Clinical Director
About The Position
The Clinical Director supports the State Director and oversees behavioral health services, staffing, and operations across assigned locations. The role includes supervising clinic assistants and schedulers, covering BCBA supervision needs, assessing incoming youth, assigning caseload coverage, and coordinating with interdisciplinary providers. The Clinical Director tracks performance indicators, staffing needs, budgetary goals, and growth metrics, and participates in director-level meetings to support growth and stability. The position also oversees behavior plan assessment, design, training, monitoring, and reporting; conducts behavioral assessments and interprets results; provides behavioral treatment; and participates in an on-call rotation for behavior issues.
Requirements
- Doctoral or master's degree in psychology, counseling, or a related discipline.
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) certification is required.
- Three to five years of BCBA experience.
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Ability to write simple correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to individuals and employees.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to make independent decisions with good judgment and attention to detail.
- Ability to participate in and demonstrate knowledge of approved crisis management procedures.
- Ability to record and enter data neatly, accurately, and objectively, consistent with SpringHealth standards.
Responsibilities
- Assist the State Director with reviewing and updating department materials, including manuals and policies.
- Understand and follow policies and procedures related to client payor plan rules and regulations.
- Provide BCBA supervision coverage across locations due to vacancies or PTO.
- Directly supervise and monitor clinic assistants and schedulers across coverage locations.
- Complete assessments for incoming youth and assign them to caseload coverage.
- Complete PIPs/CAPs in collaboration with the treatment team.
- Track key performance indicators regularly, including productivity, assessment due dates, certification dates, and payor rules.
- Report and maintain staffing needs with the State Director to ensure appropriate hiring needs are met.
- Participate in director-level meetings to promote growth and line stability.
- Promote collaboration among youth line providers, including SLP, OT, and mental health providers, in collaboration with the State Director.
- Model and train staff in Applied Behavior Analytic methodology.
- Serve on Interdisciplinary Teams (IDTs), providing expertise on behavior analytic strategy implementation.
- Maintain assigned budgetary goals and growth metrics.
- Oversee behavior plan assessment, design, training, monitoring, and reporting.
- Conduct descriptive and systematic behavioral assessments, including functional analyses, and interpret the results behavior analytically.
- Provide direct behavioral treatment, including replacement skills training, social skills training, crisis de-escalation, group and individual behavioral treatment, and skills coaching in applicable settings.
- Participate in an on-call rotation for behavior issues and monitor challenging behavior.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
