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Medical Supply Technician (Sterile Processing)
Veterans Health Administration · Indianapolis, Indiana · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is listed as open to the public, but the agency clarifies that only U.S. citizens may apply.
Experience: Six months of experience that shows you can do the work or understand it. For the GS-6 level, you need one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, plus knowledge of surgical instruments, sterility principles and medical terminology.
Education: One year of education above high school that included at least 6 semester hours in health care courses, such as sterile processing, nursing assistant, hospital corpsman, operating room or surgical technician, or other related courses. A combination of experience and education can also qualify.
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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on the online occupational questionnaire. Your application and supporting documents will be verified, and errors, omissions or missing required 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:
- Describe your sterile processing or related health care work clearly and specifically, because the agency will verify it.
- If you qualify through education, attach your transcript; foreign education also needs a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
- Complete the full online questionnaire and submit all documents by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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