Social Worker Program Coordinator Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Service Prep

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Program Coordinator Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation Service Prep in the Veterans Health Administration based in Tampa, Florida. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

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Basic Requirements: Citizenship. United States Citizenship: Noncitizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 167 7403(f). Education. Have a masters 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 masters 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. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. Grandfathering Provision. 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. 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. 167 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. Preferred Experience:Supervisory experiencePREP program experienceIndependently licensed or certified by a state to practice at the advanced practice levelAdvance knowledge of Polytrauma clinical practices and modalities to deliver health care services to patients in medical centers and other geographic locations outside the traditional medical center settingExperience demonstrating advanced practice skills in patient assessment treatment care coordination provision of clinically based patient/family education inreach outreach and collaboration with VA and other local community resourcesExperience providing guidance oversight education and training in a specialty areaAbility to collaborate with individuals at different levels of understanding and with varying backgrounds in a multidisciplinary program.Demonstrated knowledge and experience preparing position papers reports guidelines directives presentations and handbooks on Polytrauma and related subject matter.Experience gathering and interpreting qualitative and quantitative program data and preparing reports/budgets/proposals. Grade Determinations: Social Worker Program Coordinator (PREP) Manager GS13 Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidates may have certification or other postmasters 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.Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities.In addition to the experience above the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:(a) Skill in coordinating and implementing one or more specialty program(s) across the facility.(b) Skill in local policy and practice development procedures and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or national directive.(c) Skill in organizing work setting priorities meeting multiple deadlines and evaluating assigned program area(s).(d) Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance patient centered care.(e) Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed performance evaluations and selection of staff training and recommendation of awards advancements and when appropriate disciplinary action.(f) Ability to oversee the fiscal matters of the functions supervised (including fund controls contracts and equipment expenditures) forecast resource and equipment needs and administer the allocated budget.(g) Knowledge of organizational structure and impact on program operations. Assignment.For all assignments above the full performance level the higherlevel duties must consist of significant scope complexity (difficulty) and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25 of the time. At this grade level social worker program coordinators oversee the administrative and clinical aspects of a major specialty treatment program. They are responsible for coordinating interdisciplinary staffing work assignments budget treatment services provided and admission criteria for the program. They have full responsibility for all phases of service delivery for a major specialty program. The program coordinator is responsible for the programs resource and fiscal management monitoring control points developing the annual budget operating within that budget and accounting for appropriated funds. They are administratively responsible for the programming and operations of the program assigned develop policies and procedures for program operation and prepare reports and statistics for facility VISN and national use. Program coordinators provide leadership direction orientation coaching inservice training staff development and continuing education programs for assigned staff. They initiate and conduct program or service audits and complete designated clinical practice audits and reports including productivity. Program coordinators oversee program operations and evaluations identifying areas for improvement gathering relevant data assessing the data developing and implementing ideas for improvement and evaluating efficacy of improvement efforts. References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II Appendix G39 Social Worker Qualification Standard GS0185 Veterans Health Administration. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS13. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Services.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.