Clinical Director

Metrowest Nutrition; Framingham, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy in Framingham, MA seeks an experienced Clinical Director to lead our growing practice, blending clinical care with leadership, operations, referrals, and strategic growth including our 40+ Adult Eating Disorder IOP.

This role balances a small clinical caseload with program development, team mentorship, and community partnerships to expand services while ensuring high-quality care and a collaborative, compassionate culture.

Qualifications

• Independently licensed clinician in Massachusetts; LICSW or Massachusetts licensed psychologist preferred/required based on role responsibilities
• Strong clinical experience, with eating disorders and higher levels of care
• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, and team-management experience
• Strong operational, project-management, and problem‑solving skills
• Experience with program development, referral development, or practice growth
• Ability to provide leadership in high‑risk clinical situations, including initiating emergency psychiatric evaluation/hospitalization under Massachusetts law when clinically indicated

Responsibilities

• Lead practice leadership team and serve as a key partner to the Practice Owner
• Oversee clinical operations, team development, and practice management
• Conduct initial client intakes for the IOP and assign appropriate clinician
• Build community relationships to support practice growth
• Lead the development and implementation of adult eating disorder IOP
• Maintain a small clinical caseload while balancing leadership and program-development responsibilities

Skills

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Program development

Referral development

Operations management

Emergency decision making

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

Metrowest Nutrition & Therapy is seeking an experienced Clinical Director to lead our growing practice. This role combines clinical care with team leadership, practice operations, referral development, and strategic growth, including development of our 40+ Adult Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). We’re looking for a collaborative, motivated leader who is excited to help shape the next phase of our practice.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead practice leadership team and serve as a key partner to the Practice Owner
• Oversee clinical operations, team development, and practice management
• Conduct initial client intakes for the IOP and assign appropriate clinician
• Build community relationships to support practice growth
• Lead the development and implementation of adult eating disorder IOP
• Maintain a small clinical caseload while balancing leadership and program-development responsibilities
  

Schedule

• Full-time, 40-hour-per-week position
• 20–25 hours per week on leadership, operations, and business development
• Initial caseload of 12–15 client sessions per week, with flexibility to decrease as leadership responsibilities and programs grow

Location

• Framingham, MA (3-5 days/ week 11-2)
• Flexible remote work from home outside program hours

Qualifications

• Independently licensed clinician in Massachusetts; LICSW or Massachusetts licensed psychologist preferred/required based on role responsibilities
• Strong clinical experience, with eating disorders and higher levels of care
• Demonstrated leadership, supervisory, and team-management experience
• Strong operational, project-management, and problem‑solving skills
• Experience with program development, referral development, or practice growth
• Ability to provide leadership in high‑risk clinical situations, including initiating emergency psychiatric evaluation/hospitalization under Massachusetts law when clinically indicated

About Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy

Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy is a multi-disciplinary group practice consisting of dietitians, psychotherapists and movement specialists who are dedicated to helping individuals heal their relationship with food, movement and body. We specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, pediatrics, athletic performance, weight inclusive medical nutrition therapy and women’s health.

• We strive to create a space for growth and learning around racial and gender equality
• We hire staff with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity
• We provide BIPOC clinicians with affinity group supervision and engage a DEI consultant to provide ongoing training and support as we strive to create a space for diversity.
• We are involved in local and national organizations committed to increasing diversity in the dietetics and eating disorder fields

Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy provides strong clinical and administrative support, a cohesive team culture, ongoing opportunities for training, generous compensation and benefits and a steady flow of referrals to clinicians. Candidate must be independent, driven, collaborative, and enhance our fun, connected, and positive minded group of clinicians.

Our Values

Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy lives by values that guide who we are as a team and how we serve our community. We hire staff who share these values.

Creating strong relationships

We value building strong relationships with our clients and helping them do the same. It’s also a hallmark of our practice to promote strong, lasting bonds within our team and to build strong relationships and work collaboratively with other colleagues in the community.

Investing in quality

We’re committed to providing an optimal environment to care for our clients and our team. Our commitment is seen in our beautiful workspace for our employees and a comforting space for our clients, a collaborative environment for our team, and wrap around services for our clients. We offer extensive ongoing training through individual and group supervision, paid speakers and team buliding activities.

Promoting inclusion

We strive to create a space for diversity, hiring clinicians of varying backgrounds, beliefs, and specialties to better serve the diverse and unique experience of our clients. It’s also important that our office promotes a foundation of diversity, equity, and inclusivity in its culture and practice.

Mentoring and growth

We operate with a growth mindset and provide ample opportunities for ongoing growth and development both as an individual and as a team. This includes regular access to individual supervision, weekly multi-disciplinary group supervision and trainings based on identified need in the practice.

Practicing from Weight Inclusive/ Body Liberation Orientation

At Metrowest Nutrition and Therapy we practice EXCLUSIVELY from a trauma-informed, weight-inclusive/body liberation HAES-aligned framework.It is essential that any clinician who joins our practice aligns with this philosophy.We specialize in eating disorders, disordered eating, feeding issues, body image, women’s health, and athletic performance.Ideally, clinicians have some experience in these areas prior to joining our team.