The LGBTQ+ Program Coordinator position at the MVAHS is a split clinical and administrative program management position. The applicant must show significant experience working with the LGBTQ community.

Duties

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf Duties may include, but are not limited to: Assesses the needs of LGBTQ Veterans through strategic planning to include assisting in planning, organizing, and coordinating facility services and programs to meet those needs. Provides a brief model of clinical and consultative care for LGBTQ Veterans in coordination with various clinics across Miami VA Healthcare System. Creates an annual education plan with measurable metrics to continue to improve culturally sensitive care. Engages in ongoing education in order to effectively navigate emotionally challenging and cognitively complex aspects of coordinating culturally sensitive care, with the goal of disseminating this information to staff to ensure the Miami VA Healthcare System is providing cutting edge and culturally appropriate services. Provides up-to-date and cutting-edge training and consultation to staff (clinical and non-clinical) to increase cultural and clinical competence. Collaborates with Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to set medical center priorities related to LGBTQ care and the SOGI clinic broadly. Works in coordination with departments to ensure inclusion of patients' LGBTQ status into overall care plans. Ensures implementation of VHA directives and national policies as well as guidance provided by the LGBTQ Program (10P4Y). Updates existing LGBTQ procedures, handbooks, strategic plans, operating procedures, and contracts; develops additional guidelines as needed. Assists in completion of the annual Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) application. Providing a full range of psychological services, including assessment, and using the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care to LGBTQ Veterans. All interventions are time-limited, with the intention of meeting immediate care needs and/or facilitating connection to appropriate care clinics. Clinical services will include brief, consultative care delivered primarily through Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) Clinic and Transgender Care Consult. Coordinating all aspects of the LGBTQ Veteran Program for MVAMC. Providing clinical consultation and clinical supervision to various disciplines and levels of training including Psychologists, Physicians, Nurses, Social Workers, RT, Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Peer Support Specialists, etc. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the requirements by the closing date 07/23/2024 of this announcement. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). 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). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work. 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. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: In addition to meeting the basic requirements stated above, the following qualifications criteria must be met in determining the appropriate grade assignment of candidates. GS-13 Social Worker (Program Coordinator) candidates must have the following: Experience/Education: One (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidates may have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. The experience or education must be post-Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional social worker directly related to this position. AND Licensure/Certification: Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Advanced License must be submitted with application. While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge's Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), you must be able to demonstrate that you possess the (below) competencies which are necessary to perform the work of the position. Please ensure your resume/CV/application contains sufficient information to support the level of experience/education/training; otherwise, we will not be able to award you credit for the experience/education/training you claim. If selected, you may be required to submit narrative responses then. These are the KSA's for this subject position: Skill in coordinating and implementing one or more specialty program(s), across the facility. Skill in local policy and practice development, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or national directive. Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s). Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance patient centered care. Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff, training, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action. Ability to oversee the fiscal matters of the functions supervised (including fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecast resource and equipment needs, and administer the allocated budget. Knowledge of organizational structure and impact on program operations. References: VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard, dated 9/10/19. Preferred Experience: Experience with outreach event planning/coordination; Generating administrative and executive reports; Data analysis and communication at all facility, VISN, and national levels. Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on patient needs. Duties are physical in nature at times requiring standing, walking, bending, stooping, lifting light to medium weight objects, and pushing wheelchairs. Requires the ability to carry light to medium weight items such as papers, books, or other supplies, as well as heavier items such as durable medical equipment. The incumbent needs to be able use the computer and other standard office equipment to complete administrative tasks. Ability to drive/operate government vehicle.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US
• Name: Payton Hendrix
• Phone: 813-816-7155 X110157
• Email: [email protected]