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Supervisory Physician (Administration/Family Practice or Internal Medicine)
Indian Health Service · Mescalero, New Mexico · Closes in 5 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public, Native Americans.

The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Native Americans or Alaska Natives with a tribal affiliation may also apply, and IHS must give absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian.

Experience: For the GS-15 level, you need 5 years of graduate training in the specialty of the position, or equivalent experience and training. Graduate training after medical school must include at least 1 year of supervised direct clinical service.

Education: You need a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO), or an equivalent degree, from a school in the U.S. or Canada that is accredited. A foreign medical degree must show equivalency, such as ECFMG certification, a fifth pathway certificate, or passing the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination.

Licenses and certifications:

Current, active, full, and unrestricted license as a Physician from a U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory
Board certification in the specialty you apply for (ABMS or NBPAS), or verified active pursuit of it
Medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume showing dates, duties, and total hours per week for each job, including volunteer and part-time work Licenses and certifications listed on your resume with expiration dates Transcripts are encouraged (list courses, credit hours, and grades); official transcripts come later Form BIA-4432 if you claim Indian preference, with a signed and dated tribal or BIA verification CTAP/ICTAP documentation if you claim those priorities Certificate of Foreign Equivalency if you use foreign education Optional essays of 200 words or less each, which you must certify are your own work and not AI-generated

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 5 days (November 10, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

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 qualifications, your questionnaire answers, and USA Hire assessments on Administration and Management, Influencing/Negotiating, and Medicine. Overstating your experience or cheating on an assessment may get you removed from consideration.

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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, then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date, including board certification.
Show hours per week for every job on your resume, including volunteer work.
List courses, credit hours, and grades on your transcripts, since the announcement asks for them.

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