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Physician – Home Based Primary Care – Chico
Veterans Health Administration · Chico, California · Closes in 53 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
This job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: The announcement does not set a number of years of qualifying experience. Preferred experience is in home care, geriatrics, and/or palliative care.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an approved school. You also need completed residency training in an accredited core specialty program that leads to eligibility for board certification. Some exceptions to the residency rule are described in the announcement.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, 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 53 days (December 28, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement may close before its stated end date if the job is filled another way. Referrals use weekly cut-off dates, and applications received after a cut-off are considered on an ongoing basis.
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 above. Your application and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may affect your consideration. Preference-eligible Veterans are given preference when qualifications are approximately 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:
- Attach a C.V. or resume. The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- If you want student loan repayment, submit the EDRP application within four months of appointment and check eligibility first.
- If you claim veterans' preference, include your DD-214 and any required proof, such as an SF-15.
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