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Supervisory Health Technician (Ophthalmology)
Veterans Health Administration · West Haven, Connecticut · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
Open to the public, but you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. The VA also says it is open to current permanent VA employees and current permanent federal employees of other agencies. Veterans' preference does not apply to internal or current permanent federal employees.
Experience: You need one year of experience in a health care field, such as nursing, medical assisting, or health technician work. For this GS-10 level, you need one year of experience at the GS-9 level, plus skills in setting priorities, leading staff, and handling supervisory tasks. Supervisory experience is highly preferred.
Education: Two years of school beyond high school with at least six semester hours directly related to health care, or an associate's degree in a health care-related field. You can also combine experience and education, such as six months of health care work plus one year beyond high school. Schools must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting body.
Licenses and certifications:
- Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) certification from JCAHPO
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 9 days (November 13, 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, using your online questionnaire and documents. Your application and resume will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Upload your COA certification with your application, since it is a required document.
- Use a long-form resume or CV. The two-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- If you use education to qualify, send transcripts from accredited schools.
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