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Practical Nurse (Operating Room)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Fort Belvoir, Virginia · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
Only U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. You will need to prove U.S. citizenship.
Experience: You need one year of nursing experience in a hospital, outpatient clinic, or patient care facility. The experience should include setting up operating room equipment and monitoring vital signs during surgery. The announcement says this experience is typical of GS-5 work, which is one level below this GS-6 job.
Education: This job does not have an education requirement. Education cannot replace experience for this job.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current license to practice as a practical or vocational nurse in a U.S. state, territory, or D.C., or proof you have applied for one
- A copy of your license must be included with your application
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 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: Your application is first checked against the minimum requirements, then your resume, supporting documents, and online questionnaire are reviewed. Missing or incomplete documents can make you ineligible, and inflated qualifications can remove you from 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:
- Your resume must be two pages or less and must show hours worked per week for each job.
- Upload a copy of your nursing license with your application, or you will be rated ineligible.
- Uploaded files can take up to an hour to clear the virus scan, so leave time before the deadline and re-select your other documents in USAJOBS.
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