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Primary Care Physician
Veterans Health Administration · Fort Rucker, Alabama · Closes in 330 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, The public.
U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. Non-citizens may be appointed only when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. Current federal employees of the hiring agency (VA) may also apply under the internal option.
Experience: Experience with patient care is preferred. The announcement does not state a required number of years of work experience.
Education: You must have a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an approved school. You must also have completed approved residency training, or meet one of the other residency options listed in the announcement.
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 330 days (September 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close before the closing date if the position is filled another way. The announcement is open continuous, with an initial referral cut-off date and weekly cut-off dates after that.
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 other 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:
- Make sure your resume shows your medical degree, residency training and license details clearly
- Claim veterans' preference in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 if you want it considered
- Apply before the initial cut-off date of 11/4/2026 if you want to be in the first referral group
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