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Medical Instrument Technician (Diagnostic Ultrasound) – Recruitment/Relocation Incentive
Veterans Health Administration · Fort Worth, Texas and 1 more · Closes in 359 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.
The job is open to the public. The announcement says you must be a U.S. citizen to apply, and that you must be proficient in spoken and written English.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience comparable to the GS-8 level, the next lower grade, doing diagnostic ultrasound work. The experience must show you know how to provide all parts of diagnostic ultrasound services.
Education: No specific education is required. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.
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 359 days (October 28, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement that may close once positions are filled. Eligible applications are referred on monthly cut-off dates, starting November 30, 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 will be rated on how well you meet 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply, but your resume must be clear and specific about dates and hours worked.
- Show at least 1 year of diagnostic ultrasound work at the GS-8 level, including the exams you performed.
- Send a transcript only if you use education to qualify, since education cannot replace experience.
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