BCBA Clinical Director

Empower Behavioral Health; Donna (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days of paid time off annually

Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM schedule

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits offered

401K option available

Employee Referral Program – bonus opportunities up to $2,500

Collaborative, supportive, and rewarding company culture

Job summary

Empower Behavioral Health in Donna, TX, seeks a Clinical Director to provide clinical leadership and maintain high standards for patients. Responsibilities include managing a team, conducting training, revising treatment plans, and ensuring the quality of care.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s degree in behavior analysis and is BCBA certified with extensive experience working with children with autism. A collaborative and supportive company culture awaits.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working with children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities.
• Minimum of 1 year working as a BCBA.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience presenting to small and large groups of parents/caregivers, teachers, and other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to staff and maintain high clinical quality standards.
• Assist with conducting interviews (e.g., BCBAs, CMs, Operations RBTs) and making hiring decisions.
• Complete and oversee new hire and ongoing clinical training for BCBAs.
• Collaborate on cases, implement Flight Path training and supervision.
• Ensure clinical quality by reviewing treatment plans and conducting regular observations.

Skills

Planning and evaluating (workload management)

Problem solving

Customer service – client/patient

Decision making

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in behavior analysis or a related field

Certified as a BCBA with the BACB and licensed as a Behavior Analyst (LBA) in Texas

Tools

Catalyst data collection platform

Excel

Job description

Empower Behavioral Health (EBH) was created with the mission of empowering families by providing the most effective Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to ensure that learners with autism and other developmental disabilities reach their maximum potential.

Location

Donna, TX

Benefits

• 28 days of paid time off annually
• Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM schedule
• No evenings or weekends
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits offered
• 401K option available
• Employee Referral Program – bonus opportunities up to $2,500
• Collaborative, supportive, and rewarding company culture

Duties and Responsibilities

The Clinical Director is responsible for providing clinical leadership to staff, maintaining high clinical quality standards for all patients, and demonstrating exceptional supervision and mentorship to BCBAs on their team.

• Assist with conducting interviews (e.g., BCBAs, CMs, Operations RBTs, etc.) and making hiring decisions.
• Complete and oversee new hire and ongoing clinical training for BCBAs.
• Collaborate on cases as needed (e.g., severe maladaptive behavior, provide mentorship to expand scope of competence).
• Implement Flight Path training and supervision with clinical‑track RBTs accepted into the program.
• Oversee any BCBAs implementing Flight Path training and supervision with clinical‑track RBTs.
• Assist with new patient intake process, including conducting clinic visits with families, conducting assessments, and overseeing clinical recommendation of hourly dosage and appropriateness of clinic‑based treatment, etc.
• Ensure clinical quality by reviewing treatment plans and goals, completing clinical quality checks, conducting regular observations of protocol modification sessions across BCBAs and clients, etc.
• Train BCBAs, technicians, and OSS on Safety Sense physical management techniques.
• Oversee new hire technician training implemented by Qualified Trainers.
• Manage assigned caseload (2–4 full‑time equivalent cases) as well as temporary ‘overflow’ cases as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in behavior analysis or a related field.
• Certified as a BCBA with the BACB and licensed as a Behavior Analyst (LBA) in Texas.
• Minimum of 5 years working with children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities.
• Minimum of 1 year working as a BCBA.
• Knowledge of Catalyst data collection platform and Excel graphing.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Experience presenting to small and large groups of parents/caregivers, teachers, and other professionals.

Skills and Competencies

• Planning and evaluating (workload management).
• Problem solving.
• Customer service – client/patient.
• Decision making.
• Communication.

EBH provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.