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Physician (Ophthalmologist)
Veterans Health Administration · Cape Coral, Florida · Closes in 61 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. 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. Current federal employees of the hiring agency may also apply.
Experience: The basic requirement is completed residency training in an accredited core specialty program, not a set number of years of work. Preferred experience is as a surgical comprehensive ophthalmologist. No grade level is stated.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from a school approved by the VA for the year you finished. You must also complete accredited residency training.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery 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 61 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close before the closing date of 12/31/2026 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 supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may affect your consideration. Veterans' preference applies only when candidates 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:
- Upload the standard one-page VA Clinical Resume document into the two-page Resume field, then add your full CV in the Other field.
- If you claim veterans' preference, upload your DD-214 and, if needed, the SF-15 form.
- If you cannot apply online before the deadline, call or email the agency contact and include code CBTC-13022613-26-EAG in the Notes field.
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