Job Description
Palo Alto University (PAU) is a private, nonprofit university located in the heart of Silicon
Valley with a singular focus on mental and behavioral health education. For five decades, PAU has been dedicated to addressing pressing and emerging challenges affecting individuals, organizations, and communities, preparing practitioners and scholars to meet the evolving needs of contemporary society. With an enrollment of approximately 1,200 graduate students and a small cohort of undergraduate students, the University offers a comprehensive portfolio of bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional programs delivered through innovative online, hybrid, and residential modalities.
PAU is distinguished by faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for their contributions to research, teaching, and clinical practice. Through rigorous academic preparation, applied research, and extensive hands-on clinical training, PAU equips students with the knowledge, skills, and professional judgment required for meaningful impact in the behavioral health fields. Together, these elements define PAU’s missiondriven approach to education and its legacy of preparing confident, competent, and compassionate professionals who make a difference in the communities they serve.
Position Description
The Part-Time Licensed Clinical Supervisor position focuses on direct supervision of students as a licensed supervisor for second-year graduate students in their first year of clinical training at Clinics @ PAU.
Job Title: Part-time Licensed Clinical Supervisor
Department/Division: The Clinics @ PAU/DASA
Program: n/a
Reports To: Michael Richards, Clinic Director
Operations Location: Residential
Employment Status: Part-Time Exempt Staff
Summary
The Part-Time Licensed Clinical Supervisor role is centered on direct supervision and evaluation of student therapists, review of documentation, and risk shift coverage. This role may supervise in the more generalist-focused Community Clinic or in the LGBTQ-focused Sexual and Gender Identities Clinic (SGIC) if qualified. Supervisors working part-time typically work 7-16 hours week depending on the number of practicum student supervisees they are supervising (3-6 students).
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
The responsibilities described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The list of duties serves to provide examples, rather than limit the scope of work assignments.
Licensed Clinical Supervisor Duties
▪ Supervise 3-6 practicum students in their first year of clinical training: 1 hour of individual supervision per student and one 2-hour group per week; Note that students are required to receive one hour on average per week of supervision face-to-face at the clinic which may be either their group or individual supervision
▪ Review/editing of student notes, reports, and video review
▪ Provide on-site and/or remote risk coverage proportional to clinic staffing and needs (typically 3-5 hours/week)
▪ Reviewing/editing risk management notes
▪ Writing student evaluations once per quarter and reviewing the evaluation with each supervisee in supervision. Creating a remediation plan for students who are not meeting the clinical competencies (when needed), and submitting to Clinic Director.
▪ Provide 2 hours of didactic training every quarter for supervisees across the clinic
▪ Writing letters of recommendation in Winter quarter
▪ Joining Clinic Directors with select administrative and clinical tasks as needed (record reviews, etc).
▪ Attending supervisor meetings every other week
▪ Participating in training year orientation and other new training initiatives as needed
▪ Working closely with the Clinic Directors to develop and maintain a culture of high quality, evidence-based supervision, and training at the clinic.
▪ Participating in SGIC programming including quarterly SGIC intensives for supervisors working in the SGIC
▪ Other duties as assigned by the Clinic Director
Required Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• A doctoral degree in clinical psychology (PhD or PsyD) • Two years experience in clinical work and experience in clinical training and/or supervision
- Licensure as a psychologist in the state of California by start time for the Licensed Clinical Supervisor role.
- Experience using electronic medical records; (e.g., TheraNest)
- A strong understanding of ethics code, laws and legal mandates that apply to mental health professionals and experience with the specific ethical duties of psychologists
- The ability to teach/train supervisees and student employees in a developmentally appropriate way (i.e., sequenced clinical learning.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the means to address issues clearly and in a non-confrontational and non-polarizing way to a range of diverse audiences, but nevertheless with determination.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills with high attention to details.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment
- Ability to maintain empathy and promote positive teamwork and communication.
- Experience and expertise in the providing therapy to LGBTQ+ clients for supervisors working in the SGIC
Pay Rate: $68/hour
Application Procedures:
- Cover letter detailing your interests in the position as well as relevant qualifications. Your cover letter should also address information about your experiences in working in a diverse environment, and what qualities you would bring to foster an environment of equity and inclusion at PAU.
- Resume/CV
No Discrimination: The University is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to non-discrimination in its hiring and other employment practices and in the application of its personnel policies. In compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, except where a bona fide occupational qualification exists, employment decisions will be made irrespective of the staff member's backgrounds of race, color, religion, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, age (except for minors), sex, marital status, citizenship status, military service status, sexual orientation, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic condition), disability and/or any another status protected by law.
As provided by law, and when it is requested to do so, the University will offer reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, if the individual is otherwise qualified to safely and to the University's standards of quality of work, perform all essential functions of the position and if it will be done without undue hardship to the University.
PAU has a high-quality work environment that attracts and welcomes a diversity of backgrounds of its employees. In your application or in a cover letter, please include information on how your background and experience has prepared you to work at a high level of quality of work with co-workers from a variety of different backgrounds.