Clinical Director

Lighthouse Autism Center; Indiana; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Lighthouse Autism Center is seeking a Clinical Director to oversee therapy quality, drive program development and staff training within the Clinical department. The CD will supervise Clinical Admin and RBT TC, and coordinate with the Regional Director to ensure smooth center operations.

The role requires strong ABA leadership, a BCBA credential, and the ability to supervise RBTs. You will lead weekly team meetings, review treatment plans, and manage clinician performance while advancing learner

Qualifications

• Master's degree in behavior analytic content required.
• BCBA credential required.
• Eligible to supervise RBTs.
• 2–3 years ABA field experience with various ages.
• 2–3 years management/supervision experience.
• Proven leadership, mentoring and organizational skills.
• Independent with ABA programming and evidence-based interventions.

Responsibilities

• Review and edit clinician behavior intervention plans and treatment goals.
• Review approvals and provide feedback.
• Schedule and manage clinical reports and dashboards.
• Conduct peer reviews with clinicians in center.
• Oversee clinician caseloads and provide support and recommendations.
• Assist with parent training and staff communication.
• Train clinicians on terminology for parent-facing communication.
• Lead weekly clinical team meetings.
• Monitor learner discharges, start dates and progress.
• Conduct 1:1 meetings to coordinate training and center management.
• Collaborate with Speech-Language Pathologists and OTs as required.
• Use Power BI to track metrics and utilization.
• Supervise or pair with Jr PMs for supervision quality.
• Ensure RBT supervision time meets credential requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Organization

Communication

Program development

Team training

Clinical supervision

Education

Master's degree in behavior analysis

BCBA credential

Eligibility to supervise RBTs

Job description

Description

Clinical Director Job Description

Position: Clinical Director (CD)

Department: Clinical

Reports to: Regional Director

Summary: The CD is responsible for overseeing the quality of therapy within the center with program development and staff training among the Jr Program Managers, Program Mangers, and Assistant Clinical Directors. The CD supervisees the Clinical Admin and RBT TC within the center to ensure quality new hire training and general center management. The CD oversees management needs for their center and collaborates with other LAC team members- Clinical Admin, RBT TC, Insurance Coordinator, Family & Outreach Coordinator, HR, Payroll, IT, Maintenance, and the RD.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree encompassing behavior analytic content.
• Active Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) credential.
• Eligible to provide supervision of Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT)
• 2 to 3 years of experience in ABA field, working with a variety of ages.
• 2 to 3 years management/supervision experience
• Demonstrates exemplary leadership, mentoring, and organization skills
• Completely independent with ABA programming and implementing evidence based intervention strategies
• Able to communicate expressively and receptively for all responsibilities within the job role.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Review and edit clinician behavior intervention plans and treatment plan goals.
• Review and edit clinician authorizations and provide feedback as necessary.
• Schedule reports on the calendar for the clinical team utilizing the authorization dashboard and authorization tickets.
• Complete peer reviews with clinicians in center.
• Oversee all clinician caseloads and provide additional support and make clinical recommendations.
• Assists clinicians with parent training on handling issues within the home environment, safety, etc.
• Provide training to clinicians on verbiage used with parent communication, both written and oral.
• Instruct weekly team meetings with clinical team.
• Oversee and monitor planned and unplanned learner discharges, initial assessments, and learner start dates.
• Meet weekly with all clinicians to review learner's goals, progress, and areas for improvement.
• Demonstrate ability to continually challenge and train all new Jr PMs and PMs in the building.
• Bill sufficient number of ethical, direct service hours with learners in center - 15 total hours per week and ensure BCBA team meets expectations, if not, discuss barriers and PIPs.
• Complete and review daily BCBA logs to document billable hours in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with clinical staff to review daily RBT session notes for accuracy and submit at the end of the day.
• Ensure RBT supervision time (at least 5%) is met for all RBTs within center to maintain RBT credential.
• Complete supervision for LAC's apprentice program for building, and oversee BCBA implementation of program.
• Handle disciplinary issues within the building for clinician and CA team (i.e., write-ups, reviews, terminations, PIPs, etc.) and provide oversight for CA enforcement of corrective action with RBTs.
• Understanding, overseeing, and supporting operations of the Clinical Admin & RBT TC.
• Assist with scheduling decisions; CD will slot new hires appropriately on the appropriate pod.
• Understand the new hire training expectations and schedule.
• Check in with new hires during their new hire training period.
• Oversee interview process and coordination within the center.
• Complete 1:1 meetings with CA & RBT TC team to monitor new hire training coordination and center management
• Collaborate with Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists internally and externally as required.
• Utilize Power BI to track building metrics, including: learner missed hours, weekly BCBA billing hours, overtime, therapy utilizations, RBT turnover, authorization utilization, payor information, credentialing information, etc.
• Directly supervise or pairs Support BCBA with Jr PMs within center to ensure quality supervision and authorization utilization.
• Monitor and record keep weekly PM billable hours and submit monthly incentive bonuses to RD.
• Meet weekly with RD to monitor staffing levels, learner capacity, and center metrics.
• Manages up to Regional Director
• Progress or concerns with PMS in building
• Learner/Family Concerns
• Metrics
• Building Maintenance
• Staffing Concerns.
• Coordinating a plan and then informing the appropriate people if/when emergency action or building safety plans need to be implemented.
• Works well with team & demonstrates professionalism in the workplace.
• Demonstrates creativity & "think outside the box" attitude to provide support and achieve positive outcomes for all learners and staff.
• Consistently builds rapport with learners & families to achieve best possible outcomes.
• Promotes LAC culture and values with learners & staff.
• Create and analyze staff surveys regarding PM performance, feedback, etc.
• Complete APRs for RBTs, CAs, and PMs.