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Advanced Medical Support Assistant – Physical, Medicine and Rehab
Veterans Health Administration · Minneapolis, Minnesota · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The clarification says the job is open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, and all U.S. citizens.
Experience: For the GS-6 level, you need 1 year of experience equivalent to GS-5 that shows knowledge of medical support assistant work, such as answering phones, scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, or advising clinical staff on admin processes. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
Education: You can qualify with a high school diploma, a GED equivalency certificate, or a proficiency certificate from a state or territorial education board. Only education from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body counts.
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 6 days (November 9, 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 are rated on your application, your questionnaire answers, and a USA Hire online assessment that measures skills like customer service, teamwork, reasoning, and reading comprehension. Missing information or documents can lead to an ineligible rating or a lower overall 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Be clear and specific about your experience, because the agency will verify it.
- Write a separate KSA document answering each KSA listed in the qualifications section.
- Set aside at least 3 hours to complete the USA Hire assessments, and finish them within the deadline.
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