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Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner/Ambulatory)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the United States can apply. You must prove U.S. citizenship.
Experience: You need one or more full years of professional nursing experience. The experience must include screening patients with special needs, providing therapeutic health care, and teaching medical staff and the community about special needs. This work must be typical of GS-11 level work, the grade just below this job. Education cannot replace experience for this job.
Education: You need a graduate or higher degree from an accredited nursing program in Nurse Practitioner. The school must be accredited by a recognized accrediting body. Graduates of foreign nursing schools must have a CGFNS Certificate. Foreign education must be evaluated and deemed equivalent to a U.S. accredited program. Education cannot replace experience for this job.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, active, full, and unrestricted RN and Nurse Practitioner license from a U.S. state, D.C., Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory
- Passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
- Exemption from license rules only applies to current federal 0610 nurses employed since September 27, 2017 or earlier, with documents to prove it
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 10, 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: Your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers are reviewed to see if you meet the qualifications. If the agency finds you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration.
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:
- Attach your nursing degree transcripts, or your application may be rated ineligible.
- Attach copies of your RN/NP license and BLS certificate with your application package.
- Keep your resume to two pages and list the hours per week for each job.
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