The Social Worker under supervision will provide direct services to patients and their families. Clinical programs to which the social worker maybe assigned include the various specialties within Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, and Spinal Cord Injury, both inpatient and outpatient.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Medical Acute Care/Inpatient Social Worker provides direct services to patients and their families.
Assignments may include inpatient or outpatient specialties in Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, and Spinal Cord Injury, as well as specialized medical or psychiatric programs such as the Infectious Disease Clinic, hemodialysis, outpatient post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance abuse services. This position requires professional knowledge of social work principles and practices.
Duties include but are limited to: The incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members. The incument is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines. The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate. The incumbent will participate in a rotation of on-call social workers, including modification of tour of duty to accomodate patient needs on weekends. The incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
The incumbent will as appropriate, supervise the practice of social work students, or a less experienced social worker. This may include coverage responsibilities in the absence of other staff to ensure that the veterans receive services as required and the services continue to function as needed. The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area.
The incumbent will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the supervisor and /or service manager. The incumbent will document social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm 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 Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 75084
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/.
Elaine.Houston-Young@va.gov · 680-322-7064
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $72737 – $114413/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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