Senior Social Worker- Emergency Department

Summary

Join us in shaping the future at the brand-new James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center! We're seeking talented Allied Health professional to make a difference in Veteran care. In 2021 - Congress approved federal funding for a new Veterans Hospital in Tulsa which will be the first hospital to be built under the Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016.

Duties

• VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to: The incumbent will provide crisis intervention to patients experiencing a mental health crisis and involuntarily commit patients to the Psychiatric Acute Inpatient Unit when clinically necessary
• The incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members
• The incumbent 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 individual - family and group counseling as appropriate
• The incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources - advance directives and VA benefits
• The incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members
• The incumbent will provide consultation/education to medical residents on social work practice and VA policy and procedure
• The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources - to include marketing and public relation duties as needed
• The incumbent will provide case management to veterans and families - as needed - throughout the continuum of care
• The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work - individual - family and group counseling - discharge planning - case management and other services as appropriate
• The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area
• The incumbent will provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate patient/family support groups as appropriate
• The incumbent will as appropriate - supervise the practice of social work students - or a less experienced social worker
• - The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans
• The incumbent will participate in committee assignments - as deemed necessary by the service manager
• The incumbent will maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JCAHO - VA and medical center policy and procedures
• The incumbent will assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability - terminal illness and death
• 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
• The incumbent will participate in a rotation of on-call social workers - including modification of tour of duty to accommodate patient care needs on weekends Work Schedule: Thursday-Sunday - 7am-5:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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 #: 623-55563-A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized