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Physician (Cardiologist) Non-Invasive
Veterans Health Administration · Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania · Closes in 247 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 VA employees. You must be a U.S. citizen, although non-citizens may be appointed if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Former Education Debt Reduction Program participants cannot apply for the student loan repayment incentive.
Experience: You must have completed residency training in an approved core specialty program, or meet one of the listed alternatives, such as one year of approved post-medical school training followed by two years of independent practice in the United States. This job is at the VM-15 pay grade.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree, or an equivalent, from an approved medical 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 in a U.S. state, territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
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 247 days (July 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. Applications are also reviewed as they come in.
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: Applicants are rated on how well they meet the qualifications listed above. VA will verify your application, resume, and CV, and errors or missing information may hurt your chances; VA also runs pre-employment reference checks. Veterans get preference over other candidates when qualifications are about equal.
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:
- Download the VA Clinical Resume document from the link in the announcement and upload it to the two-page Resume field.
- Apply online by 11:59 PM ET on 07/01/2027, since the job may close early.
- If you cannot apply online, use the agency contact link and write CBSZ-13016005-26-OCA-NAS in the Notes field.
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