Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
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At the GS-11 grade level of this assignment, responsibilities include:
- Provides independent case management throughout the continuum of care for a caseload of Veterans in the HUD-VASH program within Snohomish County.
- Provides a full range of clinical services to include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate within Snohomish County.
- Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening Veterans for current mental health status, housing status, access to resources, and other needs.
- Provides independent evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Incumbent is able to measure outcomes of these interventions.
- Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients many of whom have psychiatric and medical problems.
- Assumes complete professional responsibility for their clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
- Evaluates their own practice through case conferences and other organizational means.
- Active participant in the development of treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- Identifies high-risk patients. Incumbent provides complex crisis intervention, clinical assessment and case management services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint.
- Coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members.
- Working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
- Verifies the Veteran's status, and eligibility for program participation as defined and directed by Congress.
- Responsible for ensuring that Veterans experiencing homelessness are considered as primary participants for program acceptance.
- Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the mental health needs of Veterans and the impact of mental health on health care, adherence to treatment plan and other outcomes.
- Collaborates in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact patients and staff, including initiating and participating in ethical consultations.
- Responsible for reviewing and facilitating agreements between Section-8, landlords, Public Housing Authorities and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUDVASH placements.
- Demonstrates positive communication skills and behaviors that promote cooperation VA Puget Sound Social Work Services and teamwork with internal and external customers.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm
Compressed:Available
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHAEDRPProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, 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: Available, Ad-hoc or as determined by agency policy.
Virtual: This is
not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Starting at $70,417 Per Year (GS 9-11)