- Position Title
- Kinesiotherapist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTC-12746769-25-DC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, June 16, 2025 to Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
3.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
Assessment 1
1.
Basic Education - Please select your highest level of education from the options below.
Bachelor's degree or higher from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) with a concentration/emphasis in Kinesiotherapy -OR-
Bachelor's Degree or higher with a concentration/emphasis in Kinesiotherapy or exercise science related field and registered as a Kinesiotherapist in good standing with the Council of Professional Standards for Kinesiotherapy (COPSKT) -OR-
A Master's degree or higher in exercise science, kinesiology, human performance, or a related field, which has been approved by COPSKT and a certificate verifying completion of a Center of Excellence (COE) Kinesiotherapy clinical training program.
PLEASE NOTE: Individuals must be a graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) accredited college or University.
Foreign Graduates - Graduates of foreign program must meet the Basic Education Requirements if they have a current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice kinesiotherapy in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. They must have at a minimum, proof of a degree from an accredited college or university (or foreign equivalent, as verified through an independent credentialing evaluation company).
You must submit a copy of your Transcripts with your application. The copy of Transcripts may be official or unofficial, however should contain Your Name, the Institutions Name, City and State as well as the Degree earned and the DATE the degree was conferred.
Do you meet the education requirements as indicated above?
Bachelor's degree or higher from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) with a concentration/emphasis in Kinesiotherapy -OR-
Bachelor's Degree or higher with a concentration/emphasis in Kinesiotherapy or exercise science related field and registered as a Kinesiotherapist in good standing with the Council of Professional Standards for Kinesiotherapy (COPSKT) -OR-
A Master's degree or higher in exercise science, kinesiology, human performance, or a related field, which has been approved by COPSKT and a certificate verifying completion of a Center of Excellence (COE) Kinesiotherapy clinical training program.
PLEASE NOTE: Individuals must be a graduate of a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Program (CAAHEP) accredited college or University.
Foreign Graduates - Graduates of foreign program must meet the Basic Education Requirements if they have a current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice kinesiotherapy in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. They must have at a minimum, proof of a degree from an accredited college or university (or foreign equivalent, as verified through an independent credentialing evaluation company).
You must submit a copy of your Transcripts with your application. The copy of Transcripts may be official or unofficial, however should contain Your Name, the Institutions Name, City and State as well as the Degree earned and the DATE the degree was conferred.
Do you meet the education requirements as indicated above?
2.
Registration - Candidates MUST be registered in kinesiotherapy in good standing with the Council of Professional Standards for Kinesiotherapy (COPSKT).
EXCEPTION: Non-Registered applicants at the GS-7 and GS-9 level who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for appointment, may be given a Temporary Appointment as a Graduate Kinesiotherapist under the authority of 38 USC 7405(a)(1)(B) for a period NTE two (2) years from the date of employment on the condition that the non-registered applicant's registration is pending with the COPSKT. Failure to obtain registration during that period will result in removal from the GS-0635, Kinesiotherapist Series; and may result in termination of employment.
Are you registered as a Kinesiotherapist in good standing with the COPSKT -OR- will you be registered within the next two (2) years?
EXCEPTION: Non-Registered applicants at the GS-7 and GS-9 level who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements for appointment, may be given a Temporary Appointment as a Graduate Kinesiotherapist under the authority of 38 USC 7405(a)(1)(B) for a period NTE two (2) years from the date of employment on the condition that the non-registered applicant's registration is pending with the COPSKT. Failure to obtain registration during that period will result in removal from the GS-0635, Kinesiotherapist Series; and may result in termination of employment.
Are you registered as a Kinesiotherapist in good standing with the COPSKT -OR- will you be registered within the next two (2) years?
GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Select the statements below that best describe your ability to meet the requirements for a Kinesiotherapist position at the GS-07/09/11 levels. Please refer to the Qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for detailed information.
3.
GS-07 Experience: No post-educational experience is required at the GS-07 level beyond the Basic Requirements (Non-Registered applicants who otherwise meet the Basic Requirements may be given a temporary appointment as a graduate Kinesiotherapist not to exceed two (2) years.
Do you meet the Basic Requirements to be eligible to be appointed at the GS-07 level?
Do you meet the Basic Requirements to be eligible to be appointed at the GS-07 level?
4.
GS-09 Experience/Education: In addition to the Basic Requirements, a Kinesiotherapist at the GS-9 level must possess one (1) of the following:
at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level directly related to the position being filled -OR-
possess the education equivalent to two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education -OR-
a master's degree from a university or college in the field of kinesiotherapy or an exercise science related field.
Do you possess the GS-09 Grade Requirements for Experience/Education?
at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level directly related to the position being filled -OR-
possess the education equivalent to two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education -OR-
a master's degree from a university or college in the field of kinesiotherapy or an exercise science related field.
Do you possess the GS-09 Grade Requirements for Experience/Education?
5.
GS-11 Experience/Education: In addition to the Basic Requirements, a Kinesiotherapist at the GS-9 level must possess one (1) of the following:
at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level directly related to the position being filled -OR-
possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -OR-
three (3) academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a degree in kinesiotherapy or an exercise science related field.
Do you possess the GS-11 Grade Requirements for Experience/Education?
at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level directly related to the position being filled -OR-
possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -OR-
three (3) academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a degree in kinesiotherapy or an exercise science related field.
Do you possess the GS-11 Grade Requirements for Experience/Education?