Position Overview
Summary The Senior Social Worker is assigned to the acute medicine/surgery unit at the Gainesville VA Medical Center, located in Gainesville, Florida. The Senior Social Worker is responsible for providing assessment, discharge planning, and crisis intervention services to Veterans, their families/caregivers on the acute care medicine, surgery, neurology, intensive care inpatient units, emergency department and outpatient clinics. Responsibilities Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker is primarily responsible for providing psychosocial and mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning/execution, care management, case management, crisis intervention and evidence-based psychotherapy services to Veterans, their family members and caregivers in within Acute Medicine-Surgery units. Duties for this position include but are not limited to: Receives referrals from a variety of sources to include triage, consults, phone calls, and warm hand-offs from in...