The Social Worker serves as the liaison to the Primary Care Teams (PACT), Inpatient Hospital Staff, and the Specialty Care Units at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Hospital. The Social Worker is responsible for planning, facilitating, and carrying out all elements of the Palliative Care Program. The incumbent is also responsible for independently assuring that VA Central Office Palliative Care standards and policies are adhered to in a timely and effective manner.
Providing Health Care for Veterans: The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
