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Medical Instrument Technician (Polysomnography)
Veterans Health Administration · Springfield, Missouri · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.
The announcement says you must be a U.S. citizen to apply, and the job is 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 Nationwide employees and federal employees of other agencies.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience comparable to GS-08 that directly relates to the job and shows the GS-08 skills, such as advanced knowledge of sleep disorders, writing up sleep study data, and briefing hospital staff. This is needed to qualify for the GS-09 level. Preferred: RPSGT credential, 3 years of sleep lab experience, and EEG experience.
Education: There are no specific education requirements for this job. Any education you list must come from a school accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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 qualifications. Eligible applications are referred in this order: current permanent Ozarks VA employees, then current permanent VHA employees, then current permanent VA Nationwide employees, then all other applicants. Missing required information can make you ineligible or lower your rating, and your experience will be verified.
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:
- Your resume must clearly show the GS-08 skills, because the VA says it will not make assumptions about your experience.
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply, so you can upload your full long-form resume or CV.
- Include job title, duties, start and end dates by month and year, and hours per week for each job, or you may be rated ineligible.
- Complete the full online questionnaire and submit your package by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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