Clinical Director

Job Description

Job Description

Clinical Director

Location: Springfield, Illinois

Job Type: Full-Time, W-2

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Work Setting: Residential, community-based, and administrative program locations

Work Location: In person with regular local travel

Compensation: BCBA: $100,000 to $125,000 annually; Licensed Psychologist: $115,000 to $135,000 annually

Position Overview

A nonprofit developmental disabilities services organization is seeking a Clinical Director to provide clinical leadership, staff supervision, service coordination, and quality oversight throughout the Springfield area.

This position is open to either an experienced Board Certified Behavior Analyst or a Licensed Psychologist qualified to practice in Illinois. The Clinical Director will support residential and community-based services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities while promoting dignity, independence, individual rights, and person-centered care.

The role combines clinical assessment, individualized support planning, professional supervision, staff training, documentation review, crisis response, interdisciplinary collaboration, and operational follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and consistent coordination of services across assigned residential and community-based programs.
• Complete or oversee clinical assessments, individualized support plans, transition plans, progress documentation, and other required reports.
• Monitor whether individual goals, clinical recommendations, interventions, and support strategies are implemented effectively.
• Supervise or oversee assigned clinical professionals, qualified intellectual disabilities professionals, residential leaders, and direct support staff.
• Establish clear expectations for documentation quality, communication, service delivery, professionalism, and follow-through.
• Review employee and service documentation for accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.
• Provide coaching, retraining, and performance feedback when documentation or service-delivery concerns are identified.
• Train new and existing direct support staff on individualized needs, clinical strategies, abuse and neglect prevention, individual rights, and other relevant topics.
• Coordinate transition-related training and communication with families, guardians, service coordinators, clinical providers, and community partners.
• Collaborate with behavior analysts, nurses, medical providers, psychiatric providers, supervisory personnel, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Attend clinical appointments, planning meetings, service meetings, or urgent medical visits when assigned.
• Respond to behavioral crises, staffing concerns, safety issues, and other urgent situations as required.
• Promote services that maximize independence, dignity, personal choice, community inclusion, and individual self-worth.
• Ensure services are delivered according to organizational policies, professional standards, individual plans, and applicable Illinois requirements.
• Complete required employee records, reports, training, continuing education, and administrative responsibilities on time.
• Support day-to-day program operations and complete additional clinical or leadership assignments as needed.

Required Clinical Credential

Candidates must meet one of the following qualification paths:

• Active Board Certified Behavior Analyst certification in good standing with experience providing or overseeing behavioral services.
• Licensed Psychologist with the credentials necessary to practice in Illinois and experience providing or overseeing behavioral services.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in a human-services field.
• Minimum of three years of directly related professional experience.
• Experience supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Experience completing or overseeing clinical assessments, individualized plans, interventions, and progress documentation.
• Experience supervising clinical, professional, management, or direct support employees.
• Ability to train employees and assess staff understanding, competency, and performance.
• Strong knowledge of person-centered services, individual rights, dignity, independence, and community integration.
• Strong interpersonal, written, verbal, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple individuals, programs, employees, priorities, and deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively with guardians, service coordinators, clinicians, nurses, employees, and outside providers.
• Ability to respond calmly and professionally during behavioral crises, medical concerns, and other high-pressure situations.
• Ability to complete required records accurately and within assigned timeframes.
• Valid driver’s license, current automobile insurance, reliable transportation, and ability to travel locally.
• Ability to complete required background checks, health requirements, certifications, and employment clearances.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required approvals, provider enrollment, payer credentials, and organizational competencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supervising behavior support professionals, qualified intellectual disabilities professionals, or residential program leaders.
• Experience overseeing services across multiple residential homes or community-based programs.
• Experience with Illinois developmental disabilities services and regulatory requirements.
• Experience training Direct Support Professionals on individualized clinical and behavioral strategies.
• Experience coordinating transitions between residential or community service settings.
• Experience supporting psychiatric appointments, medication-related communication, or interdisciplinary clinical follow-up.
• Experience with crisis response, incident review, corrective action, and staff retraining.
• Current Illinois provider approvals or Medicaid enrollment applicable to the position.

Skills

• Clinical leadership and supervision
• Developmental disabilities services
• Clinical assessment and individualized planning
• Residential and community-based services
• Staff training and competency development
• Documentation and quality review
• Person-centered support
• Crisis response and problem-solving
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Regulatory compliance
• Organization and accountability
• Professional communication and follow-through

Work Environment

This is an in-person leadership position supporting residential, community-based, clinical, and administrative operations throughout the Springfield area. The Clinical Director will regularly travel among assigned service locations, meetings, appointments, and community settings.

The standard schedule is Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Some flexibility may be required for emergency situations, crisis response, appointments, meetings, or urgent program needs.

The position may involve contact with individuals experiencing behavioral, emotional, medical, or safety-related challenges. The Clinical Director must be able to remain calm, organized, and professional in complex situations.

Physical duties may include sitting for extended periods and assisting with the movement of objects or individuals, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Newly created Clinical Director position with meaningful influence over clinical systems and service quality.
• Opportunity to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their homes and communities.
• Broad leadership responsibility across clinical services, staff development, documentation, and program operations.
• Direct collaboration with regional leadership and interdisciplinary professionals.
• Opportunity to train, mentor, and strengthen residential and clinical teams.
• Stable, full-time W-2 employment with a mission-driven nonprofit organization.

Benefits

Eligible employees may have access to medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, prescription benefits, telemedicine services, virtual mental health resources, an employee assistance program, paid time off, long-term disability coverage, employer-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and voluntary life insurance options.

Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements, enrollment terms, organizational policies, and official plan documents.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Avento Health recruits and refers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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