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Physician – Cardiologist
Veterans Health Administration · Spokane, Washington · Closes in 149 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, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Current permanent employees of the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center get first consideration, and non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: No set number of years of work experience is listed. You must have completed residency training and an ACGME-approved cardiology fellowship, and you must have passed the American Board of Internal Medicine certifying exam in cardiovascular disease.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an approved school. Foreign medical graduates must show their school meets ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year they graduated.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery 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.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 149 days (April 1, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close before the listed closing date if the position is filled through other means.
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, C.V., and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect your consideration.
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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Clearly list your ACGME-approved cardiology fellowship and your ABIM cardiovascular disease certification on your C.V. or resume.
- Apply through USAJOBS and complete the occupational questionnaire, then click Submit My Answers.
- If you are a veteran claiming preference, attach your DD-214 and select your preference in the questionnaire.
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