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Social Worker (Home Based Primary Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
About the Role
The Home-Based Primary Care Program is a comprehensive specialty interdisciplinary care team that delivers primary care to Veteran patients in a longitudinal rather than episodic fashion and that has as its focus: prevention; health promotion; coordination; and chronic disease self-management in their home/community. The medical social worker functions as a proactive care coordinator with a panel of Veterans to ensure that health care meets the needs, as defined by the Veteran.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker for the HBPC is responsible for developing and directing medical social work services serving primarily housebound medically complex older adults, Veterans, and their families in their homes/community in the local area.
- →The incumbent works collaboratively with the HBPC team in assessment, treatment planning, organizing, managing, and evaluating the social work services needed to further the mission of the Veteran's self-identified whole health goals in providing exceptional health care to improve the health and well-being of the Veterans served by the team.
- →GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Develops, adapts, and directs social work services to meet the changing needs of the HBPC Team and any specialty clinics at the VA DoD CBOC while engaging with patient and family to address bio-psycho-social needs.
- →Will be responsible for tracking and managing internal HBPC medical social work consults and troubleshooting data management.
- →Coordinates medical social work services, including home visits and referrals to community resources, and provides support services in these areas and serves as an advocate for Veterans while addressing system and psychosocial barriers to care to track opportunities for quality improvement that should be tracked and adapted to improve processes.
- →May provide support to Primary Aligned Care Team as directed by the supervisor.
- →The Senior Social Worker is a seasoned clinician with advanced clinical skills and knowledge in medical, psychiatric, geriatric, and rehabilitation specialties.
- →Must be able to ethically weigh the needs of individual patients and overall program function, including difficult resource ethics questions that have far-reaching impact for individuals and the health care system, and an ability to maintain an objective point of view is also required when confronted with the often-conflicting expectations of staff, VAPAHCS, and patient/family demands.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →Motor Vehicle Operator (MVO) Licensure: Must possess a current, unrestricted driver's license; Driver Safety within 90 days of start of employment.
- →Work Schedule: M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or as determined by the supervisor.
- →Compressed/Flexible: This may be authorized at the supervisor's discretion.
- →Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
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 a 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
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