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Social Worker (Acute Medicine-Surgery)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent works onsite in the Emergency Department or Acute Care inpatient units. The purpose of this assignment is to provide a full range of comprehensive and professional medical social work services to Veterans and their families. The incumbent provides screening, assessment, care coordination, resource referral, and discharge planning to individuals and families with a variety of social, emotional, and health-related challenges.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent provides screening, assessment, and care coordination, resource referral, and discharge planning to individuals and families with a variety of social, emotional, and health-related challenges.
- →Services are timely and effectively coordinated with other health professionals, including the attending physician, medical interns and residents, physical and occupational therapists, nurses, social workers from other VA programs, nurse case managers, pharmacists, etc.
- →GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: GS-9: The social worker is supervised by the Supervisory Social Worker.
- →Work is reviewed through regularly scheduled meetings with the supervisor, through monitoring of progress notes and other accountability practices, and from reports from the program areas to which the incumbent is assigned.
- →All social work duties must be under the close supervision of a social work supervisor or licensed social worker of a higher grade.
- →GS-11: The social worker performs duties independently, reporting to the Supervisory Social Worker, Acute Medicine Section.
- →Supervision/consultation is of an administrative and professional nature.
- →Work is reviewed by spot-check, through regularly scheduled meetings with the supervisor, through monitoring of recording and other accountability practices, and from reports from the program areas to which the incumbent is assigned.
- →Screening/Assessment: With guidance from the social work supervisor, the Social Worker will conduct an assessment of the Veteran in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, the Veteran, family members, and significant others.
- →Treatment Planning/Goal Setting: The incumbent is responsible for working with the interdisciplinary treatment team to develop a treatment plan with the Veteran based on their assessment, setting achievable treatment goals with the Veteran/family.
- →Referral to service providers and discharge planning: Throughout the course of treatment, the social worker is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources and discharge planning.
- →Resource Usage/Development: The incumbent is responsible for knowing and enhancing current social work resources.
- →Advocacy: The incumbent understands the challenges of navigating bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran/family.
- →Crisis Intervention: In the event of a medical or psychiatric emergency, staff will follow the protocol of the program at this VA facility.
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 the 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: 4bcca9e3-14b6-424d-b2bd-b0a69ddc5140
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