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Supervisory Paramedic (EMS Chief)
U.S. Army Medical Command · Fort Carson, Colorado · Closes in 7 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: The public.

Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. You must provide proof of U.S. citizenship.

Experience: You need one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level in federal service. It must include responding to emergencies, assigning work to subordinates, and preparing operating procedures. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, can count.

Education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.

Licenses and certifications:

Valid, unrestricted State Paramedic license for the installation's state, or a valid National Registry Paramedic (NRP) certification, at time of hire
If you have only one of these, you must get the other within 12 months of hire
American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, which you must be able to obtain and keep
AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, or Red Cross equivalent
AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification, or Red Cross equivalent, within six months of hire
NIMS ICS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 and 800 training within six months of hire
Valid, unrestricted state driver's license

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Resume of two pages or less showing employer, job title, start and end dates (month and year), and hours per week Copy of your paramedic license or NRP certification, uploaded with your application Most recent performance appraisal, if applicable Documents proving any preference eligibility, as listed in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements Optional cover letter

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 7 days (November 10, 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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire answers. If the agency decides you have inflated your qualifications or experience, you may lose consideration.

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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 show hours per week for each job, or it may be marked incomplete.
Upload a copy of your paramedic license or NRP certification with your application, or you will be rated ineligible.
Describe your experience in plain language and avoid acronyms, because the agency will not guess what your resume means.

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