The role of the Women Veterans Program Coordinator is to assess the need for services for women veterans and implement services for eligible women veterans as well as provide oversight to ensure that identified needs are met. The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout the medical center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with providing diagnostic and treatment services to women veterans.

Duties

Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Leading the overall delivery of care and services for the growing population of women Veterans, including through program management, strategic planning, advocating for women Veterans, cultural transformation, policy on women Veterans, business planning, staff training, environment of care and capital assets, outreach, partnerships with special populations, contracting review, care in the community, and collaboration with services (including diagnostic, emergent and urgent care, primary care, and specialty care). Providing oversight of the Women Veterans Program and working closely with the Women's Health Medical Director to form the foundation of the women's health team at the facility level. Serving as Chair of the Women Veterans Health Committee at facility level. Providing expertise and guidance specific to women Veterans for facility-wide strategic goals and objectives and executing comprehensive planning for women's health that improves the overall quality of care provided to women Veterans and achieves program goals and outcomes. Serving as an advocate for women by working closely with Veteran Experience Office (Patient Advocate Office) to facilitate problem resolution and women Veteran satisfaction. Collaborating with facility leadership on culture transformation to create a safe, secure, and respectful environment for women Veterans to receive care. Participating in the review of the physical environment; including: Identifying deficiencies and opportunities for improvement and work with facility leadership, facility planner, and other staff to ensure that new construction and renovations are appropriate to meet the needs of women Veterans; and Exercising direct authority to sign off on renovation, construction design and architectural plans. Collaborating with facility leadership to ensure local implementation of national policy related to women Veterans and reviewing and providing input on all facility policies as they are created or revised to support the needs of women Veterans. Collaborating with fiscal and facility leadership to advocate for resources to support programs to meet the needs of women Veterans. Collaborating with the Education Department and/or Designated Learning Officer to identify and address training needs for facility staff specific to women Veterans and promoting national and local educational programs for women's health providers and other staff. Collaborating with facility and community stakeholders to develop a comprehensive outreach plan that includes increasing public awareness of services available for women Veterans; networking to enhance community engagement with non-VA stakeholders; and increasing market penetration. Partnering with special population coordinators and program managers to ensure the needs of women Veterans are addressed across the health care system. Collaborating with facility leadership and local contracting staff to review applicable facility contracts related to women's health, including for all CBOCs, health network providers, diagnostics services, as they are created or revised to ensure they meet the requirements that are consistent with national women's health policy. Collaborating with facility leadership and internal and external partners to ensure that timely access to necessary care in the community is provided Collaborating with facility leadership to ensure that high quality and gender specific diagnostic services for women are available in a timely manner at all points of care and ensuring processes are in place for timely patient notification and coordination of care as indicated. Collaborating with various services to ensure the needs of women Veterans are met in a comprehensive manner consistent with national policies, including with: Emergency care and other leadership to ensure that emergent and urgent care needs of women Veterans are met in a comprehensive manner consistent with national policies; Primary care leadership and women's health primary care providers to provide programmatic consultation; and Surgery service, mental health services, and other specialty care services. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Occasional evening and weekend tours may be required to support the mission and outreach efforts. Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

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. English Language Proficiency: Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j, this part. 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 the CSWE website to verify if that social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a master of social work. Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-185 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 on the OHRM website. Grade Determinations: GS-12 Experience and Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidate 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. 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. Applicants must meet the requirements for providing supervision in the state where they are licensed at the advanced practice level and should list these qualifications within the assessment narrative and their resume. Documentation is required if part of your state's requirements for providing supervision for licensure is beyond your licensure only (example: certification of continuing education credits). Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs (submission of a document with written demonstration of KSAs is highly recommended with application). Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring. Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program. Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s). Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice. All qualifying experience you possess must be clearly described in your application package. We will not make assumptions when reviewing applications. Failure to demonstrate your experience in your resume may result in disqualification. It is strongly recommended that you write to each KSA in your application package. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application.

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 VA Nebraska-Western Iowa HCS - Omaha 4101 Woolworth Avenue Omaha, NE 68105 US
• Name: Kira Fischer
• Phone: 3193380581 X636737
• Email: [email protected]