The employee will serve as a Social Services Assistant - Whole Health Partner at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL. The primary purpose of this position functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a whole health partnership.
***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Provides information and advocates for patients' personal health goals and plan, and shares/communicates goals with clinical care team.
Functions as the steward of how to navigate the whole health system and orient new patients to the program about the services, hours, locations, staff, tools, resources, and other pertinent information.
Assists patients to explore core elements of personal health planning, exploration of what matters to the patient, self-assessment using the components of health and well-being, identification of goals and potential actions in self-care areas, and identification of support and follow-up to implement a plan. Assists patients in this exploration through one-to-one or group sessions.
Facilitates group programs aimed at exploring the components of health and well-being, informs patients about community and mutual supports and how to use these to support health and well-being goals. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov · (844)456-5208
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $48361 – $62869/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-21.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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