Supervisory social worker - acute medical

Summary

We are seeking Supervisory Social Worker for Medical to join our team at the Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive. The Supervisory Social Worker provides executive clinical and administrative leadership for the Acute Care (Internal Medicine, Surgery, Intensive Care Unit), Transplant, Palliative Care, and Renal Social Work Programs.

Duties VA Careers - Social Work : https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supervises medical social work staff, including performance management, workload assignment, leave approval, coaching, training, licensure supervision, disciplinary actions, and EEO responsibilities.
• Directs daily operations of the various medical Social Work programs; develops policies, monitors compliance, analyzes workload and performance data, prepares reports, and leads quality improvement initiatives.
• Oversees program operations and evaluations, identifying areas for improvement, gathers relevant data, assesses findings, develops and implements corrective actions, and evaluates the effectiveness of improvement efforts.
• Manages assigned patient care duties as directed, completing clinical notes and encounters in a timely manner as defined by local and national documentation guidelines.
• Provides advanced psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, case management, discharge planning, treatment planning, consultation, and coordination of community and VA resources for Veterans with complex medical and psychosocial needs.
• Serves as On-Call Supervisor after hours on rotation with other Service Line supervisors.
• Represents the program in contacts with other agencies and the public.
• Performs a wide range of services and provides technical assistance to State, local, and private agencies.

Work Schedule: 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with on-call rotation.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 07167F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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).
• Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level.
• English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Preferred Experience: Medical and emergency department social work experience One year of supervisory social work experience.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

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

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.