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Physician (Radiology-Diagnostic)
Veterans Health Administration · Tampa, Florida · Closes in 63 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Veterans, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may be hired only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Veterans and their eligible family members may get preference when qualifications are about equal.
Experience: The announcement does not list a set number of years of work experience. You must have completed approved residency training in radiology-diagnostic. Experience with body MRI interpretation and fluoroscopy, including GI fluoroscopy, is strongly preferred. No General Schedule (GS) grade is listed; this job uses pay grade VM 15.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from an approved school. The school must have been accredited in the year you finished your studies.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia
- Board certification in Radiology-Diagnostic
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 63 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement may close before the listed closing date of 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 listed qualifications. Your application, resume, C.V., and other documents will be verified, and errors or missing information 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:
- Upload the standard one-page Clinical Resume document into the two-page Resume field, then upload your full C.V. into the Other field.
- Highlight any body MRI or fluoroscopy experience, including GI fluoroscopy, since it is strongly preferred.
- Submit by 11:59 PM ET on 12/31/2026. If you cannot apply online, contact the agency and include CBTC-12982194-26-TC in the Notes field.
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