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Licensed Practical Nurse – Patient Aligned Care Team
Veterans Health Administration · Maplewood, Minnesota · Closes in 5 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. The agency also says it is open to current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies. Veterans' preference does not apply.
Experience: GS-3 needs no experience beyond the basic license requirements. GS-4 needs 6 months of experience as an LPN or LVN. GS-5 needs 1 year at the GS-4 level, and GS-6 needs 1 more year at the GS-5 level, with experience showing practical nursing skills.
Education: You can qualify with graduation from a state-approved or NLNAC-accredited practical or vocational nursing school. Military health training accepted by your state licensing body also counts. For GS-4, graduation from an approved school of at least 24 months also qualifies.
Licenses and certifications:
- Active, full, current, and unrestricted Graduate Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or DC
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (training provided)
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 5 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 are rated on how well your application meets the qualifications. Your application, resume, 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:
- Make sure your nursing license is active, unrestricted, and issued by a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or DC.
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply, but your resume must clearly show your nursing experience and dates for the grade you want.
- Attach a transcript if you use school to qualify, and list only schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized body.
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