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Dietitian (Clinical)
Veterans Health Administration · Leavenworth, Kansas · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Veterans, The public.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Veterans, and spouses, widows, widowers, or parents of Veterans who may be eligible for derived preference, can also apply.
Experience: For GS-11, you need at least 1 year of experience as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at the GS-9 level. For GS-9, you need at least 1 year of experience at the GS-7 level, or a master's degree instead. For GS-7, no experience is required beyond the basic requirements.
Education: A master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university can qualify you for GS-9. Some dietitians without the RDN or RD credential can qualify for a temporary GS-7 or GS-9 appointment with a bachelor's or higher degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college and an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program.
Licenses and certifications:
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD) credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), unless you qualify under the GS-7 or GS-9 exception
- Valid driver's license
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 9 days (November 12, 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 qualifications, based on your questionnaire answers and supporting documents. Your application and documents will be verified, and errors or missing required information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Send proof of your RDN or RD credential, since it is required for most grade levels.
- If you use education to qualify, send transcripts from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body.
- Claim veterans' preference in the questionnaire and attach DD-214 and SF-15 if they apply, or your preference may not be awarded.
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