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Physician – Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Columbia, South Carolina and 4 more · 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.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. The job is open to the public and to current federal employees of the VA.
Experience: You must have completed residency training in an accredited program. If you took a one-year route after medical school, you need two years of independent practice in the U.S. after that year. If you trained outside the U.S., you need at least three years of verified independent practice in the U.S.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an approved medical school. Approved schools are accredited by the LCME or COCA, or for foreign graduates, meet ECFMG eligibility requirements.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a U.S. state, territory, 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 331 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The job may close before the listed closing date if it is filled another way, and applications received after weekly cut-off dates are referred at later intervals.
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: Applications are reviewed to confirm you meet the qualifications and eligibility rules, and your answers to the occupational questionnaire are used. Your application and supporting documents are verified, and errors or omissions may hurt your chances. 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:
- Board certification is preferred, so list it clearly on your resume if you have it.
- If you plan to claim veterans' preference, choose it in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214.
- Make sure your ID is REAL ID compliant, because non-compliant state IDs cannot be used for onboarding.
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