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Primary Care/Mental Health Integration Program Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU The Social Worker position is located in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Southeast Network (VISN 7), VA Central Alabama Health Care System (CAVHCS) in Columbus, GA located in the Mental Health Service.
- →The Social Worker serves as a Collaborative Care Manager (CoCM), supporting delivery of evidence-based, measurement-driven mental health services within primary care settings.
- →Working as part of an interdisciplinary team that includes the primary care provider, collocated collaborative provider (CCC), and psychiatric consultant (PwPP).
- →The Collaborative Care Manager uses clinical expertise to coordinate care, monitor progress, provide psychoeducation, and deliver brief interventions to Veterans with mild-to-moderate behavioral health conditions.
- →Social Worker duties include but not limited to: Serves as a key point of contact for patients enrolled in the collaborative care model, conducting structured assessments, facilitating measurement-based care, and ensuring follow up and continuity.
- →Coordinates care between primary care, mental health, and psychiatry team members, ensuring alignment with clinical recommendations and timely treatment adjustments.
- →Reviews and interprets clinical assessments, provider documentation, and psychiatric recommendations to support integrated treatment planning.
- →Provides patient education related to mental health conditions, medication adherence, coping strategies, and self-management techniques.
- →Communicates directly with PCPs and psychiatric consultants to relay clinical updates and recommend treatment changes based on measurement-based outcomes.
- →Documents all contacts and clinical decisions thoroughly and in compliance with local and national documentation standards.
- →Participates in interdisciplinary case reviews, team huddles, and ongoing consultation processes.
- →Engages in quality improvement initiatives, program evaluation activities, and supports efforts to improve access, coordination, and veteran outcomes within PCMHI.
- →May provide consultation and mentorship to trainees or less experienced staff participating in PCMHI services.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a4886e06-1fbd-4890-9458-af3543373101
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