Senior Social Worker - Community Based Outpatient Clinic

Senior Social Worker - Community Based Outpatient Clinic

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Salary Range: $92611 - $120400 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Major Duties:

• VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System, Mental Health Service, is currently recruiting for one (1) Senior Social Worker in Bartlesville, OK at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The Senior Social Worker is responsible for administrative and clinical processes of the mental health services at the Eastern Oklahoma VA health Care System (EOVAHCS), CBOC located in Vinita, McAlester, Bartlesville or Claremore. Responsibilities include developing, implementing, and assessing the processes and policies related to consult management, urgent and emergent access services for mental health. Services are provided for those new patients and established as walk ins and scheduled consult intake assessments. The Senior Social Worker works within a multidisciplinary treatment team and provides extensive liaison activities with other treatment teams as required to provide continuity of care for the Veterans. Major Duties and Responsibilities: The primary goals of the Outpatient Mental Health Program are: 1) to provide timely access to appropriate mental health care 2) to assess and develop continuity and effectiveness of care through the interdisciplinary treatment approaches, and 3) to reduce hospital admissions. Administrative Duties: a) Responsible for implementation of VHA directives and VISN initiatives for the Outpatient MH clinic located in the CBOC. b) Collects Veteran information as needed for data analysis of the workload in the OMH clinic and management of access within the provider clinics c) Screens Veterans referred to the OMH program and facilities clinical discussions with providers both within OMH and other treatment teams. Maintains data tracking of all consults and urgent/emergent patient presentations. d) Coordinates clinical coverage for unexpected provider absences related to patient needs during the absences. e) Actively participates in program planning and development, advising the OMH Team Leader of shifting trends with workload of the CBOC and identifying the need for and making recommendations for program procedure or policy changes based on work experiences, VA National Handbooks, VA National Calls, CARF, Joint Commission and local Behavioral Health policies and procedures. Utilizes results from patient satisfaction surveys to improve programming. f) Responsible for establishing and maintaining working relationships within and between departments within the VA and agencies and providers external to the VA g) Actively participates in MH National calls and participates in other relevant conference calls and/or meetings as assigned. h) Takes responsibility for improving professional skills, participating in planning and executing specific staff development projects, attending seminars and institutes and participating in training programs as needed or assigned. i) Provides feedback to Service Chiefs and Team Leaders, distributes and manages work flow, ensures compliance with program standards, and keeps supervisor informed about the program's progress in meeting relevant performance goals. j) Performs other related duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Not available Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Situational Ad-hoc Basis Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:54424-A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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. 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 the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Senior Social Worker, GS-12 Experience/Education. The candidate must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. Licensure/Certification. Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Preferred Experience: Mental Health experience (Psychotherapy) Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. This vacancy is be announced above the full performance level at a GS-12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 01/16/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12861673. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-16