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The Suicide Prevention Coordinator - Integrated Care Specialist (SPC-ICS) facilitates the implementation of suicide prevention strategies at a local level through education, monitoring, and coordination activities. The SPC-ICS functions as an intensive mental health care coordinator for care of Veterans at elevated risk of suicide.
03/10/2021 to 03/29/2021
$86,283 - $112,172 per year
GS 12
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Excepted
None
No
No
CBTD-11058678-21-CAF
594826000
Full Summary:
The Suicide Prevention Coordinator - Integrated Care Specialist (SPC-ICS) facilitates the implementation of suicide prevention strategies at a local level through education, monitoring, and coordination activities. The SPC-ICS functions as an intensive mental health care coordinator for care of Veterans at elevated risk of suicide. Incumbent works closely with the suicide prevention team to serve and advisors to the Chief of Mental Health, facility leadership, program managers, and staff concerning suicide prevention strategies for individual patients, for the facility, and Veteran community as a whole.
Services provided include comprehensive assessment of suicide risk, diagnosis of mental health conditions, implementation of safety plans and risk mitigation strategies, assessment and monitoring of Veterans flagged as high risk for suicide, provision of intensive mental health care management services and brief suicide risk reduction focused interventions, and integration onto Veteran's clinical treatment teams.
The Social Worker is capable of practicing at the advanced level and has specialized knowledge of practice typically related to suicide (causes and prevention).
Functions and Scope of Assigned Duties:
The SPC-ICS serves as the lead SPC for monitoring Veteran with a high risk for suicide flag as well as those Veterans who are clinically assessed to be at elevated risk to avoid escalation of risk. Incumbent (a) tracks appointments, (b) coordinates enhanced care as needed, (c)educates providers, Veterans, families, and members of the community about risk factors and warning signs for suicide, (d) maintains regular contact and provides proactive outreach and intensive care management interventions as needed, (e) consults with clinical teams regarding risk assessment, safety planning, and risk mitigation strategies
The SPC-ICS is responsible for following up on consults (within 24 business hours) received from the Veterans Crisis Line to assure timely access to care and follow-up for patients in crisis.
The SPC-ICS is responsible for continued contact and monitoring with Veterans that have been identified as high-risk for suicide to assure continued care and treatment.
The SPC-ICS ensures that patients identified as being at high risk for suicide receive follow up for any missed mental health and substance abuse appointments in conjunction with the clinical treatment team, and that this follow-up is documented in the electronic medical record.
The SPC-ICS is responsible for maintaining a facility high risk for suicide patient flag (HRF) list, per their consultation with clinicians. The SPC team exclusively controls the Category I Patient Record Flag as it relates to suicide and limits its use to patients who meet the criteria of being placed in the program. The SPC maintains the list of patients who have a HRF for suicide and reviews the list per current directive guidelines.
The SPC-ICS will monitor and ensure regular personal contact with Veterans who have been identified as surviving an attempt or who are identified as being high risk.
SPC-ICS will assist in the Caring Contact program in order to provide an "enhanced care" model of prevention which maintains communication with the Veteran.
The SPC-ICS documents, when appropriate, the nature of follow-up and plans for continuing treatment in the electronic medical record.
The SPC-ICS coordinates the aggregate suicide Root Cause Analyses (RCA's) and participates in individual RCA's concerning patients who have attempted or died by suicide.
The SPC-ICS is responsible for the delivery of Operation S.A.V.E. training, or other approved "gatekeeper" training, to all non-clinical staff.
The SPC-ICS is also responsible for the delivery of other training programs at the site by request of the facility.
The SPC-ICS should develop partnerships with their facility Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Coordinators, Patient Safety Managers (PSM), Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Coordinators, local Vet Center staff, residential care teams and local mental health teams. This partnership is to assure that patients are assessed and evaluated for suicide risk as appropriate and preventative interventions are in place.
The SPC-ICS is responsible for staff and patient education during Suicide Awareness Week, which is usually the second week in September of each year.
The SPC-ICS is a resource for both the VA facility and community related to Veteran suicide and suicide prevention issues.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Relocation/Recruitment Incentive: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: Not Available
Financial Disclosure Report: Not require
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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
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This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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 03/29/2021 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11058678.
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