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Medical Support Assistant (Advanced) -Patient Align Care Team
Veterans Health Administration · Yuba City, California · Closes in 3 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.

Open to all U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.

Experience: One year of creditable experience equivalent to GS-5, which is the next lower grade. Experience can be paid or unpaid, including volunteer work. The experience must show advanced knowledge of the health care process related to access to care, scheduling, medical terminology, and working with medical staff.

Education: A high school diploma, GED, or proficiency certificate from a state or territorial board of education meets the basic education requirement. Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

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, month and year start and end dates, and hours worked per week Resume must show you meet the KSAs for the grade you apply for Transcript or proof of high school diploma or GED Cover letter (optional) DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference or have a disability letter SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 3 days (November 6, 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: Your application, questionnaire answers, and USA Hire online assessments will be used to rate you. The assessments measure customer service, flexibility, integrity, interpersonal skills, reading comprehension, reasoning, self-management, and teamwork. Missing required documents or 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must list hours worked per week for each job, along with month and year start and end dates.
Upload a transcript or proof of high school diploma or GED, since it is required even if you do not use education to qualify.
Set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire assessments and complete them within the deadline.

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