Summary

James A. Haley Veterans Hospital is looking for Social Worker. This position is located at the James A Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa - FL.is a Level I tertiary medical center with general medicine - surgical - psychiatric - rehabilitation - spinal cord injury - nursing home care beds and one of four Polytrauma treatment facilities in the VA - It also encompasses one major outpatient clinic in New Port Richey and three community-based outpatient clinics in Brooksville - Lakeland - and Zephyrhills.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• English Language Proficiency
• In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• Master's degree in Social Work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school of social work is fully accredited
• Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in Social Work
• Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work
• Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination - unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California - which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure
• Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade
• The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade
• Senior Social Worker - GS-12 (1) Experience/Education
• The candidate must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which - one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level
• Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment
• Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice
• Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty
• (2) Licensure/Certification
• Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination - unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California - which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure
• (3) Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities
• In addition to the experience above - candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations
• This includes individual - group - and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management
• (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice
• (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area - utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes
• (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area - as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills
• (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession - and to write policies - procedures - and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area
• (4) Assignments
• For all assignments above the full performance level - the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope - complexity (difficulty) - and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time
• Senior social workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level
• Senior social workers typically practice in a major program area such as but not limited to: Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site
• a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center - or a national VHA referral center - such as a national Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or a national Transplant Center - or other program areas of equivalent scope and complexity
• The senior social worker may be assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns
• Assignments include clinical settings where they have limited access to onsite supervision such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient clinics
• The senior social worker collaborates with the other members of the treatment team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans - ensures equity of access - service - and benefits to this population - ensures the care provided is of the highest quality
• The senior social worker provides leadership - direction - orientation - coaching - in-service training - staff development - and continuing education programs for assigned social work staff
• They serve on committees - work groups - and task forces at the facility - VISN and national level - or in the community as deemed appropriate by the supervisor - Social Work Executive or Chief of Social Work Services
• This assignment is to be relatively few in number based on the size of the facility/service and applying sound position management
• This assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility over and above that required at the full performance grade level and cannot be used as the full performance level of this occupation
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position - with or without reasonable accommodation - without hazard to themselves or others
• Depending on the essential duties of a specific position - usable vision - color vision - hearing or speech may be required
• However - in most cases - a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid.

Duties

• Incumbent provides administrative - technical - budgetary monitoring and oversight necessary for accomplishing the H&CBC program coordination and management functions for the VDC program
• The incumbent performs a wide range of services and provides technical assistance to State - local - and private agencies
• Technical assistance provided to monitor activities and program reviews - and the development and analysis of information
• In addition - the incumbent will uses sound judgment in the interpretation of trends and patterns
• the application of guidelines
• and the recommendation of program enhancements
• The incumbent performs work related to the review - monitoring - analysis - planning and assessment of each program under his/her authority as well as quality improvement aspects
• Responsible for key project activities related to the planning - development - and implementation of the project component
• Incumbent initiates consultation with the Non-Institutional Care Supervisor and Social Work Section Chief of GEC and any other authoritative resources at the Medical Center - such as Regional Counsel - and Fiscal Services in unusual and/or complex administrative and clinical problems
• As an advanced practitioner - incumbent serves as the Social Work Coordinator of the VDC program
• Incumbent duties include all administrative oversight and clinical responsibility for all programs under responsibility
• Incumbent is responsible for weekly - monthly - and quarterly meetings and reports respective to each assigned program
• Incumbent is also responsible for program reports to VISN and VACO for the coordinated programs
• Seeks guidance from VACO program office as needed
• Develops and implements information systems to track service activities including visits - referrals - patient demographics - and patient satisfaction
• Duties include ensuring Medical Center Memorandum compliance with the VDC program
• As the Coordinator - incumbent is responsible for scheduling - organizing and inspecting of community provider facilities of each program respectively and completion of appropriate required reports and follow-up to ensure program operation
• Incumbent is responsible for negotiating - facilitating and completing basic ordering agreements/contracts for the VDC
• Incumbent is responsible for the development - coordination - selection and evaluation of VDC in the James A
• Haley VAMC catchment area
• implementation and application of VA guidelines to ensure standards maintained promote health - safety - welfare - and satisfaction of the Veteran receiving community services
• coordination of annual inspections and appropriate oversight to ensure compliance with all VA guidelines
• assurance of optimal qualitative/quantitative clinical program services via interdisciplinary collaboration - program development - and effective utilization of VA/community resources to provide appropriate services and patient advocacy
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized