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Registered Respiratory Therapist
Veterans Health Administration · Albuquerque, New Mexico · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public. The announcement says you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or owe allegiance to the U.S. to apply, but the qualifications section allows non-citizens only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: You need one year of experience equivalent to the GS-9 level, showing clinical respiratory care skills at that level, for this GS-11 job. You must also show skill in consulting with doctors on complex respiratory care, evaluating therapy results, and advanced airway and ventilation management.
Education: You must have completed a respiratory care program accredited by CoARC (the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) or its successor. Education from U.S. schools must be 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 a Registered Respiratory Therapist (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 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The announcement closes once 50 applications are received, which may be before the closing date, and the first 50 applications are considered first.
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 listed qualifications. Your application, resume, and documents will be verified, so describe your experience clearly and specifically, and include all required documents, since missing information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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:
- Write a long-form resume or CV with specific dates, hours per week, and clinical duties, since all experience is verified.
- If you use education to qualify, attach an official transcript, because the announcement requires it.
- Complete every part of the online questionnaire and submit your documents early, since only the first 50 applications are considered first.
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