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Physician (Endocrinologist)
Veterans Health Administration · Indianapolis, Indiana · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but applicants must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from a school approved for the year you finished. You also must have completed approved residency training, and board certification or board eligibility in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine is required.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
- Board certification or board eligibility in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine
- BLS and ACLS certifications, maintained as required by VA
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 9 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close before the November 6, 2026 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, and CV will be verified, and errors or missing information may affect whether you are considered.
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 standard VA Clinical Resume from the link in the announcement and upload it in the Resume field, since the form must be used as is.
- Upload your full CV in the Other field, which has no page limit.
- Apply online by 11:59 PM ET on 11/06/2026, or if you cannot apply online, contact Candace Fitzgerald and include CBSR-13028084-26-CS in the notes.
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