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Supervisory Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Veterans Health Administration · Las Vegas, Nevada · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, The public, Veterans, Federal employees - Competitive service.
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply. The job is open to the public, current federal employees, and veterans, including eligible spouses, widows, widowers, or parents of veterans who may qualify for derived preference.
Experience: You need 1 year of experience at the next lower grade level (GS-11) that is directly related to this job, and you must meet the listed knowledge, skills, and abilities at that level. Preferred experience includes 3 years in nuclear medicine and 1 year as a nuclear medicine supervisor or lead.
Education: Completing an accredited nuclear medicine technology program can qualify you for the required certification. Programs can be certificate, associate, bachelor's, or master's level, and must include structured clinical training. A transcript must be submitted if you use education to qualify.
Licenses and certifications:
- NMTCB or ARRT(N) certification in nuclear medicine technology
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).
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, and your experience will be verified. Missing information or documents may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower overall 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Make sure your certification is current and include a copy, since it is required, not optional.
- Your resume or CV should list your nuclear medicine and supervisory experience with clear dates, because experience is verified.
- The page lists telework as eligible by agency policy, but the job text says Telework: Not Available, so ask the contact, Tamara Hughes, if it matters to you.
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