Clinical supervisor vs clinician

The differences between clinical supervisors and clinicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a clinical supervisor and a clinician. Additionally, a clinical supervisor has an average salary of $61,615, which is higher than the $60,150 average annual salary of a clinician.

The top three skills for a clinical supervisor include patients, social work and autism. The most important skills for a clinician are social work, patients, and patient care.

Clinical supervisor vs clinician overview

	Clinical Supervisor	Clinician
Yearly salary	$61,615	$60,150
Hourly rate	$29.62	$28.92
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	71,220	105,023
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	4

What does a clinical supervisor do?

A clinical supervisor is responsible for managing a healthcare facility's daily operations, including the medical procedures and treatments of the medical professionals and practitioners. Clinical supervisors work with other healthcare professionals to optimize treatments, assess patients' health conditions, and administer medications. They also enforce strict sanitary and hygienic procedures for strict compliance of the staff. A clinical supervisor must have excellent knowledge of the medical industry to discuss recommendations and evaluate work procedures to provide the patients' highest quality services.

What does a clinician do?

A clinician specializes in providing diagnosis, treatment, and direct care to patients with different illnesses. A clinician's duties mainly revolve around conducting extensive research and analysis, providing medical care through various therapies, and improving one's overall health condition. Furthermore, a clinician must obtain and analyze a patient's complete medical history, provide diagnostic tests, always monitor the effects of treatment on a patient, provide prognosis and consider the overall impact on a patient's health and well-being.

Clinical supervisor vs clinician salary

Clinical supervisors and clinicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Clinical Supervisor	Clinician
Average salary	$61,615	$60,150
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $88,000	Between $34,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Nevada
Best paying company	Apple	Pace University
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between clinical supervisor and clinician education

There are a few differences between a clinical supervisor and a clinician in terms of educational background:

	Clinical Supervisor	Clinician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Nursing	Psychology
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	California State University - Long Beach

Clinical supervisor vs clinician demographics

Here are the differences between clinical supervisors' and clinicians' demographics:

	Clinical Supervisor	Clinician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 24.2% Female, 75.8%	Male, 24.3% Female, 75.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	15%	15%

Differences between clinical supervisor and clinician duties and responsibilities

Clinical supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage the clinical reimbursement coordinators traveling schedule to ensure that facilities have adequate MDS coverage.
Record patients' medical history, vital statistics, or information such as test results in EMR system.
Assist with implementation of OSHA, emergency preparedness, infection control and regulatory compliance for the medical clinic.
Participate in training on various topics such as HIPAA compliance, treatment planning, co-occurring disorders and crisis management.
Pick to be part of a group that work to establish the insurance information house in the EMR system.
Provide annual OSHA require health education, maintain the OSHA log and submit the final annual summary to company management.

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Clinician example responsibilities.

Perform thorough substance abuse assessments incorporating instruments such as ASAM, SASSI and urine drug screens; provide individual therapy.
Spearhead the development of rehabilitation programs serving adults with chemical dependency and mental health diagnoses with the manager.
Follow all ethical CARF standards when treating the residential client.
Facilitate stabilization, assessment, care and compassion for those in critical need.
Provide CBT and motivational interviewing for individual and group therapy to clients' who are on methadone.
Used motivational interviewing to lead recovery and therapy groups for IOP and PHP programs in the evenings and on weekends.

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Clinical supervisor vs clinician skills

Common clinical supervisor skills

Patients, 17%
Social Work, 8%
Autism, 7%
Applied Behavior Analysis, 6%
ABA, 5%
Clinical Supervision, 4%

Common clinician skills

Social Work, 26%
Patients, 14%
Patient Care, 4%
Individual Therapy, 4%
Mental Health, 4%
Mental Illness, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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