The Medical Foster Home (MFH) Program is administered locally under the direction of the Extended Care Social Work Service. The MFH coordinator provides community placements to eligible Veterans not in need of hospital or nursing home care, but who, because of medical and/or psychosocial health conditions, are not able to live independently. These individuals have no suitable family or significant others to provide the needed supervision or supportive care.
The incumbent is responsible for the overall function of the MFH program at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. The MFH Coordinator is responsible for maximizing psychosocial quality of life issues in order to assist veterans to remain in a home environment, in a less restrictive level of care other than a nursing home and keep them out of the hospital as often as possible.
The incumbent oversees program development, recruitment, and oversight of the residential homes, recruitment and placement of Veteran residents, case management, development of policies and care processes, and coordination with the various interdisciplinary treatment teams throughout the continuum of care.
Major duties to include, but not limited to: Accountable for selecting homes and residents, establishing intake processes, establishing oversight responsibilities Maintaining a record-keeping system for the program. accountable for selecting homes and residents, establishing intake processes, establishing oversight responsibilities, and maintaining a record-keeping system for the program.
Coordinates and/or conducts interdisciplinary inspections of all facilities as required by policy. Coordinates monthly IDT meetings, collects, interprets, analyzes and reports data as required. Prepares reports for administration, documenting program specific data. Included with this is completing mandated national Program Office and Veteran Integrated Services Network (VISN) required reports.
Provide education about the model of care and provide outreach to community groups and agencies to promote the MFH program. Serves as a mentor to other VA MFH program coordinators, social workers, and other interested health care providers.
Provides education to students, residents and interns from other disciplines regarding the benefits of a residential placement in a MFH approved home and training to MFH caregivers and staff Receives and completes referrals from other VA programs, VA interdisciplinary teams, other VA social workers and non-VA programs on complex, difficult cases, using advanced practice skills and expertise.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm EST Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 688-260471-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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WENDY.ESTWICK@VA.GOV · 7134083666
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $110910 – $144186/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-23.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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