Senior Social Worker (Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention Coordinator

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is a Senior Social Worker who will serve to facilitate implementation of suicide prevention strategies to help ensure that all appropriate measures are taken to prevent suicide in our veteran population. The primary responsibilities of the Suicide Prevention Coordinator include monitoring a list of veterans determined to be at high risk for self-harm and coordinating enhanced care when needed, providing education to all front line and clinical staff regarding risk factors and protective factors for suicide, educating clinical staff regarding safety planning with their patients, networking with community partners, and assisting with timely and accurate responses to all action items regarding the Suicide Prevention Program.

As a Senior Social Worker, the Suicide Prevention Coordinator facilitates efficient and appropriate delivery of mental health services across episodes of care within the Medical Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics. The work of this position is highly complex, involving a combination of mental health administrative skills and intensive clinical services in serious and complicated cases, and carries full professional responsibility for cases presenting a wide range of psychosocial and environmental problems.

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator must have previous specialized experience providing direct care to suicidal and/or behavioral health patients and previous experience providing patient and staff education. The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is required to use a government vehicle while doing community outreach but is not required to transport Veteran's. The Suicide Prevention Coordinator implements information systems to track services including visits, referrals, inpatient admissions, patient demographics, and patient satisfaction.

The incumbent provides programmatic guidance, including technical and clinical assistance, to other staff in the Suicide Prevention Program. The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is responsible for data collection and monthly reports on all veterans who have had a recent suicide attempt and monitors the completion of the Suicide Behavior Report by other providers. The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is responsible for data collection, administrative record keeping, monitoring of patient or program clinical indicators, and performance measurements as further delineated by Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL).

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator, along with the rest of the provider staff, interprets and implements the philosophy and goals of the Behavioral Health Service and the program to which they are assigned to others in the work setting, functions within established guidelines and demonstrates the ability to work effectively and develop sound relationships with their patients, other caregivers, professional staff and supportive personnel who provide patient care.