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Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Bethesda, Maryland · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. You must prove U.S. citizenship if selected.
Experience: You need one or more full years of professional nursing experience that includes routine prenatal care and well woman care, working with physicians on patient management, and counseling in a hospital setting. This matches work at the GS-11 grade level, which is one step below this job; experience alone counts, so education cannot replace it.
Education: Education cannot replace experience for this job. You need a graduate or higher degree in Nurse Practitioner or a related specialty from an accredited nursing program. Foreign degrees need certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. Current federal employees in the 0610 Nurse series who have worked in it continuously since September 27, 2017 may be exempt from the degree and license requirements.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, active, full, unrestricted license as a professional nurse from a U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory
- Passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)
- Current, active, unrestricted license or registration as a Nurse Practitioner or related specialty
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
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 3 days (November 6, 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 how well your resume, supporting documents, and online questionnaire show you meet the qualifications. You can lose consideration if you leave out required documents or if your resume appears to inflate your experience.
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 two pages or less, and each job needs hours per week or it may be marked incomplete.
- Describe your prenatal care, well woman care, and work with physicians clearly, since these match the experience requirement.
- Upload your nursing license copy and degree transcript with your package, or you will be rated ineligible.
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