Associate Clinical Director

Licensed Clinician Opportunity at Whole Connection

Whole Connection is a growing outpatient group practice in Boulder and Denver, CO, serving a diverse caseload including approximately 50% Medicaid clients. We are seeking an experienced licensed clinician to step into a genuine leadership role not simply as a note co-signer, but as a key clinical thought partner to the Clinical Director and a meaningful presence in the ongoing development of our team. This is a rare opportunity to hold real clinical authority in a values-driven, trauma-informed practice. As we grow and the Clinical Director expands into broader organizational work, this role will absorb increasing responsibility for clinical consultation, supervisee development, and quality of care. We want someone who is energized by influence, mentorship, and building something that lasts. A licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD/PsyD) is strongly preferred. Candidates holding an LCSW or LPC with substantial supervisory experience will be considered; compensation is commensurate with licensure level.

About Whole Connection LLC

Whole Connection came together as a place to provide training and constant growth for therapists who were working in the community, particularly with community members who have difficulty accessing mental health resources. Central to our work is understanding a person through a social work perspective. This means we look at how culture and society affect individuals as we explore their mental health concerns. We believe that all people should have access to Therapy, by clinicians and interns who are continually trained and educated and who are also taken care of (not overworked). In doing so we try and meet the needs of those of the community who come to see us by either sliding our fees or accepting medicaid insurance.

Description

Why Whole Connection

• Genuine clinical leadership not just a checklist role. You will shape how this practice thinks and grows.
• Fully compensated hours every meeting, documentation review, and supervision hour is paid. No unbillable expectations.
• W2 stability with benefits 6% employer 401(k) match, PTO and sick time accrual, part-time holiday pay.
• Flexible schedule built collaboratively remote supervision available; consistent weekly availability required.
• Trauma-informed, relationship-centered clinical culture DBT, sensorimotor psychotherapy, somatic modalities, and attachment frameworks throughout.
• AI-assisted documentation infrastructure our practice uses purpose-built AI clinical tooling to support documentation quality, reducing administrative burden on all clinicians.

Core Responsibilities

Clinical Supervision

• Provide individual and/or group clinical supervision to 68 pre-licensed clinicians (LPCc/LSW and Master's interns) per Colorado licensure board requirements
• Review and co-sign clinical documentation including progress notes and treatment plans
• Ensure documentation quality, compliance, and adherence to WC's standards supported by our AI audit tooling

Clinical Consultation & Leadership

• Serve as a primary clinical thought partner to the Clinical Director on complex, high-acuity, or ethically nuanced cases
• Participate in clinical decision-making for supervisee development, performance concerns, and readiness for independent licensure
• Contribute to practice-wide clinical protocols, standards, and onboarding of new pre-licensed clinicians
• Participate in regular team meetings and help sustain a collaborative, trauma-informed clinical culture

Mentorship & Culture

• Mentor the next generation of clinicians holding their development with both accountability and attunement
• Act as a steady clinical presence that supervisees can orient to as they grow in complexity and confidence

Staff Organization, Culture & Transition Management

• Support the Clinical Director in communicating difficult organizational changes to clinical staff including compensation updates, policy shifts, and structural transitions in a way that maintains trust and psychological safety
• Maintain a shared list of clients of concern high-acuity, high-risk, or clinically complex cases requiring ongoing monitoring and bring these to clinical consultation proactively rather than reactively
• Draft and co-hold improvement plans with the Clinical Director, including coordinating with university supervisors when a supervisee's performance concerns involve their training program
• Serve as a stabilizing clinical presence during periods of team transition this practice grows and changes, and someone steady at the clinical helm matters enormously

Training Program & University Partnerships

• Serve as primary liaison to Whole Connection's university training partners managing training agreements, supervision checklists, and school-specific compliance requirements across MSU Denver, Naropa, Antioch, Adams State, and others
• Oversee our intern and practicum cohort currently 68 students per cycle across multiple programs and licensure tracks
• Coordinate with university faculty and field supervisors on supervisee development, remediation when needed, and any PHI or ethics incidents requiring re-education or documentation

Supervisee Performance & Clinical Accountability

• Co-hold performance management with the Clinical Director including improvement plans, documentation accountability, and client transition planning when a supervisee is struggling
• Serve as a steady senior clinical presence that pre-licensed staff can bring complex or ethically nuanced situations to before escalating to the Director

Schedule

• 1518 hours per week to start, with room to grow beyond 20 by mutual agreement., with a reliable mix of clinical and dedicated administrative time. As the practice expands and your role deepensparticularly around clinical leadership, team development, and shaping how we grow. We're not looking for someone to fill a slot; we're looking for someone who wants to help build something.
• Flexible scheduling; remote supervision available for qualifying sessions
• Consistent weekly availability required schedule built collaboratively with the Clinical Director
• Start date: June 2, 2026

Compensation & Benefits

All hours fully compensated meetings, documentation review, and supervision time included with no unbillable expectations.

Licensure Level

Hourly Rate (W2)

Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD/PsyD)

$85$95/hr

LCSW or LPC with substantial supervisory experience

$68$75/hr

• 6% employer 401(k) match
• PTO and sick time accrual
• Part-time holiday pay

Qualifications

• Active Colorado licensure required (PhD/PsyD strongly preferred; LCSW or LPC with significant supervisory experience considered)
• Minimum 35 years post-licensure clinical experience
• Prior supervisory experience required
• Experience with trauma-informed care, DBT, somatic, or attachment-based modalities strongly preferred
• Existing in-network credentialing with Colorado commercial insurers and/or Medicaid RAEs is a significant advantage
• Comfort with EHR systems and strong documentation standards
• Ability to begin by June 2, 2026 is highly preferred