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Medical Technician
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia · Closes in 9 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.

Only U.S. citizens may apply. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: One year of specialized experience collecting and checking patient specimens, including checking that they are labeled correctly. This job is at the GS-7 pay grade level.

Education: One full year of graduate-level education in a field related to the work, such as clinical laboratory science, chemistry, microbiology or another health science. Education can be combined with experience: divide your months of experience by 12 and your graduate semester hours by 9, and the two percentages must add up to at least 100%. Foreign education must be evaluated by a recognized service or fully credited by a U.S. accredited college.

Licenses and certifications:

Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) certification from ASCP
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

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 Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end dates (month and year), hours per week and duties Answers to the online questionnaire Transcripts from accredited schools if you qualify through education Proof of U.S. citizenship Selective Service Pre-Employment Certification Statement, for men born after December 31, 1959 Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Cover letter (optional)

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 9 days (November 12, 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 your resume, supporting documents and questionnaire answers meet the qualifications. Your application can be marked incomplete or ineligible if documents are missing, and you can lose consideration if the review finds that you have inflated your experience.

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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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.

Tips for this job:

Your resume must be two pages or less, or it will be removed from consideration.
For each job on your resume, include month and year dates and hours per week, or your application may be marked incomplete.
If you use education to qualify, attach transcripts from schools accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body, or you will be rated ineligible.

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