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Licensed Practical Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Homestead, Florida and 3 more · Closes in 57 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, Military spouses, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Veterans, Individuals with disabilities.
Open to the public and to current federal employees, but you must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Veterans' preference does not apply to this job because the occupation is on a staffing shortage list.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience at the GS-6 LPN level or equivalent to reach the GS-7 level. That experience must show you fully met GS-6 duties, such as giving medications and treatments and watching for changes in patient condition.
Education: You must be a graduate of a practical or vocational nursing school approved by your state or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). Health care education or training from military service may also count. Transcripts or proof of education are required.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, active, current and unrestricted LPN or LVN license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico or D.C.
- Copy of your LPN license must be submitted
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 57 days (December 31, 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 listed qualifications, and your application, resume and documents will be verified. Incomplete packets are not considered, and errors or missing information can 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:
- Upload the standard VA Clinical Resume document and make sure each job lists month and year dates and weekly hours.
- Select every Miami-area location you would accept, because selections are made as vacancies open.
- Include a copy of your LPN license and your education transcripts, since incomplete packets are not considered.
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