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Neuropsychologist
Veterans Health Administration · Las Vegas, Nevada · Closes in 87 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
The job is open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or person who owes allegiance to the U.S. Current federal employees of the hiring agency may also apply.
Experience: You need at least 2 years of experience as a professional psychologist, with at least 1 year at the GS-12 level. You must also show knowledge of psychological treatments, professional consultation, and clinical research; 2 or more years of neuropsychology testing and report writing is preferred.
Education: You need a doctoral degree in psychology from a program accredited by APA, PCSAS, or CPA, with a specialty that fits the job (school psychology does not qualify). You also need a completed internship from an accredited program, or one of the alternatives listed in the announcement.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, unrestricted license to practice psychology at the doctoral level in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
- American Board of Professional Psychology board certification, only if your internship was not accredited
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 in 87 days (January 29, 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 will be rated on how well you meet the listed qualifications. Your application, resume, CV, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- If you want student loan repayment, apply for EDRP within 4 months of starting the job, and check that you are eligible first.
- Be clear and specific about your experience, including dates, hours, and the type of testing you did, because the agency will not assume anything.
- The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job, so a full long-form CV is fine.
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