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Licensed Practical Nurse ( Long Term Care-Dallas CLC A) – EDRP Authorized
Veterans Health Administration · Dallas, 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.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The announcement says it is open to the public, and the agency clarifies that it is also open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, and all U.S. citizens.
Experience: Six months of experience as an LPN or LVN qualifies you for GS-4. One year of qualifying experience at GS-4 qualifies you for GS-5, and one more year at GS-5 is needed for GS-6. Experience should show practical nursing care work.
Education: You must be a graduate of a practical or vocational nursing school approved by the state or accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission at the time you finished. Exceptions include certain military health training accepted by a state licensing board, and some licenses granted without graduating from an approved school.
Licenses and certifications:
- Active, full, current, and unrestricted LPN or LVN license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia
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 once 50 applications are received, which may happen 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 listed in the announcement, based on your answers to the online questionnaire and your documents. Your experience will be verified, and missing or unclear 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:
- Include a long-form resume that clearly shows your LPN or LVN dates, hours per week, and duties
- Send your transcript if you use your nursing school to qualify
- Complete the full questionnaire and upload all required documents by the closing date, since missing items can hurt your rating
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