In the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Developmental Services this class is accountable for directing a clinical division, a clinical discipline or a clinical program within a specified geographic area.
This class may be used in the following ways:
- In a facility or Local Mental Health Authority, as a director of a well-defined clinical program with a total of at least twenty (20) professional and paraprofessional staff.
- In a facility (Hospital) responsible for multiple units.
- In a hospital responsible for Quality Compliance and Regulatory Program.
- In a community program that functions on a multi-shift, seven day per week basis but has fewer than twenty (20) staff such as the Mobile Crisis or Assertive Community Treatment program.
- In a facility, region or Local Mental Health Authority, serves as a director of a clinical discipline. Disciplines include Social Work, Nursing, Specialty Services and Case Management. The directing of a clinical discipline includes at least fifteen or more professional staff in the discipline.
- In Central Office this class may be used as an assistant to a higher level manager responsible for statewide clinical programs.
Receives administrative direction from a manager of a higher grade.
Directly supervises professional and paraprofessional clinical program staff.
Four (4) years of professional experience in Behavioral Health Care and a Master’s degree in a clinical discipline, public health administration, health care administration or hospital administration.
Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been supervising professional staff.
For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Behavioral Health Unit Supervisor, Developmental Services Supervisor of Case Management, Nurse Supervisor or Supervising Clinician.
Department of Developmental Services: Incumbents in this class may be required to maintain the appropriate current license for clinical social work, marital and family therapist, professional counselor, registered nurse or psychologist.
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services: Incumbents in this class must maintain the appropriate current license for clinical social work, marital and family therapist, professional counselor, registered nurse, psychologist or alcohol and drug counselor.
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.
New job code. (New job code established as a part of P-3B contract negotiations) Final No. 23-107