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Physician (Sleep Medicine)
Veterans Health Administration · Jacksonville, Florida · Closes in 57 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Veterans, Federal employees - Competitive service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
Open to the public, including current federal employees and veterans. You must be a U.S. citizen, though non-citizens may be appointed if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. Veterans and certain eligible family members may claim veterans' preference when candidates are about equally qualified.
Experience: No set number of years of work experience is listed. Instead, you must complete residency training approved by VA. Other paths use years of independent medical practice in the United States after a shorter training program.
Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from a school approved by VA for the year you finished. Foreign medical graduates must show their school meets ECFMG eligibility requirements.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine 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 57 days (December 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Yes. The announcement may close before the listed 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 affect whether you are considered.
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:
- Submit a C.V. or resume, since the 2-page resume rule does not apply to this job.
- If you claim veterans' preference, select it in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 or other required proof.
- If selected, use a REAL ID-compliant identification for onboarding, since non-compliant driver's licenses are not accepted after May 7, 2025.
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