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Social Worker (Mental Health Treatment Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Serve as a member of a BHIP team as the MHTC, which has primary responsibility for Mental Health (MH) Care Coordination (CC) on the team.
- →Complete MHTC needs assessment as part of Veteran care planning.
- →Complete or review the 5-point screening for MH patients.
- →Participate in care planning to ensure integration of CC interventions within the overall care plan.
- →Use clinical decision support tools (e.g., BHIP CC dashboards, REACH VET, STORM, etc.) to help determine CC needs.
- →Use specific MHTC note templates to communicate with the MH PCMM Coordinator and ensure the BHIP team and MHTC assignments are entered and updated in PCMM so current MHTC assignments are visible in the EHR.
- →Participate in frequent team huddles (e.g., daily) and team meetings (e.g., weekly) and help organize flow of team huddle.
- →Outreach or facilitate outreach to Veteran to promote care continuity when other team members are unavailable (e.g., triage Veteran needs).
- →Ensure ongoing contact with Veteran, as clinically indicated, to promote engagement in care.
- →Provide information/education to other healthcare and service providers to facilitate recognizing and respecting the Veteran's needs, strengths, and goals.
- →Serve as the ongoing POC and clinical resource that promotes treatment engagement, especially during care transitions along the continuum of MH specialty and subspecialty care.
- →Ensure the Veteran (and family/caregiver/supportive person as appropriate) has access to education, information, and resources for proactive self-management, including but not limited to mobile apps and online resources, Whole Health interventions, safety resources, linkages to community and other resources.
- →Advocate for Veterans by working for systems improvement and eliminating healthcare disparities to promote Veteran well-being.
- →Is available to Veterans to answer questions about needs, upcoming visits, care plans, and other questions not already handled by BHIP treating provider(s).
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: 9b55f58f-2b7a-429e-8cc5-2343e7f2484a
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