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Social Worker - Dialysis/Renal Clinic
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 84 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent provides clinical services including case management for the dialysis and renal clinic. Individual therapy, emotional support, discharge planning, and referrals to community resources are responsibilities required of this position. Active participation as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team is necessary. These responsibilities include attending meetings and engaging in collaborative decision-making processes.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but not limited to: The completion of comprehensive psychosocial evaluations is a requirement including assessments of the applicant's suitability for particular ESRD treatment modalities.
- →The incumbent resolves or minimizes emotional, personal, financial, and legal problems that may interfere with the patient's full recovery.
- →The worker provides case management, individual therapy, group education, and emotional support as needed.
- →Knowledge of discharge planning and referrals to community resources is required.
- →The individual actively participates as a consultant with other professionals at the Medical Center or community organizations to discuss the social, economic, medical, and psychiatric factors that impact the patient's continuing care.
- →Responsibilities include maintaining daily, monthly, and quarterly statistics as required.
- →Serves on specific clinical and administrative committees designed to improve practice, service delivery, research, and education.
- →Participates in professional staff development activities to maintain and refine clinical skills, which assume continual professional growth.
- →Program Management and Coordination of care is a primary responsibility for this position.
- →Determining eligibility for the unit and making referrals to outside agencies for dialysis is essential.
- →These duties include coordinating the completion of referral packages and working with the receiving facility's coordinator to ensure coordination of care.
- →Duties include coordinating transient dialysis care for Dom VAMC patients.
- →Monitors monthly reports of veterans on fee-based dialysis in the community, including recommendations for renewal or termination of fee services.
- →Coordinates dialysis care and funding with VA, Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 59a991bb-fa49-422c-a279-d893b46cc4e2
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