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Physician – PIMS Section Chief
Veterans Health Administration · Charleston, South Carolina · Closes in 331 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Internal to an agency.
The job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. Non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Current federal employees of the hiring agency may also apply under an internal announcement.
Experience: You must have 3 to 5 years of clinical experience in interventional pain management after finishing a Pain Medicine fellowship. The announcement does not name a grade level for this experience.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree, or an equivalent, from a school approved by VA. You also need completed residency training, plus an ACGME-accredited Pain Medicine fellowship.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. state, territory, Commonwealth, or D.C.
- Board certification in Pain Medicine (ABPM, ABA, or equivalent)
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 331 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement may close before the posted 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, C.V., and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or omissions may hurt your chances.
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:
- Claim veterans' preference in the online questionnaire and send your DD-214 if you qualify.
- Show your Pain Medicine board certification and fellowship completion, since both are required.
- If you cannot apply online before the closing date, follow the announcement's instructions and include CBTB-13097412-27-VAT in the Notes field.
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