.
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 listed qualifications. Your application, resume, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. Veterans and preference-eligible candidates get preference when qualifications are approximately equal, and reference checks are performed.
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 your resume or CV specific about your PA experience, with dates and hours, because the VA does not assume experience.
- If you use a foreign degree, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript.
- If you claim veterans' preference, attach your DD-214 and, for 10-point preference, the SF-15 with proof.
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