Summary

The Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) clinician is assigned to the VA Loma Linda as part of an interdisciplinary team. The incumbent provides brief assessment and intervention support to the Patient Alignment Care Team (PACT) - with an emphasis on integration of mental health services within primary care. The incumbent coordinates service delivery with Primary Care staff and other Mental Health Providers as appropriate. Locations: Palm Desert CBOC or Rancho CBOC

Duties

• VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Provides direct patient care that may include psychiatric or substance abuse assessment - individual - group and/or couples treatment for a variety of psychological/emotional diagnoses including substance abuse and/or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Coordinates community-based services - including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs - other government programs and community agency programs
• Incumbent has general knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs - service connected compensation - non-service connected pension
• Facilitates referrals based upon veterans needs and eligibility
• Provides intensive social work service requiring the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of social work skills
• He/she carries full professional responsibility for cases presenting a wide range of psychosocial and environmental problems with no limitations as to the difficulty of services that would be performed
• Performs administrative functions such as actively participating in clinic meetings and maintaining accurate records of his/her clinical interactions
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with other employees - volunteers - consumers and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies
• Attends all appropriate staff meetings (interdisciplinary treatment team meeting - Social Work staff meetings - Social Work supervision meeting and other committees and workgroups as appropriate) and perform other duties as required
• Collaborates in the performance improvement processes and comply with Performance Measures as required by Mental Health Service and the Medical Center
• Provides training experiences for graduate social work trainees as well as other allied health care trainees and/or may provide supervision for unlicensed staff social workers
• Performs additional duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm - Subject to change based upon the needs of the agency
• Telework: Not Applicable Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 000000 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required