Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor 04/10/2026
Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor 04/10/2026
Job Summary: The Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the success, quality, and integration of the Behavioral Health program across Choptank Community Health (CCHS). This position provides direct clinical supervision to fully licensed and provisionally licensed clinicians and interns, ensuring compliance with licensing and documentation standards, and evidence based‑ practice. In collaboration with operational leadership, the role supports daily oversight of therapists and clinical workflows to meet programmatic and organizational goals. Responsibilities include leading training and professional development, contributing to process improvement and clinical pathway development, and supporting grant writing and reporting needs to advance program initiatives and sustainability. In addition to leadership responsibilities, the position provides direct therapeutic services for patients with mental health and substance use disorders. This is an exempt, full-time position in pay grade 9 with the pay range of $92,212 - $138,371. The Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor reports directly to the Chief Clinical Officer.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Advanced understanding of and experience providing individual and group therapy evidence-based practices, including trauma informed care, substance use treatment, and/or co-occurring disorders.
- Ability to work effectively with complex, diverse, and underserved populations.
- Proficient knowledge of MD COMAR regulations and MD Mental Health and Substance use policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of HIPAA requirements and commitment to compliance.
- Proficient in supervision, service delivery, and case management fundamentals.
- Ability to manage/prioritize multiple responsibilities, solve problems, and work as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong clerical and administrative skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and Electronic Health Records.
- Working knowledge of grant writing and reporting.
- CPR certification.
- Valid Maryland driver’s license.
Education and Experience:
- Master's degree from an accredited University
- MD Licensed Clinician (LCSW-C or LCPC) with Supervisors license
- Certified in trauma treatment preferred
- Must be able to meet and maintain the CCHS credentialing requirements
- Minimum of 2 years providing clinical supervision for fully licensed and provisional licensed clinicians, and interns
- Minimum of 2 years demonstrating progressive leadership
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
- General office environment in clinical settings, may include telehealth.
- May involve travel to health centers including school based behavioral health program sites
- 40% direct therapeutic services (equivalent of 2 days per week)
CORE VALUES – Standards of Behavior:
- Commitment To Service
- Respect
- Quality
- Teamwork
- Patient Focus
- Integrity
- Accountability
- Caring & Compassion
- Professionalism
- Listening & Responding
- Safety
- AIDET
Job Related Competencies:
- Empathetic Outlook- The ability to perceive and understand the feelings and attitudes of others; the ability to place oneself “in the shoes” of another and to view a situation from their perspective.
- Attention to Detail- The ability to process detailed information effectively and consistently.
- Problem Solving- Identifies and analyzes problems weighing the relevance and accuracy of available information. Generates and evaluates alternative solutions and makes effective and timely decisions.
- Communicates Effectively- Developing and delivering multi-mode communication that conveys a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Values And Ethics- Serving with integrity and respect in personal and organizational practices. Ensuring decisions and transactions are transparent and fair.
- Time Management- The ability to effectively manage one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
Commitment to Community:
Choptank Community Health System (CCHS) is committed to creating a safe and open healthcare environment that improves health outcomes and values and respects the unique experiences and perspectives of both patients and staff by:
- Prioritizing access for all individuals;
- Offering ongoing training for staff to promote health awareness, preventive measures and early detection for the varied patient population on the Eastern Shore;
- Actively engaging with patients, families and staff;
- Fostering a workplace culture in which everyone is treated with dignity.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Clinical Leadership & Supervision
- Establishes and maintains positive, ethical, and professional supervisory relationships with supervisees.
- Conducts chart reviews and provide supervision for clinicians, ensuring all clinical supervision requirements are met across CCHS.
- Ensures supervisee compliance with licensure requirements.
- Provides support and consultation on complex clinical cases.
- Monitors documentation quality, accuracy, and compliance with CCHS, state, and licensure standards.
- Oversees and coordinates the behavioral health internship program.
- Delivers Behavioral Health training as needed.
- Collaborates with other leaders on policy and procedure and workflows, helping to resolve challenges and ensuring an efficient and effective integrated program.
- Monitors utilization of services and the success of outcome measures, ensures use and optimization of measurement-based care platform across the program.
- Serves as EHR superuser for BH, training and onboarding new clinicians.
- Supports Clinical Leadership with privileging determination for BH clinicians per policy.
- Assists clinically with annual performance evaluations for BH team.
- Works with Operational Leadership to complete monthly rounding with BH clinicians.
- Supports grant writing and reporting as needed.
- Facilitates weekly clinician meetings and quarterly department meetings.
- Serves as Behavioral Health Clinical Leader for Behavioral Health program, working in dyad with operational leadership and other clinical leads.
Direct Clinical Services
- Provides evidence-based individual, family, and group psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and/or adults
- Conducts comprehensive behavioral health assessments, screenings, and diagnostic evaluations utilizing measurement-based care
- Develops, implements, and regularly updates individualized treatment plans in collaboration with patients and care teams
- Provides crisis intervention, safety planning, and short-term therapeutic support as needed
- Maintains an active caseload, based on the needs of the program, and in accordance with COMAR regulations, utilizing electronic tools to track active and archived/discharged patients
- Collaborates with primary care providers, psychiatrists, case managers, and other healthcare professionals in an integrated care model
- Provides behavioral health consultations within primary care settings when appropriate, including warm hand-offs
- Educates patients and families on mental health conditions, coping strategies, and treatment options
- Maintains timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation in the electronic health record (EHR), closing notes within 72 hours
- Ensures documentation meets FQHC, state, federal, and payer requirements (including HRSA standards)
- Documentation includes intake paperwork, biopsychosocial assessment, diagnostic screens, and assessments as necessary, treatment planning, discharge planning, satisfaction survey, and community referrals when needed.
- Adheres to all confidentiality, HIPAA, and professional ethical standards
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives and outcome tracking by fully utilizing measurement-based care and staying engaged with electronic tools
- Provides culturally responsive and trauma-informed care to diverse and underserved populations
- Supports patients in addressing social determinants of health through referrals and coordination with community resources
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Regular, reliable attendance is a requirement of this job.
Benefits:
- Tuition and education assistance
- Certification scholarships available
- Paid holidays (9)
- Flexible paid time off and vacation scheduling
- 403(b)
- 403(b) matching
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Referral program
- Employee wellness program
- Discretionary Bonuses
Choptank Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital or family status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.
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