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Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)
Veterans Health Administration · Tampa, Florida · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to the public. The announcement says you must be a U.S. citizen to apply, although the open-to section also mentions U.S. nationals and people who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience comparable to the next lower grade level (one grade below GS-8). This experience should show knowledge of more complex sleep testing procedures and of uncommon or rare sleep disorders.
Education: The announcement does not name a required degree. If you use education to qualify, it must come from a school recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and you must send a transcript.
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, using the online questionnaire and your documents. Your application, resume and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may affect 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:
- Use a long-form resume or CV; the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- If you use education to qualify, send your transcript, or your application may not count it.
- Describe your sleep testing experience clearly and specifically, including any uncommon or rare sleep disorders, because the agency will not assume anything.
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