Clinical Director

Job Details

Job Location:

Austin, TX 78745

Salary Range: $95,000.00 - $ Salary TRAINING WHEELS ABA

Lead Clinical Excellence. Develop People. Empower Children.

Join Training Wheels ABA as a Clinical Director and take your impact to the next level.

Training Wheels ABA is a growing, innovative behavioral health organization specializing in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We are committed to intentional, sustainable growth that allows us to maintain clinical excellence, invest in our people, and build lasting relationships with the families and communities we serve. Our mission is simple:
Empowering children with autism.

Our Clinical Directors are the clinical leaders of each clinic. They set the standard for clinical excellence, develop and support BCBAs and clinical staff, partner with Operations to achieve clinic goals, and ensure that every child receives ethical, individualized, outcomes-focused care.

This is not simply a supervisory role. It is an opportunity for an experienced BCBA to step into a true leadership position while remaining connected to clinical practice.

• Maintain a small clinical caseload, typically 3 to 4 clients, adjusted based on clinic needs, staffing, and growth.
• Maintain an average of approximately 18 direct clinical/contact hours per week throughout the year.
• Ensure treatment is individualized, medically necessary, evidence-based, and aligned with each child's assessment and treatment plan.
• Review, provide feedback on, and approve treatment plans to ensure clinical quality, measurable outcomes, and payer compliance.
• Ensure initial assessments are completed and submitted to insurance within 7 calendar days.
• Ensure treatment plans and reassessment materials are submitted for authorization at least 22 days in advance.
• Monitor client progress, treatment intensity, goal mastery, generalization, maintenance, and transition planning.
• Ensure clinical teams use data to make treatment decisions and modify programming when progress is limited.
• Ensure caregiver training occurs consistently and is meaningful, individualized, and tied to treatment goals.
• Ensure all quarterly clinical audits are completed and corrective actions are followed through to resolution.
• Complete quarterly clinical audits on all clients
• Maintain strong clinical documentation and ensure records are prepared to withstand Medicaid and insurance review.

• Mentor, coach, and develop BCBAs toward clinical excellence and leadership.
• Provide regular feedback, coaching, and performance support to BCBAs.
• Facilitate meaningful clinical leadership meetings and create an environment centered on solutions, collaboration, accountability, and positivity.
• Coordinate ongoing professional development and distribute relevant CEUs, trainings, and clinical resources at least monthly.
• Identify opportunities for BCBAs and clinical staff to develop new skills and take on leadership responsibilities.
• Support the development of Lead RBTs and other emerging clinical leaders.
• Ensure RBT supervision and clinical support requirements are consistently met.
• Promote servant leadership, professionalism, psychological safety, and a culture where staff feel supported and accountable.
• Recognize and celebrate clinical wins while addressing performance concerns directly and constructively.

• Partner closely with the Operations Manager to achieve clinic KPIs while maintaining clinical integrity.
• Collaborate on staffing, scheduling, capacity, client assignments, and clinic growth.
• Strategically assign clients to clinical teams based on clinical needs, BCBA strengths, caseload capacity, and continuity of care.
• Monitor clinical metrics including client progress, attendance, caregiver participation, supervision, treatment utilization, and BCBA productivity.
• Identify barriers to treatment hours and develop proactive solutions with Operations.
• Support prospective parent tours and contribute to a positive, clinically informed onboarding experience.
• Participate in clinic leadership meetings and contribute to decisions affecting client care, staffing, culture, and sustainable growth.
• Support additional clinic needs as they arise while maintaining clinical priorities and ethical standards.

• Use clinical and operational data to identify trends, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
• Monitor BCBA…