Seasoned Clinical Supervisor Job Description

The job description of a clinical supervisor calls for a focus on ensuring that patients are receiving the highest quality healthcare services possible. The supervisor can work in a variety of facilities including hospitals, outpatient centers, skilled nursing facilities, clinics and physicians practices.

Position Description

A clinical supervisor oversees the work of less experienced clinical staff members, mentors them and helps them hone their skills.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Clinical Supervisor

• Helps ensure that a medical facility and its staff maintain a high level of ethical and professional standards.
• Works to improve healthcare services.
• Looks for ways to streamline and enhance administrative operations.
• Counsels and trains newly hired clinical staff.
• Consults with and supports clinical staff in the efforts to serve patients.
• Assists clinical workers in obtaining more education, additional certifications and helps them find ways to enhance their skills and improve their chances of career advancement.
• Helps improve communication among employees in a clinical environment.
• Increases worker retention rates.
• Enhances quality of a healthcare facility’s service offerings.
• Helps plan budgets and establish fees for services.
• Authorizes certain expenditures.
• Coordinates certain financial reports.
• Assists in the planning and promoting of health programs for the community.
• Develops and implements some of the policies and procedures for the medical facility.
• Recruits, hires and trains clinical staff.
• Evaluates the job performances of clinical personnel.
• Schedules clinical staff according to workloads and available equipment and space.
• Stays up-to-date on a plethora of factors that affect the performance of a healthcare facility including advancements in diagnostic equipment, newly approved medications, upgraded computer technology, new and amended government regulations and changes in health insurance products.
• Attends interdepartmental meetings.
• Identifies quality assurance and risk management issues and brings them to the attention of the appropriate managers.
• Monitors the use of resources to determine when there is a need for additional staff.
• Inspects the facility to recommend building modifications or changes in processes to ensure patient safety.
• Ensures that all clinical staff is accurately notating patients’ electronic health records.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have superior problem solving and decision making skills as well as strong analytical skills.
• Must be a talented team builder.
• Excellent management and leadership skills.
• Must be detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Must have strong computer skills.
• Must have good negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Must have the ability to exercise sound judgment.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or other behavior-related program.
• Master’s degree in Social Work or Counseling.
• Ph.D. in Psychology, Counseling Education or related field.
• On-the-job training and supervisory experience.
• Certification and licensing for the specific state of employment.

Work Environment

• Time is spent walking from area to area making sure everything is functioning properly.
• Time is spent in meetings for the purpose of discussing incidents and issues that need to be resolved to help the facility run more efficiently.
• Must be willing to travel to patients homes when necessary.
• Must be able to work normal weekday hours Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm plus some evenings and weekends when necessary.

Salary

• Salaries range from $55,000 to $85,000 depending on education, years of experience and the location of the facility.