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Mental Health Case Manager
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri · Closes tomorrow
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. Veterans and military spouses are considered along with all other candidates.
Experience: One year of specialized experience that is typical of GS-11 work. It must include doing mental health assessments, coordinating treatment plans, and guiding patients through healthcare systems and mental health resources. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
Education: A bachelor's or higher degree with major study in a field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences. The degree must come from a program accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Education cannot replace experience for this job.
Licenses and certifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association, which you must obtain and keep current
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 tomorrow (November 4, 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 full application package (resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers) is reviewed to see if you meet the qualifications. If you appear to have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration, and missing or incorrect information can make your application 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:
- Your resume must show hours per week for each job, plus start and end dates by month and year.
- Transcripts are required; leaving them out can make you ineligible.
- Keep your resume to two pages or less, and avoid acronyms, or it may be removed.
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