Assistant Clinical Director

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

• Reports to:
  
  Clinical Director
• FLSA status:
  Exempt/Full-Time
• Job Type: Full-time
• Compensation: $85,000 – $90,000 annually

• Training
  • Assist with conducting onboarding training of new BCBAs in conjunction with the CD
  • Assist with RBT training/competency assessments
  • Conduct weekly staff meetings and trainings in conjunction with OSS
• Onboarding Patients
  • Assist with clinic visits for potential patients
  • Assist with the new patient intake process, including scheduling, completing assessments, insurance paperwork, and patient-family communication
• Ensuring Clinical Quality
  • Maintain rapport and accessibility with patient caregivers
  • Assist with addressing caregiver concerns in a timely manner
  • Assist with weekly BCBA observations and clinical quality checks (treatment plan reviews, BIP checks)
  • Meet weekly with Clinical Director to discuss clinical updates for the clinic and BCBA team
  • Assist with oversight on ongoing patient programming to ensure high clinical quality, including:
    • Clinical quality checks
    • Behavior intervention plan checklists
    • Review of data collection procedures
    • Review of treatment integrity data
    • Observation and assisting BCBAs with parent/caregiver trainings
    • Review of treatment goals (behavior reduction, skill acquisition, parent goals, transition/discharge criteria)
    • Ongoing treatment plan reviews (initial and progress/concurrent)
    • Regular observations of protocol modification sessions across BCBAs and clients
    • Assist with behavior calls in the clinic requiring extra behavior support
• Assist with peer review calls and insurance appeals
• Assist with coordination of care for patients as needed
• Coordinate RBT ongoing clinical training in conjunction with the BCBA team (weekly trainings, staff in-service day trainings, data collection/EMR training, etc.)
• Assist with maintaining outcome measures spreadsheet for all patients
• Assist with training BCBAs, technicians and OSS on Safety Sense physical management techniques and maintain a training log
• Managing a Team of BCBAs
  • Assist with new hire training for BCBAs
  • Assist with ongoing clinical training with the team of BCBAs (biweekly clinical reviews, data collection and EMR systems, etc.)
  • Collaborate on cases as needed (e.g., severe maladaptive behavior, provide mentorship to expand scope of competence)
• Developing Clinical Track RBTs
  • Implement Flight Path training and supervision with clinical track RBTs accepted into the program as needed
  • Oversee any BCBAs implementing Flight Path training and supervision with clinical track RBTs as needed
  • Supervise and manage caseloads for Case Managers (billing, mentorship, oversight, etc.) as needed
  • Troubleshoot performance issues that arise with clinical track RBTs in conjunction with BCBAs as needed
• Assist with new hire technician training
  • Assist with supervising Qualified Trainers in the implementation of EBH new hire technician training (documentation and regular treatment fidelity)
  • Assist with conducting initial RBT competency assessments and paperwork for BTs to apply for their RBT exam
• Managing Assigned Caseload (6 full‑time equivalent cases, 24 hours weekly billable)
  • Conduct ongoing assessments (VBMAPP, ABLLS, AFLS, EFL, etc.)
  • Develop and write initial treatment plans in accordance with best practice and insurance guidelines
  • Conduct descriptive and functional analyses as part of functional behavior assessments
  • Write behavior intervention plans for behavior reduction targets
  • Update patient treatment plans as required by insurance companies and clinical best practice
  • Develop and supervise data collection systems and quality of data
  • Evaluate and report patient progress toward treatment goals
  • Develop and oversee transition and discharge plans
  • Evaluate risk and crisis management
  • Conduct individual parent/caregiver trainings on a monthly basis at minimum and group trainings as needed
  • Provide…