Your steps to apply

Nursing Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Tulsa, Oklahoma · 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: The public.

The job is open to the public. The conditions of employment say you must be a U.S. citizen to apply.

Experience: Six months of general experience that shows you can learn nursing assistant skills qualifies you for GS-3. One year of specialized nursing assistant or other medical field experience qualifies you for GS-4, and one year of more responsible work at that level qualifies you for GS-5.

Education: One year of education above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work can qualify you for GS-3. Two years above high school in nursing care, health care, or a related field can qualify you for GS-4. A 4-year course leading to a bachelor's degree with 24 semester hours in health care, or a bachelor's degree, can qualify you for GS-5.

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 duties, start and end month and year, hours per week, and series and grade Transcript if you use education to qualify DD-214 if you have military service and it applies to you SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee Cover letter, VA disability letter, or SF-15 if they apply to you

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 will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications. Your application, resume, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. The VA may also check references before hiring.

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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:

Include job titles, duties, start and end months and years, and hours per week for each job on your resume, since missing items can affect your rating.
If you use education to qualify, send transcripts from accredited schools only.
Have a REAL ID-compliant license or another accepted form of ID ready for onboarding.

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