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Physician (Gastroenterologist)
Veterans Health Administration · Jacksonville, Florida · Closes in 65 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Competitive service, Veterans, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
Open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S.; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Veterans and certain family members may be given veterans' preference when candidates are about equally qualified.
Experience: No years of work experience are stated. You must have completed residency training in gastroenterology (a hands-on training program after medical school) in an approved program that leads to eligibility for board certification.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or an equivalent degree, from a school approved for the year you graduated. Foreign medical graduates must have their school and certification verified with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, 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 65 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Yes. The announcement may close before the closing date of 11:59 PM ET on 12/31/2026 if the position is filled another way.
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 qualifications listed in the announcement. Your application, resume, C.V., and other documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect whether you are considered. The VA also runs pre-employment reference checks.
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:
- Upload the standard one-page Clinical Resume into the two-page Resume field, and put your full C.V. in the Other field.
- If you cannot apply online before the closing date, contact the agency and include control number CBTC-12876854-26-SB in the Notes field.
- If you are a current federal employee, get a recent SF-50 from your eOPF, not an award SF-50.
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