- Position Title
- Physician Assistant (Open to CTVHS Employees)
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CAZM-12693451-25-ANM Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, February 14, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
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Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
1.
Applicants are required to undergo and successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening test and must submit to random drug testing after employment. Will you comply with this requirement?
2.
Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment physical?
3.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
4.
I authorize my application information being shared with hiring managers for similar positions. I understand this option may not result in further consideration for additional positions nor will it impact my application for this announcement.
Assessment 1
The following section is used to determine your eligibility for appointment within the VA Central Texas Veterans Health Care System. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS MAY RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. Please choose the best answer to determine your eligibility for this position.
1.
Select one statement below that best describes your Physician Assistant education and/or experience.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Have you successfully passed the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE)?
3.
Do you possess an active, current, full and unrestricted license to practice in a State, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia?
4.
Please provide the following information regarding your licensure (active and expired): License type, state issued, date of original issuance, date of expiration
5.
Specialty Area: Please select the specialty area(s)/service(s) you'd like consideration as a Physician Assistant should a position become available.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
Area of Consideration: This vacancy is established to enable Physician Assistants within the Central Texas VA Health Care System and associated community based and outpatient clinics to communicate their desire for reassignment to a different physician assistant position should a position become vacant.
7.
Location: This vacancy is open only to current, permanent employees at the Central Texas VA Health Care System. Please indicate the location(s) for which you would like consideration of employment as a Physician Assistant should a vacancy become available.
***Application Package Notification & Warning***
We appreciate your interest in available positions within the North of Texas VA Health Care System. It is our goal to forward every eligible and qualified candidate for consideration.
Due to the nature of our systems, it is imperative that your application package be accurate and complete.
Therefore, prior to finalizing your application package and submitting for consideration:
Ensure all documents are appropriately selected, are legible, and have uploaded successfully (we recommend viewing them a second time to ensure no errors have occurred in the process).
Missing documents may cause your application package to be ineligible for consideration.
Ensure that all responses to the assessment questions are accurate and correctly reflect your current situation. Question responses are used in determining if you meet specific eligibility and qualification requirements.
Please Note: Until the closing date of the announcement, you can update or edit your package. However, once your application package is submitted and the announcement period closes, we are unable to add documentation or alter your responses. By submitting your package for consideration, you are attesting that your application package is complete and accurate.
Additional Resources
Obtaining your Transcripts: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/transcripts/ (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FHelp%2Fworking-in-government%2Funique-hiring-paths%2Fstudents%2Ftranscripts%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C133f798cf957427de26208dc062fde56%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C638392049859847840%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ukb9dMc591CzUFbM%2FeScSfhg7r%2BlMuw10sOCL8E%2FLiE%3D&reserved=0)
How to Build a Resume: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/ (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FHelp%2Fhow-to%2Faccount%2Fdocuments%2Fresume%2Fbuild%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C133f798cf957427de26208dc062fde56%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C638392049859847840%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Y8OTjymnidTQad0%2FnITFQ6dnV0tm2t06LhYeCPLtC9s%3D&reserved=0)
What to Include in my Federal resume: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/ (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2FHelp%2Ffaq%2Fapplication%2Fdocuments%2Fresume%2Fwhat-to-include%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C133f798cf957427de26208dc062fde56%7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf%7C0%7C0%7C638392049859847840%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BK2lx6SE4xoGgl7S6tPRfkfZoWG%2FSD73LsNRmugNnow%3D&reserved=0)