The Social Worker is a professional social worker assigned to Loma Linda VA Inpatient Medical Units under Social Work Service. This position will require weekend and holiday coverage. The incumbent's primary focus is to social work services and interventions to eligible Veterans with highly complex health and mental health problems.
Professional social work interventions are provided as a means of assisting them to meet biological, psychological, social, and environmental needs.
Duties include, but are not limited to: Independently complete Safety Plans with high-risk Veterans and psychosocial assessments. Creates treatment plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, Veteran and family/caregivers in a timely manner while following guidelines defined by the Joint Commission standards and VA policies.
Types and executes clear and comprehensible notes on Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) Navigate VALL documents and programs such as advance care planning, safety plans, orders, consults, Technology Architecture (VistA), CPRS, Teams and Outlook. Builds and guides Inpatient medical Social Work team and provide consultation and support as needed. Works independently and build strong collaboration with Community Nursing Homes to provide care for Veterans.
Implements and educate sour veterans and their families with consistent information on VALL policies and procedures. Manages conflicts and difficulties when dealing with Veterans under pressure or a crisis. Guides Inpatient medical team through difficult cases while managing a caseload. Addresses complaints such as Congressional and other difficulties that might involve Patient advocate or crisis interventions.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Work Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday 8:00am - 4:30pm - some flexibility with tour; this includes working weekends and holidays Telework: Not Available Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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/. Grandfathering Provision: The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title 38 hybrid qualification standards. Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this occupation.
All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.
For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure or certification, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.
Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all of the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation. If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C.
§ 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation, the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation. NOTE: If social workers covered under the grandfathering provision of the 1991 Federal law regarding licensure or certification of VHA social workers leave the GS0185 social work series, they lose the grandfathering protection.
If they choose to return at a later date to the GS-0185 series, they must be licensed or certified to qualify for employment as a social worker.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $114695 – $149106/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-06 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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