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Social Work Program Coordinator-Medical Foster Home Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $105K – $137K Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Social Work INFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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The Medical Foster Home (MFH) Program is a VA initiative that allows Veterans who cannot safely live independently to receive home-term care in a private, home-like environment rather than a nursing home. The MFH Coordinator is the point of contact for administrative issues related to the home care Veterans receive in the MFH Program. The MFH Coordinator is part of Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC).
What You'll Do
- →Markets MFHs to VA staff members, Veterans and families, Veterans Service Organizations, and the community.
- →Establishes working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders.
- →Recruits MFHs and MFH caregivers.
- →Completes assigned administrative responsibilities for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
- →Provides recommendations for health screen planning, promotion, risk assessment, and management.
- →Facilitates the delivery of health care services to MFH Program Veterans.
- →Collaborates with other members of the treatment team to provide comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensuring equity of access, service, and benefits to this population, and ensuring the care provided is of the highest quality.
- →Meets at least quarterly with the HBPC Program Manager and/or SCI Program Manager, or designees, to discuss program coordination and to review the status of each MFH resident.
- →Ensures MFH caregivers receive and understand the inspection team's recommendations.
- →Ensure a safe, suitable, and therapeutic environment for Veterans residing in MFH.
- →Communicates with and utilizes community agencies to facilitate treatment, discharge planning, and continuity of care.
- →Collaborates with a variety of community agencies and engages in problem-resolution activities to ensure quality care for Veterans.
- →Screens MFH environments for needed structural alterations and provides support and guidance to Veterans who choose to apply for Home Improvement Structural Alterations (HISA) grants, as needed.
- →Screens MFH caregivers for participation in the MFH Program.
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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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