Clinical Director (BCBA)

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At Lighthouse Autism Center, clinical quality is held to the highest standard. As the Clinical Director you will be responsible for overseeing management needs of the center, quality of therapy within the center, program development and staff training.

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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. Our BCBAs at Lighthouse Autism Center enjoy the following:

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 PM’s 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.
• Other duties as assigned

Our benefits include:

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance starting day 1 of employment
• 23 paid days off/year
• Paid recertification and licensure renewal
• 401K eligibility after 30 days of employment – up to 4% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program
• Professional liability insurance covered

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in ABA, Psychology, Education, or related field
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
• Illinois LBA preferred or ability to obtain state licensure
• 2+ years of experience in ABA field, working with a variety of ages
• 2+ 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.