Cook
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
VA Maine Healthcare System
Summary
This position is loced in the Nutrition and Food Service the VA Maine Healthcare System loced in Togus, Maine. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans. This position is a full-time position 40 hours per week.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 .
Summary
This position is loced in the Nutrition and Food Service the VA Maine Healthcare System loced in Togus, Maine. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans. This position is a full-time position 40 hours per week.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 .
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/28/2025 to 09/30/2025
Salary
$25.91 to - $30.21 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 8
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Togus, ME
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - Weekends Surday and Sunday Expected
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
7404 Cooking
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBTD-12763049-25-BAS
Control number
841793800
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.
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Duties
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The person in this position organizes and coordines the work of lower grade cooks one or more work centers in a production kitchen in order to accomplish a variety of quantity cooking operions.
Major duties and responsibilities include:
Independently prepares all types of food for regular and modified diets
Prepares, cooks, seasons, and portions food for all meals so th the completed food products are ready the approprie temperure and time and are visually appealing to customers
Prepares menu items using special or difficult recipes th require numerous interreled steps, many ingredients, and lengthy preparion time
Calcules and determines serving portions from quantities of food issued to include mes, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, sauces, and gravies for regular and modified diets
Coordines the cooking of items prepared by other cooks one or more work centers
Grills eggs, me pties, pancakes, French toast; broils mes; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches
Uses a variety of methods to prepare mes, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling
Slices me items by hand, confirming to specific size requirements or weight specificions
Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potoes, pre-made cookie dough, and muffin bters
Prepares and hes convenience items, and prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners
Washes, peels, and cuts fruits and vegetables; assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items, including gelin molds and fruit crisps
Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries
Tests and evalues new food products
Develops and modifies standardized recipes
Advises lower grade food service workers and cooks on tray assembly issues, dishwashing procedures, and quality control issues, such as pling techniques, tray arrangements, and practices to maintain temperures
Promotion Potential: This position is the full performance level.
Work Schedule: 5:30am - 2:00pm or 11:00am - 7:30pm ,The schedule determined based on the Medical Center needs weekends are expected.
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Applicable
Position Description Title/PD#: Cook, WG-7404-08/ PD #99817-S
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Notificions:
This is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
This position is in the Competitive Service.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50. The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service Competitive or Excepted. In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
Applicions accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candides considered as vacancies become available.
Applicions will remain active for 1 months after the initial applicion is received and/or upded. After th time, you must upde your applicion through your USA Jobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible considerion during the open period.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
Subject to a background/suitability investigion
Designed and/or random drug testing may be required
May serve a probionary period
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959
A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligible are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:
Dexterity and Safety
Interpret Instructions, Specificions (other than blueprint reading)
Merials
Technical Practices
Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Without more than normal supervision
Work Practices
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Physical Efforts: Cooks this grade level perform work requiring continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing and pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds) unassisted, and occasionally lift or move objects weighing over 18 kilograms (40 pounds) with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers.
Working Conditions: The work is performed in kitchen areas which are well lighted but are often hot and noisy. The cooks are exposed to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking and to extreme temperure changes when entering walk-in refrigerion or freezing units. There is danger of slipping on wet floors th have been recently mopped or where food has been spilled. They are subject to possible cuts from knives and burns from steam, hot foods, stoves, and hot grease and wer.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Educion
This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.
Additional informion
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (Schedule A)
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
PCS Orders
Performance Appraisal
Professional Certificion
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Documents Required:
Resume
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.
Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Agency contact informion
Brandy Smith
Phone
...
...
Address
VA Maine Healthcare System
1 VA Center
Augusta, ME 04330
US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (Schedule A)
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
PCS Orders
Performance Appraisal
Professional Certificion
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Documents Required:
Resume
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.
Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
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Agency contact informion
Brandy Smith
Phone
...
...
Address
VA Maine Healthcare System
1 VA Center
Augusta, ME 04330
US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.
Expand Hide next steps
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/28/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $25.91 to - $30.21 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Togus, ME Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Weekends Surday and Sunday Expected Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBTD-12763049-25-BAS Control number 841793800
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
VA Maine Healthcare System
Summary
This position is loced in the Nutrition and Food Service the VA Maine Healthcare System loced in Togus, Maine. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans. This position is a full-time position 40 hours per week.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 .
Summary
This position is loced in the Nutrition and Food Service the VA Maine Healthcare System loced in Togus, Maine. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans. This position is a full-time position 40 hours per week.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 .
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
07/28/2025 to 09/30/2025
Salary
$25.91 to - $30.21 per hour
Pay scale & grade
WG 8
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Togus, ME
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Not required
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time - Weekends Surday and Sunday Expected
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
7404 Cooking
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Announcement number
CBTD-12763049-25-BAS
Control number
841793800
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupion.
