Your steps to apply

Medical Support Assistant (Advanced)
Veterans Health Administration · Branson, Missouri · 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: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The announcement says it is open to the public and also to current permanent VA Nationwide employees and federal employees of other agencies.

Experience: The basic requirement says no experience is needed. For the GS-06 level, you need one year of experience equivalent to GS-05, and your resume must show specific duties that match the required skills, such as advanced knowledge of scheduling, medical terminology, and patient flow.

Education: A high school diploma, a GED certificate, or a proficiency certificate from a state or territorial board of education. Education must come from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body.

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 Long-form resume or CV showing job title, duties, start and end dates (month/year), and average hours per week Transcript if you use education to qualify Proof of high school completion before a job offer, such as a diploma, transcript, or GED SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference Cover letter, performance appraisal, SF-15, or VA disability letter if they apply to you

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: Eligible applications are reviewed in this order: current permanent VHA employees first, then current permanent VA Nationwide employees, then all other applicants. Your answers and documents are rated and verified, and missing or unclear information can make you ineligible or lower your rating.

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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:

List the hours per week for each job on your resume, along with start and end months and years, or your experience may not count
Describe your duties in specific detail, because the agency will not assume experience you do not show
If you use education to qualify, send your transcript and proof of high school completion

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