Behavioral Health Lead Clinical Supervisor

Kintegra Health; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintegra Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Lead Clinical Supervisor to oversee up to ten provisionally licensed clinicians and lead practice standards across the Behavioral Health department.

The role blends clinical supervision with direct patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering holistic behavioral health and substance use services. Strong leadership and NASW knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• LCSW with at least 1 year of experience supervising clinicians.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with clinical documentation and records management.
• Knowledge of NASW standards and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of assigned provisionally licensed providers.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of behavioral health program guidelines/procedures to identify issues.
• Update/maintain accurate and secure patient medical records.
• Ensure that supervisees are documenting appropriately.
• Identify and solve any process, personnel, or clinical challenges.
• Regularly update direct supervisor with changes and/or challenges.
• Coordinate/facilitate referral processes and community partnerships.
• Participates in monthly management meetings and other assigned meetings as required.
• Will remain active in clinical role providing evidence-based assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral services for patients with a variety of behavioral and chronic health conditions.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical supervision

Documentation

Time management

Collaborative teamwork

Education

LCSW license

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Information

Title : Behavioral Health Lead Clinical Supervisor

Department : Behavioral Health

Status: Salaried /Full Time

Position Classification/Category : Clinical

Location: Varied locations

Reports To: Director of Behavioral Health

Summary Of Position

The Behavioral Health Lead Clinical Supervisor provides the clinical supervision for up to ten provisionally licensed clinical social workers (LCSWA’s). This role serves as a leader in the behavioral health department for clinical supervision and must be up to date and informed of current NASW standards, rules, and codes. This is a contact point for Senior Management/leadership, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Director of School Behavioral Health regarding clinical practice and oversight of licensed clinical social workers and associates. In addition, the selected individual will continue to engage in direct patient care working as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team to facilitate the provision of holistic, whole-person behavioral healthcare for all Kintegra patients. Lead clinical supervisor will also continue to provide behavioral health and substance abuse screening, brief intervention, education, and referral services for patients within their determined setting. Provides ongoing consultation and treatment planning support to meet the needs of individual clients and programs. Will work with patients with psychosocial, behavioral health, chronic disease, behavior change, and/or substance use concerns. Is knowledgeable of and adheres to all policies, professional practice standards, philosophies and requirements for professional clinical practice.

Performance Requirements

• Excellent and effective written and oral communication skills.
• Interacts in a friendly, professional manner with a wide range of patients, operations staff, physicians, other departments, and community partners in a friendly, professional manner.
• Knowledge of psychosocial experiences of students, particularly focused on trauma informed treatment modailities, and various forms of treatment.
• Ability to plan, prioritize and complete delegated task with attention to detail and efficient time management.
• Ability to work well under pressure and various time constraints.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint use and email communication.

Full Professional Licensure Required

LCSW with minimum of 1 year experience providing clinical supervision at Kintegra.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of assigned provisionally licensed providers.
• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of behavioral health program guidelines/procedures to identify issues.
• Update/maintain accurate and secure patient medical records.
• Ensure that supervisees are documenting appropriately.
• Identify and solve any process, personnel, or clinical challenges.
• Regularly update direct supervisor with changes and/or challenges.
• Coordinate/facilitate referral processes and community partnerships.
• Participates in monthly management meetings and other assigned meetings as required.
• Will remain active in clinical role providing evidence-based assessment, intervention, consultation, and referral services for patients with a variety of behavioral and chronic health conditions. Working cooperatively as an integral part of the treatment team with the goal of improving patient care and increasing team efficiency. Productivity and administrative time set and agreed upon by Director of School Behavioral Health.
• Engages in continuing education to maintain licensure and enhance professional competence relevant to medical, substance use and legal issues that impact patient care.
• Performs others clinical or administrative functions as directed by their supervisor.

KINTEGRA Core Requirements

• Patient First – An approach to care that holds primary, the well-being and desires of the patient
• Build not Blame – Focusing first on finding fault with the process rather than the person
• Integrity and Honesty – Fostering an acceptance of openness, honesty, and fairness in words, deeds and the use of organizational resources judiciously for both internal and external customers
• Cooperation and Flexibility – Related to an internal believe that we function as part of an interdependent team with only shared gains or losses thereby committed to assisting whenever possible beyond the prerequisite job description
• Culturally Sensitive – Always working toward increasing one’s ability to understand, communicate with, effectively interact and care for people across cultures, while having an acute awareness of one’s own culture.

KINTEGRA is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve.

Our Goals Are

• To provide continuing comprehensive and accessible primary care services to individuals and families of all economic levels within Gaston and surrounding counties.
• To provide primary care services to meet the physical as well as social health needs of individuals and families, promoting health maintenance, providing timely diagnostics, treatment and referral services.
• To emphasize preventive care through patient and community education to help individuals become aware and responsible for their own health behaviors.
• To employ an interdisciplinary team approach in collaboration with other community providers to provide a continuum of appropriate patient/family-oriented care in a cost-effective manner .