Videos
Duties
Help
The person in this position organizes and coordines the work of lower grade cooks one or more work centers in a production kitchen in order to accomplish a variety of quantity cooking operions.
Major duties and responsibilities include:
Independently prepares all types of food for regular and modified diets
Prepares, cooks, seasons, and portions food for all meals so th the completed food products are ready the approprie temperure and time and are visually appealing to customers
Prepares menu items using special or difficult recipes th require numerous interreled steps, many ingredients, and lengthy preparion time
Calcules and determines serving portions from quantities of food issued to include mes, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, sauces, and gravies for regular and modified diets
Coordines the cooking of items prepared by other cooks one or more work centers
Grills eggs, me pties, pancakes, French toast; broils mes; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches
Uses a variety of methods to prepare mes, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling
Slices me items by hand, confirming to specific size requirements or weight specificions
Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potoes, pre-made cookie dough, and muffin bters
Prepares and hes convenience items, and prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners
Washes, peels, and cuts fruits and vegetables; assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items, including gelin molds and fruit crisps
Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries
Tests and evalues new food products
Develops and modifies standardized recipes
Advises lower grade food service workers and cooks on tray assembly issues, dishwashing procedures, and quality control issues, such as pling techniques, tray arrangements, and practices to maintain temperures
Promotion Potential: This position is the full performance level.
Work Schedule: 5:30am - 2:00pm or 11:00am - 7:30pm ,The schedule determined based on the Medical Center needs weekends are expected.
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Applicable
Position Description Title/PD#: Cook, WG-7404-08/ PD #99817-S
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Notificions:
This is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
This position is in the Competitive Service.
Must pass pre-employment physical examinion.
This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50. The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service Competitive or Excepted. In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
Applicions accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candides considered as vacancies become available.
Applicions will remain active for 1 months after the initial applicion is received and/or upded. After th time, you must upde your applicion through your USA Jobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible considerion during the open period.
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
Subject to a background/suitability investigion
Designed and/or random drug testing may be required
May serve a probionary period
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959
A complete applicion package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process
Qualificions
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstres you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants red in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualificion Standards .
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualificions will first be evalued against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess least the minimal acceptable qualificion requirement are considered for further ring; those who do not are red ineligible and are elimined. The potential eligible are then red against the remainder of the Job Elements:
Dexterity and Safety
Interpret Instructions, Specificions (other than blueprint reading)
Merials
Technical Practices
Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
Without more than normal supervision
Work Practices
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Physical Efforts: Cooks this grade level perform work requiring continual standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing and pulling, and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 18 kilograms (40 pounds) unassisted, and occasionally lift or move objects weighing over 18 kilograms (40 pounds) with the assistance of lifting devices or other workers.
Working Conditions: The work is performed in kitchen areas which are well lighted but are often hot and noisy. The cooks are exposed to steam, fumes, and odors from cooking and to extreme temperure changes when entering walk-in refrigerion or freezing units. There is danger of slipping on wet floors th have been recently mopped or where food has been spilled. They are subject to possible cuts from knives and burns from steam, hot foods, stoves, and hot grease and wer.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience credited on the basis of time actually spent in approprie activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indice clearly the nure of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Educion
This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement.
Additional informion
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candides for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Informion about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found .
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Expand Hide additional informion
Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants referred in the order in which they were received.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
Help
Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (Schedule A)
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
PCS Orders
Performance Appraisal
Professional Certificion
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
Documents Required:
Resume
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.
Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.
How to Apply
Help
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
Agency contact informion
Brandy Smith
Phone
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...
Address
VA Maine Healthcare System
1 VA Center
Augusta, ME 04330
US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
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Reasonable accommodion policy
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Required Documents
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Documents Accepted:
Cover Letter
DD-214/ Stement of Service
Disability Letter (Schedule A)
Disability Letter (VA)
License
Other (1)
PCS Orders
Performance Appraisal
Professional Certificion
Resume
Separion Notice (RIF)
SF-15
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
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Documents Required:
Resume
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your applicion.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure th their applicion package includes all necessary documents to determine qualificions and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documention (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full considerion for this position.
Applicions are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the stus of your applicion.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
1. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the USAJobs Help Center .
To return to an incomplete applicion , log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.
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Agency contact informion
Brandy Smith
Phone
...
...
Address
VA Maine Healthcare System
1 VA Center
Augusta, ME 04330
US
Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evalued to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email.
Expand Hide next steps
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 07/28/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $25.91 to - $30.21 per hour Pay scale & grade WG 8 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Togus, ME Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Weekends Surday and Sunday Expected Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Announcement number CBTD-12763049-25-BAS Control number 841793800
Job ID: 487379786
Originally Posted on: 7/30/2025
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