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Dental Hygienist
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Sheppard AFB, Texas · Closes in 3 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.

This job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. You will need to prove U.S. citizenship.

Experience: You need 1 year of specialized experience at about the GS-6 level. This means prophylactic dental procedures, oral examinations, and performing or reading routine x-rays.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Current license to practice as a dental hygienist in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
Radiology (x-ray) credential as a certified radiographer, meeting federal standards
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association

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 Resume, two pages or less, with employer, job title, dates (month and year), hours per week, and duties Copy of your dental hygiene license Copy of your radiology and BLS certifications Proof of U.S. citizenship Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service, for men born after 1959 Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Cover letter (optional)

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: Your application is checked against the qualification requirements using your resume, your online questionnaire answers, and your supporting documents. Missing information, an incomplete package, or inflated qualifications can make you ineligible or lower 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:

Attach a copy of your dental hygiene license and required certification, or you will be rated ineligible.
Make sure your resume is two pages or less and shows hours per week for each job, or it may be marked incomplete.
Upload documents early, since virus scans can take up to several hours, and re-select any documents in the online application.

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