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Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)
Veterans Health Administration · Charleston, South Carolina · Closes in 6 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

This job is open to the public. The listing says U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply, but the conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen.

Experience: You need one year of experience at the next lower level (GS-05) to qualify at the GS-06 full performance level. Examples include removing soil and blood from instruments, assembling basic sets and trays, and operating sterilizers.

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Standard one-page VA Clinical Resume, uploaded in the Resume field Full resume or CV, uploaded in the Other field (no page limit) Transcript, if you use education to qualify DD-214 / Statement of Service, if you claim veterans' preference SF-50, if you are a current or former federal employee Other documents only if they apply to you, such as SF-15, VA disability letter, or cover letter

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 11, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).

This is an open continuous announcement, so applications received after the initial cut-off date of July 31, 2026 are referred on later cut-off dates (the 1st of each month) or as vacancies occur, until positions are filled. The text also lists both September 30, 2026 and 11/11/2026 as end dates, so check the official closing date on the page.

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 you meet the qualifications, using your online questionnaire and your documents. Your resume and other documents will be verified, and errors or missing information can lower your rating or make you ineligible. The VA may also do reference checks.

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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:

Download and use the one-page VA Clinical Resume for the Resume field, and put your full resume in the Other field.
Describe your sterile processing work with specific tasks, dates, and hours per week, since the VA verifies everything.
If you want education to count, upload transcripts only from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body.

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