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Licensed Practical Nurse- Laboratory (Oconomowoc VA Clinic)
Veterans Health Administration · Oconomowoc, Wisconsin · 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, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.
Open to U.S. citizens. The announcement also lists current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies as eligible.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of additional qualifying work experience at the GS-6 level or equivalent, fully meeting the performance requirements for a GS-6 LPN/LVN. Your resume should show this experience clearly.
Education: You must be a graduate of a practical or vocational nursing school approved by a state agency or accredited by the National League for Nursing (NLNAC). Transcripts are required.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, active, current and unrestricted license as a licensed practical or vocational nurse in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico or D.C.
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 listed qualifications. Eligible applications are reviewed in this order: current permanent VA employees at the facility, other VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, then all other applicants.
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:
- Attach a copy of your nursing license, since it is required and missing it can hurt your rating.
- If you use nursing school to qualify, attach your transcripts and show your experience in clear, specific detail.
- The 2-page resume rule does not apply, but you still need a long-form resume or CV.
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