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Medical Support Assistant – Inpatient
Veterans Health Administration · Minneapolis, Minnesota · 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: Internal to an agency, The public.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The job is open to the public, and current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies may also apply. Veterans' preference does not apply to internal or other current federal employees.

Experience: No experience is needed for GS-3. For GS-4 and GS-5, you need one year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade. Paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work, can count.

Education: For GS-3, a high school diploma, a GED, or a state proficiency certificate is enough. For GS-4, one year of education above high school can be used instead of experience. For GS-5, two years of education above high school can be used instead of experience. Education must come from accredited schools 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or curriculum vitae (CV) Transcript if you use education to qualify DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 with proof if you claim 10-point veterans' preference SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee Disability letter if applying under Schedule A or as a VA employee with a disability letter Written answers to the KSAs on a separate document (highly recommended) Cover letter (accepted and may be required)

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, using your application, questionnaire, resume, and USA Hire online assessments. Missing or unclear information, including incomplete documents, can lead to an ineligible rating or a lower overall score.

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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:

For GS-4 and GS-5, write a clear answer to each listed skill (KSA) with specific examples from your work or volunteer history.
Set aside at least 3 hours for the USA Hire assessments and finish them within the deadline.
If you use education to qualify, attach a transcript from an accredited school.

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