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Orthotist-Prosthetist
Veterans Health Administration · Baltimore, Maryland · 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.

Open to U.S. citizens only. Non-citizens may be appointed only when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.

Experience: You need 1 year of experience as an orthotist or prosthetist at the next lower grade level than the GS-11 job, providing orthotic or prosthetic services in a hospital setting. The experience should include attending clinics as a team member, analyzing patients' gait and range of motion, and taking measurements, casts or scans to make devices.

Education: A bachelor's degree or higher in orthotics and prosthetics from a CAAHEP-accredited program (CAAHEP is the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs). Or, a bachelor's degree or higher in any major plus a post-graduate orthotics or prosthetics certificate from a CAAHEP-accredited program. Education is a basic requirement for this job.

Licenses and certifications:

Current board certification as an orthotist, prosthetist, or orthotist/prosthetist from ABC or BOC
Technician, pedorthist, assistant or fitter certificates do not meet this requirement

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 curriculum vitae (CV) Professional certification (board certificate) Transcript DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 with proof if you claim 10-point veterans' preference Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcript if you use foreign education

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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, using the online questionnaire. Your application, resume and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. Eligible applications are referred based on veterans' preference.

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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:

The 2-page resume requirement does not apply to this job, but you must submit a long-form resume or CV.
Be clear and specific about your experience, including dates and duties, because the agency will verify it.
Upload your board certificate and transcript with your application package, since both are listed as required.

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