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Dental Assistant
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Gordon, Georgia · Closes in 125 days
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Who can apply: The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
Experience: One year of specialized experience at the GS-4 level, such as chair side assistance for a dental specialist, intra-oral procedures, operating dental x-ray equipment, and charting. The announcement says this experience is typical of GS-4 work, one grade below this job.
Education: A full four-year course of study in a dental assistant or dental hygiene program with at least 24 semester hours in radiation topics such as radiation physics, radiation biology, radiation safety, x-ray film quality, radiographic techniques, darkroom processing, and film mounting. You can also combine education and experience, as long as the total adds up to at least 100 percent.
Licenses and certifications:
- Radiology certification as a radiographer, from an accredited program, as required by federal radiation rules (some exceptions apply)
- 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 125 days (March 1, 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 will be reviewed to check whether you meet the qualifications. Inflated qualifications or missing, incomplete, or inaccurate information can lead to losing 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:
- Upload your radiology certification and BLS card with your application, or you will be rated ineligible.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less and list hours per week for each job.
- Submit the complete package, including documents uploaded through USAJOBS and the online application, by 11:59 PM EST on 03/01/2027.
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