Supervisory Social Worker - Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

This position is located in the Mental Health Service at the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center. With in the position you will coordinate and implement inpatient psychiatric unit (IPU) programming, supporting the IPU's mission to provide acute stabilization for Veterans with complex mental health and substance use needs. IPU is a 30-bed, acute inpatient psychiatric treatment facility for Veterans with a wide variety of co-occurring mental health disorders. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Ensure efficient daily operation of the IPU, including professional management and complex administrative responsibilities. Ensure that treatment programming, staff development, and the environment of care consistently meet or exceed accreditation standards required by the Joint Commission, Office of Inspector General (OIG), and other internal or external governing/accrediting bodies. Develop, manage, implement, and evaluate IPU operations, maintaining accountability for program effectiveness and modifying service patterns as needed to best serve Veterans. Collaborate with the Mental Health Environment of Care (MHEOC) team and IPU nursing leadership to maintain a healthy environment of care; engage facility services (Bioengineering, Information Technology, Patient Safety, Environmental Services, etc.) to correct deficiencies impacting patient and staff safety. Ensure staff and Veterans are regularly trained and fully up-to-date on safety protocols and medical centerrequired trainings. Develop, maintain, and implement policies and procedures that support program goals, comply with VHA policy, and meet external accreditation requirements. Hold direct supervisory responsibility and professional accountability for an interdisciplinary team, including psychiatrists, physician assistants, psychologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and other professional and non-professional healthcare staff. Delegate and coordinate assignments and program resources, providing programmatic direction to multiple disciplines within the IPU. Collaborate with Human Resources and facility leadership on clinical staff hiring, performance evaluation, and disciplinary actions. Provide biopsychosocial evaluation, assessment, and periodic reassessment of Veterans to determine psychological, social, and vocational needs and recommend appropriate treatment and services, as needed. Analyzes organizational and operational problems, develops and implements solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service. Collaborate with various discipline leads to ensure that multi-disciplinary staff have appropriate supervision and practice oversight including Professional Practice Evaluations. Provides staff training and development. Delegates authority, manages priorities, coordinates work, and follows up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion. Analyzes organizational and operational problems, develops and implements solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service. Conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to Veterans from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds. Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatment within approved clinical privileges. Develops treatment plan as appropriate. knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and service in the inpatient psychiatric unit, utilizes outcome evaluations to improve treatment services, and to design system changes. Work Schedule: M-F 8:am-4:30pm. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized. Permanent Change of

Salaire : $125,022 – $162,531/Per Year | Avantages : http://www.vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/benefits/index.asp

The VA Salt Lake City Health Care System mission is: "To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors." We accomplish this by serving and honoring the Veterans of the intermountain west. We offer a balance of professional and clinical complexity that stimulates growth, but still also allows the professional an opportunity to enjoy life outside of work. The health care system serves 70,000 Veterans in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada with the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center and 10 community clinics. The medical center is a teaching a hospital, with state-of-the-art technology, education and research, making it an ideal career choice for many clinical and administrative professionals. Our main facility is in Salt Lake City at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and adjacent to the University of Utah. Salt Lake is close to five National Parks, creating limitless year-around outdoor recreation. Dubb