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Occupational Therapist – HUDVASH
Veterans Health Administration · Prescott, Arizona · Closes in 3 days
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Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
Experience: You need one year of experience at the GS-11 level that is directly related to this job. Examples include giving direct occupational therapy services with routine complexity to improve daily living and work skills.
Education: You can qualify with a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy plus two years of experience as an occupational therapist. You can also qualify with a bachelor's in occupational therapy plus two full years of graduate study in a related field, or with a master's or higher degree in occupational therapy. The degree must come from a program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).
Licenses and certifications:
- Current NBCOT certification as an occupational therapist
- Full, current, and unrestricted state license to practice occupational therapy
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 3 days (November 6, 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, CV, and supporting documents will be checked, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. The VA may also run reference checks.
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:
- Attach your transcript with your application, since you are qualifying through education.
- Describe your occupational therapy experience clearly and specifically, with dates and hours per week.
- Have your NBCOT certification and state license ready to upload with your application package.
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