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Health Technician (Urology)
Veterans Health Administration · Fredericksburg, Virginia · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL), The public.
Only U.S. citizens can apply. The job is open to the public, and people in career transition programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) can also apply.
Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at least equal to GS-8 in this career field. Specialized experience means work like assisting with clinic workflow, preparing patients for urology procedures, or helping with biopsies, cystoscopy, or urodynamics.
Education: You can substitute one full year of graduate-level education for the experience requirement. You can also combine graduate education with experience. Graduate education or an internship counts only if it is directly related to the job. A transcript is required if you use education.
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 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 25 applications are received, which may happen before the closing date of 11/06/2026.
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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, your questionnaire answers, and your USA Hire assessment results. Competencies tested include attention to detail, customer service, teamwork, and stress tolerance. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment can get you removed from 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:
- Show job title, duties, month and year dates, and hours per week for each past job on your resume, or it may not be credited.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, or you will be ruled ineligible.
- Attach a transcript if you use education to qualify, and set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire assessments.
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