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Registered Respiratory Therapist
Veterans Health Administration · Dallas, Texas · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply, or a national or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The job is also open to current permanent VA employees and current federal employees in the competitive and excepted services. Veterans' preference does not apply to internal or current federal employees.
Experience: For the GS-11 level, you need 1 year of creditable experience at the GS-9 level, showing the clinical skills described at that level. For GS-9, you need 1 year of experience at the GS-7 level, or a master's degree in respiratory care plus a license and RRT credential.
Education: You must have completed a respiratory care program accredited by CoARC (Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) or its successor. A master's degree in respiratory care, with a license and RRT credential, can qualify you for GS-9. Education must come from schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and foreign education needs a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, unrestricted state license to practice as an RRT
- Valid, current, unrestricted RRT credential
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).
This job closes once 50 applications are received, which may be before the closing date.
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 your online questionnaire and submitted documents. Your application, resume, and supporting documents will be verified. Errors, omissions, or missing required information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower rating.
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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Describe your respiratory care experience clearly and specifically, with dates and hours per week, since your claims will be verified.
- If you use education to qualify, send your transcript, or your application may not be referred.
- Confirm your state license and RRT credential are current and unrestricted before you apply.
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