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Health Technician (Telehealth Clinical)-Virtual Mobile Clinic
Veterans Health Administration · Des Moines, Iowa · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to all U.S. citizens and current permanent federal employees of other agencies. The announcement also says the job is open to the public, and non-citizens may be appointed only in limited cases after a recruiting search.
Experience: For GS-5, you need one year of experience in a health care field, such as medical assistant, clinical assistant or health technician. For GS-6, you need one year of experience at the GS-5 level, such as scheduling telehealth appointments, documenting patient history, or setting up telehealth rooms and equipment.
Education: You can qualify with four academic years above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the job. You can also combine six months of health care experience with two years of college that include at least six semester hours in health care courses, or an associate's degree in a health care field.
Licenses and certifications:
- Unrestricted 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 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 qualifications in the announcement, using the online questionnaire. Your application, resume, CV and supporting 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- The complete application package, including the questionnaire and documents, must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job, so a long-form resume or CV is expected.
- If you use education to qualify, include transcripts from a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accreditor.
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