Valor Healthcare is looking for a passionate Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) to join our team at the Veteran Affairs (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Bowling Green, KY on a part time basis. In this role you will be working in our primary care/case management team seeing an all adult veteran patient population. In exchange for your dedication and experience, we are proud to offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits, generous time off and a weekday schedule.
Schedule: This position is 20 hours/week during our clinic hours of Monday through Friday, 8 - 4:30 PM. Schedule can be flexible depending on candidate's needs and our clinic hours.
Core Responsibilities
- Complete psychosocial assessments to determine the underlaying causes of presenting problems.
- Assist the patient and family to understand the contributing factors to problem(s) and determine the pros and cons to short/long-term solutions.
- Coordinate with clinic staff and community agencies to assist in problem solving as needed.
- Address Advance Directive and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of CBOC.
- Provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advanced directives, and VA resources.
- Assists patients and their families with coping and dealing with the loss/grief experiences in disability, terminal illness, and death.
- Participate actively in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
- Document social work interventions and activities in the patients’ clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off.
- Fulfill compliance requirements of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Joint commission (JC), Environment of Care (EOC) oversight, lab compliance and other related items.
- Remain focused on achieving excellent clinical outcomes through the specified VA guidelines.
- Must provide excellent customer service to each veteran and his/her family, both in person and over the phone as to fellow colleagues and clinic visitors.
- Participate in the clinic’s outreach events to help support the clinic’s enrollment initiatives.
- Support patient enrollment and retention in appointments, follow-up visits or nurse visits.
- Embrace and support new initiatives, whether clinical or operational.
