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Nursing Assistant (Community Living Center)
Veterans Health Administration · San Francisco, California · Closes in 55 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, The public.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The agency says the job is open to the public and to current permanent VA and other federal employees.
Experience: For GS-4: one year of specialized experience as a nursing assistant or in another medical field, such as licensed practical nurse or hospital corpsman. For GS-5: one year of more responsible work at the GS-4 level, with related knowledge and skills.
Education: GS-3: one year above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work. GS-4: two years above high school in nursing, health care, or a related field. GS-5: a bachelor's degree, or a 4-year course of study that includes 24 semester hours of health care courses. Education must come from a school accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized body.
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 55 days (December 28, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
Applications are referred at cut-off dates every 2 weeks, starting November 12, 2026, so applying early can help.
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, based on the online questionnaire and your documents. Your application and documents will be verified, and missing or incomplete information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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 every required document, since the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Describe your nursing assistant or medical work clearly, with dates and hours per week.
- If you use education to qualify, send your transcript and confirm the school is accredited.
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