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Advanced Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Green Bay, Wisconsin · Closes in 27 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.
You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The job is open to the public, including current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of additional qualifying experience at the GS-6 level (a lower federal pay grade) or equivalent, fully meeting the performance requirements for a GS-6 LPN.
Education: You may qualify with graduation from a practical or vocational nursing school approved by the state or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). Health care training in the military that the state licensing body accepts for full LPN/LVN licensure also counts. Education must come from a school recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, active, current, unrestricted LPN or LVN license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or D.C. (copy required)
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 27 days (November 30, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement with cut-off dates every two weeks. The first cut-off for referral is November 10, 2026, and applications received after that are referred at regular intervals until the job is filled.
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 supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may make you ineligible or lower your rating.
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:
- Your resume must be a long-form resume or CV. The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Upload a copy of your current LPN or LVN license, since the announcement requires it.
- If you use education to qualify, include a transcript from an accredited school, and describe your experience with dates and duties.
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