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Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Closes in 6 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

Only U.S. citizens can apply. The job is open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, and current, past, or upcoming VHA Health Professions Trainee graduates. Veterans' preference does not apply to this job series.

Experience: No experience beyond the basic requirements is needed for GS-7. For GS-9 and GS-11, you need 1 year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.

Education: A bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university is required. For GS-9, a master's degree or 2 academic years of graduate study in medical technology or a directly related science can qualify instead of experience. For GS-11, 3 full years of graduate study or a Ph.D. or doctoral degree in medical technology or a directly related science can qualify instead of experience.

Licenses and certifications:

Generalist certification as MLS or MT from ASCP BOC or AMT, with a copy submitted with your application
Categorical or specialist certifications are not accepted for generalist positions

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or CV showing job titles, duties, start and end months and years, hours per week, and series and grade Transcript, including copies of graduate transcripts if you use graduate education to qualify Copy of your generalist certification SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action, if you are a current or former federal employee

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 will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your application, resume, and documents will be verified, and missing information or errors may lead to an ineligible rating or affect your rating.

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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 list the month and year for each job, plus hours per week and the series and grade.
Attach a copy of your generalist certification and your transcript, or you may be referred but not hired.
If you are a current federal employee, include your SF-50 to show your job history.

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