Licensed Clinical Supervisor

Overview

Under general direction, the Licensed Clinical Supervisor supervises licensed clinicians and other behavioral healthcare professionals, paraprofessionals, and/or interns; coordinates day-to-day functions and ensures appropriate staff coverage; provides psychiatric clinical and case management services; and performs other duties as assigned.

This Licensed Clinical Supervisor posting is being opened to create a list that will be used to fill current and future vacancies. Qualified applicants will remain on the list and will be referred to available vacancies for the duration that the eligible list remains active (typically 1-3 months).

Current openings

Currently, we have three (3) openings in Custody Health Services.

Custody Health Services - Custody Health Services (CHS) provides medical, mental health, and dental services to patients in custody at the 3 County Jail facilities:
Main Jail, Elmwood and Juvenile Detention facilities. CHS provides on-site routine and urgent/emergent medical services at both Main Jail and Elmwood adult detention facilities in Santa Clara County. Health care of incarcerated men and women includes care of acute and chronic illness as well as preventative and specialty care. CHS also runs a 39 single-bed acute psychiatric inpatient housing unit at the Main Jail.

The services are provided for adult male and female patients who require acute inpatient services for stabilization. Juvenile Custody Health provides integrated medical services to justice involved youth housed in Juvenile Hall and in James Ranch to include comprehensive pediatric medical, mental health, and dental care. Selected candidate(s) must be able to work in a locked facility, which requires passing a background check for security clearance.

Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain Department of Correction Security Clearance to work in locked facilities throughout the term of employment.

Behavioral Health Services Department - The County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Department (BHSD) strives to be a premier integrated behavioral health care provider, employer, and partner. We are a passionate team of caring, courageous staff and professionals dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals, children, families, and older adults impacted by mental health and substance use challenges. To support achievement of their hopes, dreams, and quality of life goals, our team provides high quality whole-person care and comprehensive community-based behavioral services through the lens of race, equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are looking for stellar health care professionals like you to start a rewarding career with us and be a partner for health and wellness in the community.

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The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

• Coordinates the day-to-day operations of clinic/program services;

• Supervises a multi-disciplinary staff of clinicians engaged in assessing social, emotional, and economic causes of problem behavior and mental or emotional disorders and in developing and modifying treatment plans; approves alternate treatment plans and termination or transfer of cases; supervises consultation activities of employees; assigns and reassigns employee caseload, as necessary;

• Confers with staff regularly regarding techniques used, case progress, and related matters for the purpose of promoting and evaluating professional development and assuring quality of care, as well as reviewing work in progress;

• Conducts regular case conferences with clinicians and interns for supervision, consultation, and clinical chart audits;

• Coordinates the assignment of cases, conducts staff meetings, and provides training; schedules staff to provide for clinic coverage; evaluates work performance; assists in disciplinary proceedings;

• Reviews psychiatric case records and selects cases for discussion;

• Maintains a small caseload or handles some of the more complex cases; performs a variety of direct clinical, diagnostic, treatment, and outreach services;

• Ensures compliance with relevant federal, state, and local regulations, as well as departmental and county policies and procedures;

• Participates in the establishment or revision of policies, procedures, guidelines, goals, and objectives;

• Provides clinical supervision and consultation to student interns, pre-licensed staff, and other staff on department services, programs, and guidelines;

• Provides formal, continuing in-service training for clinical and program staff in specialized areas of behavioral health therapy or substance use treatment;

• Assists with program…