The incumbent is a professional Social Worker assigned to Transitional Care& Specialty Social Work Service. This social worker has responsibility for the provision of social work within assigned segments of the Pain Clinic.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties include but not limited to: Meets with Veterans for individual appointments addressing psychosocial needs in the Pain Clinic; Meets with additional Veterans for unscheduled appointments when Veterans follow up outside of scheduled appointments; completes asynchronous case management duties.
Performs assessments and collaboratively develops clinically driven treatment goals, documenting them in the Pain Clinic treatment plan with input from Veterans to address psychosocial needs. Reviews social determinants of health and refers appropriately when resources and support are needed.
Practices within the framework of the Stepped Care Model of Pain Management in contributing to system-wide, patient-centered, biopsychosocial pain care with other facility interdisciplinary team members. Work alongside the AMP Physical Therapist in a coordinated approach to multimodal chronic pain management within the Pain Management Team, leading the AMP program and providing evidence-based treatment interventions as an integrated team to Veterans with chronic pain.
Provides comprehensive case management services, including diagnostic assessment and implementation of evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain (CBT-CP), mindfulness, Virtual Reality (VR), and whole health modalities. Facilitates discussions with the Veteran's family regarding diagnosis, treatment and supports available. Addresses the impact of the Veteran's pain on the family system.
Allocates 25% of work time to AMP program administration, including outreach to Veterans, sending materials (manuals, welcome letters), placing orders for program materials, and developing PowerPoint presentations for AMP marketing. Oversees the management and scheduling of weekly AMP cohorts including collaboration with AMSA staff on grid templates and group appointment scheduling.
Acts as the primary AMP point of contact, receiving referrals, determining eligibility, conducting pre-registration screens, mailing materials, coordinating space for in-person groups, and distributing evidence-based assessments for pre- and post-program data collection. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 94206A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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Priscilla.Bradley@va.gov · 901-724-3441
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $102178 – $132834/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-19.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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