The Maternity Care Coordinator (MCC) is a licensed social worker who is responsible for identifying, facilitating, and coordinating patient-centered care and services. The MCC has a crucial role in assisting women Veterans to efficiently obtain prenatal and postpartum care and specific services, with an emphasis on care coordination with the Veteran's Patient Aligned Care Team and Community Obstetrician/Gynecologist for preventative health maintenance and reintegration into the VA healthcare.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Directing, administering, and managing all aspects of the program, including comprehensive planning, developing, and implementing programs, policies, and procedures; determining program needs; coordinating the type, quality and quantity of services provided; setting priorities; and establishing short and long-range program goals, initiatives, and direction. Demonstrates leadership and mastery in delivering and improving efficient, comprehensive, and continuous patient-driven holistic care through collaborative strategies with others that includes creative approaches to management of complex client care. Documents outcomes at the program or service level. Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees in compliance with VHA Handbook 1330.03 Maternity Health Care and Coordination. Leads and organizes delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning. Applies advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes. Functions as an expert in clinical practice and/or in areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities. Systematically evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. Uses professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities and seeks opportunities to improve service delivery and reduce adverse outcomes through systems redesign processes. Monitors provision of services to be delivered in a manner that meets VA guidelines and standards to include access to care with on demand coordinator availability via telehealth modalities during regular duty hours. Coordinates and monitors gender-specific care outcomes (i.e., maternity care, breast care/mammography, gynecological coordination, etc.) of patients throughout all aspects of the medical center, including Community Based care providers, as well as community vendors and/or agencies. Provides education to patients and staff on a variety of topics, to include but not limited to prenatal education, maternity/newborn coverage and insurance options, importance of routine medical screenings, and authorized VA and community based resources. Work Schedule: 08:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday 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 available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 70319-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS):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. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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