Mark Amoroso

• Complete evaluations for admissions on potential psychiatric and Substance abuse inpatients
• Provide counseling for patients suffering from substance abuse/acute mental illness
• Obtain private insurance authorization while providing justification for admission
• Recommend/refer post follow-up care.

• Executed all functions and responsibilities of the social work department as determined by the NJ Dept of Health and Senior Services
• Worked in marketing and admissions to recruit and obtain future Referrals
• Worked in marketing and admissions to attract and facilitate admission from local acute care hospitals
• Acted as a liaison between family members, hospice services, Visiting Nurses service etc to determine the best care of post care
• Worked with Inter Disciplinary Care Plane team for the discharge planning for all short-term care residents.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Contribute to a strong VIS Team program by providing effective leadership and high visibility at the VA facility.

Participate in VIS Team meetings with agenda and minutes and promoting member investment.

Assist In identifying gaps in services and programs and revising care in consultation with

supervisor VIS Team/management/Blind Rehabilitation National Consultant.

Partake in developing quality assurance and quality improvement activities

with oversight from the program office.

Assist with developing written policies, procedures and documentation for VIST program to meet

Joint Commission Home Care standards for Vision Rehabilitation.

Provide in-service educational training for VA and non-VA agencies and personnel.

Referrer Veterans to the appropriate service component in the continuum of care for visually impaired Vet Completing required patient record documentation that is meaningful, accurate, timely and concise.

Input referrals/required information in national Blind Rehabilitation database

Maintain effective communication with all of the BRS field elements to maximize Veterans' blind rehabilitation outcomes.

Assist with ensuring transportation for same day surgery for VIOSR veteran undergoing same day surgery

Completed written narrative reports, VIST annual reviews as requested for VA NJ

• Successfully completed a 16 month VA related program in leadership, industrial psychology and mentoring
• Provide psychotherapy for a full-case load of Pt's 6 per-day The lead clinician and point of contact for the Mental Hygiene Department
• Facilitate two Post Traumatic Stress Order groups specific to the World War II and Korean War population
• Teach issues related to employment as well work skills to enhance job success, satisfaction and retention Run weekly team meetings consisting of the Mental Hygiene Department along with nursing
• Review and approve the scheduling of all consults related to Mental Hygiene Clinic
• Work with centralized scheduling with authorizing and implementing over-books related to time sensitive consults
• Work with Patient Advocate on service recovery issues and continue to assist with such matter on an ongoing basis
• I am the 'contact' 'go to person', 'gatekeepers' 'coordinator' of the Mental Hygiene Clinic I am the first who communicates with other service lines both within the Lyons VA as well as other VA across various locations
• I assist providers with resolving scheduling conflicts that results from overbooks.