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Senior Social Worker (Renal Dialysis)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System (NMVAHCS) is currently seeking a Senior Social Worker to support the Renal Dialysis Program, which serves a patient population with complex healthcare and mental health needs. The Senior Social Worker will have administrative responsibility for the development of clinical programs and will be accountable for evaluating program effectiveness and implementing necessary service adjustments.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but not limited to: Provides specialized treatment for complex physical and mental illnesses in the dialysis program for veterans at VA and Fee Basis dialysis across NMVAHCS.
- →Coordinates continuity of care with community and VA providers.
- →Makes psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within scope of practice.
- →Conducts assessments and education for pre-dialysis, initiation, and transplantation patients.
- →Assists with financial and insurance claims, including SC Status, Medicare, and secondary insurance.
- →Coordinates transportation, VA Travel, and community agency resources.
- →Facilitates end-of-life planning and dialysis withdrawal processes.
- →Plans and coordinates dialysis services across hospital, home, care facilities, and outpatient settings.
- →Manages vacation and emergency travel arrangements.
- →Provides case management for community dialysis patients across VISN 19.
- →Facilitates Fee Basis referrals and community education on dialysis and VA policies.
- →Participates in interdisciplinary case presentations and consultations.
- →Offers individual, group, and family psychotherapy for veterans.
- →Provides advanced case management for veterans with medical and psychiatric conditions in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓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.
- ✓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: 6f01f021-dc06-421c-bc3b-501093ae0328
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