Supervisory Social Worker-Whole Health Clinical Director

As Whole Health Clinical Director/Supervisory Social Worker he/she has broad program management responsibilities. Serves as a consultant with facility health care staff in evaluating health care delivery to Veterans and employees. Oversees development of WH messages and develops or recommends training to staff. This may include developing Scope of Practice, or competencies.

EDUCATION: IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html . RESPONSIBILITIES: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

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As Whole Health Clinical Director/Supervisory Social Worker he/she has broad program management responsibilities that include:

Full responsibility for managing and supervises all phases of the WH Program at the Alaska VHA.

Creating an annual WH System Strategic Plan.

Establishes and maintains a continuous and systematic process of curriculum development, assessment, review, revision, evaluation, and implementation of the WH program.

Plans and develops policies, procedures and goals, and implements and educates staff on applicable Veterans Health Administration directives, handbooks, or other policies.

Assures local compliance to the OPCC.

Measures progress toward the goals and reports to the appropriate officials.

Creating strategic partnerships with facility program directors and service line chiefs.

Serves as the professional and technical advisor in the area of WH for the facility.

Promotes WH principles to facility employees. Participates in agency operational or planning meetings, public briefings, or other formal or informal settings to publicize.

Utilizes effective written and oral communication skills to promote and maintain effective working relationships with all faculty and significant parties at the National, State, and local level.

Provides direct budgetary supervision of WH programs and is accountable for resources used, directly and indirectly.

Direct Supervisor of WH hired staff.

Coordinates the development and implementation of the patient-centered care concept throughout the organization.

Guides the staff in the application of patient-centered care concepts.

Chairs the Whole Health committee.

Develops clinics and systems required for the delivery of Whole Health Veteran services, coaching and veteran education courses.

Facilitates process improvement in programs that enhance healthcare delivery; analyzes program outcomes and plans strategies to initiate needed change.

Acts as a consultant in patient-centered care principles and performance measures.

Effectively uses group process, interpersonal, and communication skills to facilitate outcomes in a positive and productive working environment.

Uses knowledge, expertise, principles or models, and current research to plan, implement, evaluate organizational progress towards accomplishing patient-centered care initiatives.

Will be responsible for supporting the proactive training initiatives including Patient Centered Care Training, New Employee Orientation on this topic, and New Patient Orientation.

Has advanced knowledge and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Demonstrates the ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services.

Has advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations.

Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills.

Work Schedule : Monday thru Friday 8:00am-4:30 pm.

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)

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 : Ad-Hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Fi nancial Disclosure Report: Not required. QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Basic Requirements :

United States Citizenship : Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Education : Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.

Licensure : Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

Loss of Licensure or Certification : Once licensed or certified, social workers must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted independent license or certification to remain qualified for employment. Loss of licensure or certification will result in removal from the GS-0185 social worker series and may result in termination of employment.

English Language Proficiency : Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations :

Supervisory Social Worker, GS-13

Experience/Education : One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidates may have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience.

Licensure/Certification : Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:

Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.

Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.

Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers.

Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.

Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems, develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service.

Ability to provide staff training and development.

Assignment : For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Supervisory social workers at the GS-13 grade level typically supervise professional and non-professional staff. They are responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or across multiple sites, (e.g., multi-division facilities and CBOCs). Incumbent may also provide direct clinical services.

Preferred Experience: Program Development, Whole health practice experience.

References : VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II Appendix G39

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements : This work requires light lifting under 15 pounds, light carrying, (under 15 ponds), use of fingers, hearing (aid may be permitted).

Environmental factors are working closely with others and working alone. SALARY: QuantitativeValue EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full Time