Podiatry (General)

Podiry (General) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System Summary

PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ENSURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKET.

The Sergeant Ernest I. "Boots" Thomas VA Clinic (Tallahassee OPC) Surgical Care Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Podirist. Ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards, as well as the growth and development of a VA academic hospital program. Learn more about this agency Summary

PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE ANNOUNCEMENT TO ENSURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKET.

The Sergeant Ernest I. "Boots" Thomas VA Clinic (Tallahassee OPC) Surgical Care Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Podirist. Ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards, as well as the growth and development of a VA academic hospital program. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 03/31/2026 to 06/26/2026 Salary $152,000

• $315,000 per year Educion and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay) Pay scale & grade VM 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tallahassee, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0668 Podirist Supervisory stus No Security clearance Not Required Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

CBTC-12921165-26-SB

Control number 863218600 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees only.

NOTE:

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupional series. For more informion, refer to Required Documents below Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. Videos Duties Help This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT

. Applicions accepted on an ongoing basis and will remain on file through {6/26/2026} . The first cut-off de is {April 17, 2026 }. Eligible applicants will then be referred every 2 weeks until positions are filled. Applicions will only be accepted from current, permanent VA facility employees. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package . Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Direct Pient Care

• Provide comprehensive medical and surgical foot/ankle care to eligible Veterans across the full scope of general podiry (skin/nail disorders, biomechanical problems, tendinophies, acute/chronic foot pain, diabetic foot care, wound care, limb preservion).
• Perform focused histories and physical examinions of the lower extremity; formule differential diagnoses and evidence-based plans of care; order and interpret diagnostic studies (radiographs, labs, vascular studies) within granted privileges.
• Provide clinic-based procedures approprie to an outpient setting (e.g., debridement of wounds, paring of hyperkerosis, nail procedures, steroid injections, simple soft-tissue procedures), in accordance with local privileges and site capabilities.
• Coordine diabetic foot risk strificion, preventive care, and timely escalion for limb preservion in alignment with the PAVE program referenced by VHA Directive 1122 and current VA/DoD Diabetes CPG principles. Procedures, Infection Prevention & Instrument Reprocessing
• Adhere to nional and local infection prevention and control standards for podiry (hand hygiene; safe injection practices; environmental cleaning; device reprocessing), using CDC/Joint Commission's Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpient Podiry Settings and Joint Commission ambulory standards.
• Ensure podiry instruments and reusable medical devices are managed per VHA Directive 1116(2) (critical/semi-critical RMD policy) and applicable manufacturer instructions for use; partner with Sterile Processing Services to maintain compliance. Care Coordinion & Team-Based Practice
• Collabore with Primary Care, Endocrinology, Vascular Surgery, PM&R, Prosthetics/Orthotics, Wound Care, Home-Based Care, and Telehealth to deliver integred, Veteran-centered foot-and-ankle care; refer and co-manage cases requiring higher-level interventions Malcom Randall VAMC or other facilities per clinic workflow.
• Participe in limb-salvage phways and timely transitions of care (e.g., urgent imaging, vascular evaluion, prosthetic prescription, off-loading). Documention, Coding & Compliance
• Complete timely and accure EHR documention, diagnostic coding, procedure coding, and orders consistent with VA policy and local bylaws for credentialing/privileging and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluion (OPPE).
• Practice within VA nional standards and the individual's granted scope of practice/privileges, pursuant to VHA Directive 1899 and facility medical staff rules. Quality, Safety & Performance Improvement
• Engage in quality improvement activities (clinic audits, infection-control surveillance, SPS collaborion, pient safety reporting); comply with VA and Joint Commission quality/safety requirements applicable to ambulory care.
• Support adherence to sterile processing oversight and continuous improvement addressing reusable medical equipment risks identified in VA and GAO guidance. Educion & Veteran Self-Management
• Educe Veterans on foot care, glycemic control, footwear/off-loading, risk reduction, and self-monitoring; provide teach-back and written instructions aligned with VA/DoD Diabetes CPG pient-educion tools.
• Offer consultive support and in-service educion to clinical staff on podiric assessment, wound care principles, and infection-prevention practices for outpient podiry. Administrive & Professional Responsibilities
• Participe in clinic operions (temple management, access optimizion, panel management, telehealth s as approprie) to meet access and timeliness standards the Tallahassee OPC.
• Maintain compliance with VA credentialing, privileging, licensure, board certificion (as applicable), and continuing educion requirements per VA Handbook 5005 and local medical staff processes. Schedule & Work Conditions

• No Call:

  Position is outpient clinic-based with no on-call responsibilities; urgent cases are stabilized and routed per clinic protocols and facility transfer procedures.
• Maintain availability during assigned clinic hours and comply with facility policies for same-day access and urgent consults within outpient scope.

Work Schedule:

Monday

• Friday, 8:00 am
• 4:30 pm (

Note:

Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor)

Virtual :

This is not a virtual position.

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized Requirements Help Conditions of employment All qualified candides encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probionary period. Complete all applicion requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Podirist Basic Requirements United Stes Citizenship:

Must be a US Citizen.

Educion:

Degree as a doctor of podiric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United Stes schools of podiric medicine approved by the Council on Podiry Educion of the American Podiry Associion in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~

Residency :

Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certificion. VA Podirists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty stus.

Approved residencies are:

(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for gradue medical educion, the Council on Podiric Medical Educion, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with approprie professional training. ~AND~

License:

Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiry in a Ste, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United Stes or in the District of Columbia. ~AND~

English Language Proficiency:

In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d), no person shall serve in direct pient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.

Staff Requirements :

Staff Podirist Medical:

None beyond basic requirements. The individual must have completed an accredited residency, and/or possess experience to perform general podiric duties and some specialized functions and procedures, without supervision. Staff podirists may also include tending podirists who train physician residents, assigned in facilities with residency training programs, and consultants who are capable of giving authoritive views and opinions on subjects in their field of medicine. These podirists perform office based procedures only and generally work a set 40-hour per week schedule.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificionStandards/ .

Physical Requirements:

Must pass a pre-employment physical examinion as required by VA Handbook 5019. This examinion is administered by VA Occupional Health. This position requires modere lifting up to 44 lbs., carrying objects up to 15 lbs., frequent reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, hands and legs, use of cranes and motor vehicles, walking & standing up to 8 hours, bending and climbing and able to hear whisper. The incumbent must be physically, emotionally and mentally stable in order to efficiently perform the essential functions of this position without hazard to themselves or others.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: http://ope.ed.gov/accredition/ . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.

NOTE:

A formal pay-setting process used to determine your salary. The salary may be any point in the range listed for this vacancy. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members:

Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help Special Note for

Applicions :

To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field.

NOTE:

Incomplete packets will not be Failure to submit the required documention will make you ineligible for this position. The following documents are required from all applicants: Résumé /

CV:

For each job/position listed, you must include a job title, detailed duties, month and year for each start/end de

• and•if full-time or part-time stus with the number of hours worked each week.

Responses to the questionnaire

License :

Must provide a copy of your medical/surgical license. Transcript(s): Must provide a copy of all of your podiric educion transcripts. SF-50: All VA/Federal employees should submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (th is not an award SF-50) th shows you're a current, permanent VA/Federal employee. You may get your SF-50 directly from your eOPF.

VA employees may go to:

https://eopf.opm.gov/va/ . Other Federal employees must contact your current HR Office for assistance assessing your eOPF/personnel folder. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/26/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12921165 . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Agency contact informion Shaquanna Burroughs Phone 254-408-1993 Shaquanna.

Burroughs@va.gov Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Special Note for

Applicions :

To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field.

NOTE:

Incomplete packets will not be Failure to submit the required documention will make you ineligible for this position. The following documents are required from all applicants: Résumé /

CV:

For each job/position listed, you must include a job title, detailed duties, month and year for each start/end de

• and•if full-time or part-time stus with the number of hours worked each week.

Responses to the questionnaire

License :

Must provide a copy of your medical/surgical license. Transcript(s): Must provide a copy of all of your podiric educion transcripts. SF-50: All VA/Federal employees should submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 (th is not an award SF-50) th shows you're a current, permanent VA/Federal employee. You may get your SF-50 directly from your eOPF.

VA employees may go to:

https://eopf.opm.gov/va/ . Other Federal employees must contact your current HR Office for assistance assessing your eOPF/personnel folder. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/26/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12921165 . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Shaquanna Burroughs Phone 254-408-1993 Shaquanna.

Burroughs@va.gov Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 03/31/2026 to 06/26/2026 Salary $152,000

• $315,000 per year Educion and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay) Pay scale & grade VM 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Tallahassee, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12921165-26-SB

Control number 863218600