Medical Social Worker (Float)

Quick Facts

• Medical social work role under supervision for veterans in outpatient clinics and urgent care settings
• Focus on psychosocial assessments, care coordination, and discharge-planning support
• Work schedule: Monday–Friday, 08:00–16:30

Description

Under supervision, the Medical Social Worker (Float) addresses barriers to care for veterans by coordinating the psychosocial aspects of medical illness and adjustment. This role helps reduce unnecessary walk-ins across Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and specialty PACT clinics and urgent care visits through outreach, assessments, treatment planning, counseling, and community resource coordination.

Responsibilities

• Perform case finding and outreach; identify and screen patients for psychosocial needs
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans with the veteran/family and the interdisciplinary treatment team
• Provide psychosocial interventions and measure outcomes
• Coordinate community-based services, including information and referrals across VA programs, government programs, and community agencies
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships using individual, group, and family counseling/therapy skills
• Consult with other staff on veterans’ psychosocial needs and the impact on health care and adherence to the treatment plan
• Evaluate professional practice through peer review, case conferences, and other organizational processes
• Apply knowledge of veterans’ benefits and special programs to facilitate eligible referrals

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Complete online onboarding and required pre-employment steps, including acceptable identification
• Pass pre-placement examination to safely operate a government vehicle (when required) and meet specified physical/vision/hearing requirements
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program
• Master’s degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school of social work
• State licensure/certification to independently practice social work at the master’s level (GS-9 exception may apply, with independent licensure required within 3 years)
• For GS-09: demonstrate KSAs including counseling across diverse backgrounds, psychosocial assessment and treatment planning, treatment modality implementation, communication/relationship skills, and foundational knowledge of medical/mental health diagnoses and terminology
• For GS-11: demonstrate KSAs including knowledge of community resources and independent psychosocial assessments/interventions, plus 1 year post-MSW experience with independent-practice licensure (or doctoral degree substitution)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Paid time off: 37–50 days annual paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid federal holidays)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave after 12 months of employment
• Child care subsidy eligibility after 60 days for eligible full-time employees
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options
• Ad-hoc telework authorized (not a virtual position)