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Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical) (FLOAT)
Veterans Health Administration · Kerrville, Texas · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. It is also open to current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies. Non-citizens may only be appointed if qualified citizens cannot be found.
Experience: For GS-5, one year of experience in a health care field that shows you can do the work, such as a medical or clinical assistant or health technician, is enough. For GS-6, you need one year of experience at the next lower grade level plus skills shown in your resume, such as telehealth technology use and patient education.
Education: Four academic years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the job. You can also combine experience and education, such as six months of health care experience plus two years of college with at least six semester hours in health care courses, or an associate's degree in a health care field.
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 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close when 50 applications are received, which may be before the closing date.
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 and resume. Your application and documents will be verified, and errors or missing 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must clearly show dates, hours per week, and duties for each health care job you list, and show telehealth skills.
- If you use education to qualify, attach an official transcript from an accredited school.
- Submit the full application, including the questionnaire, by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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