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Nursing Assistant – Compass
Veterans Health Administration · Chillicothe, Ohio · Closes in 2 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Internal to an agency.
You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The job is open to the public, but current permanent facility employees and VHA employees are reviewed first.
Experience: Six months of general work experience that shows you can learn nursing assistant skills qualifies you at GS-3. One year of nursing assistant or related medical work, such as LPN or health technician, qualifies you at GS-4, and GS-5 requires one year of more responsible work at the GS-4 level.
Education: One year of education above high school with courses related to nursing assistant work can qualify you at the basic level. Two years above high school in nursing care, health care, or a related field qualifies you at GS-4. A bachelor's degree, or four years of study including 24 semester hours of health care courses, qualifies you at GS-5. Foreign education needs a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
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 2 days (November 5, 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 you meet the qualifications, using your resume, the online questionnaire, and your supporting documents. Your application and documents will be verified, and reference checks may be done. Errors or missing information may lower your rating or affect your consideration.
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:
- Make sure your resume is clear and specific about your dates and duties, because the VA verifies experience and does not assume it.
- Answer every question on the online questionnaire and upload all required documents, since missing items can make you ineligible or lower your rating.
- Submit the full package by 11:59 PM ET on 11/05/2026, and check your USAJOBS account to confirm it was received.
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