Clinical Director at TACT (Acton, MA)
TACT· Acton, MA· $85k–$95k·
Role details
Salary
$85k–$95k
Work type
Onsite
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
Clinic Director Job Description
Job Title: Clinical Director
General Job Function: Manage a consolidated caseload, Oversee Case Supervision, Mentor Graduate Students, oversee TACT Specialty Programs as needed, and oversee the RBT Program.
Qualifications: Master’s Degree, Licensed Applied Behavior Analyst, Board Certification, at least two years of clinical practice
Essential Physical Requirements: You will be expected to be able to bend at the waist, lift at least 50 pounds, and implement company-related safety care procedures (e.g., restraints, protective movements, etc.).
Service Appointment Requirement: The Clinical Director will have a quarterly service appointment requirement. The requirement is subject to change.
Working requirement: You will be expected to work 40 hours a week. Flexible schedule and must maintain open availability 8:00 – 7:00 pm.
Responsibilities
- Management
- Direct Supervision of BCBAs and Junior Practitioners
- Daytime QHP- Three days a week
- Oversight of RBT Program
- Reports Directly to Senior Clinical Director
- Case BCBA
- Accepts cases as dictated by organizational need
- Training in direct care technicians
- Treatment plan development and management (e.g., functional analyses, treatment analyses, behavior guideline development)
- Development of individualized objectives
- Skill acquisition curriculum development
- Complete skill acquisition assessments
- Parent training
- Treatment plan management
- Timely submission of documentation
- Fulfillment of service appointments
- Management of caseload commensurate with company-managed care polices
- Schedule coordination
- Direct therapy
- Travel to client locations
- Graduate Fieldwork
- Supervision of students requiring supervised field experience
- TACT Specialty Programs
- Responsible for designing guidelines
- Consultation with BCBAs in goal development for clients
- Responsible for the selection of group curriculum
- Interface with the case BCBA as necessary to evaluate the progress of clients
- Collaboration with operations to design enrollment requirements and schedule
- Responsible for providing additional training, supervision, and support to technicians and BCBAs who have clients in the program
- Collaboration with the Senior Clinical Director to improve and innovate the programs
- Design and measure clinical quality standards with the Senior Clinical Director to evaluate the efficacy of the program
- Regularly review and present data on metrics of the program (e.g., number of clients, progress towards goals, levels of supervision, efficacy of curriculum)
- Conduct research related to group instruction, skill acquisition, and class-wide contingencies for problem behavior
- Contributions to the TACT monthly newsletter through creation of marketing materials
- Knowledge and Skills Required
- Emulate strong leadership skills
- Outstanding professional skills
- Provide exceptional leadership, particularly during difficult situations
- Ability to make company-focused decisions
- Ability to build strong and trusting rapport with team members
- Positively contribute to company culture
- Commitment to company values
- At least 2 years of experience as a BCBA
- Ability to problem solve in a fast-paced environment
Why work at TACT
- Culture & Ratings: 4.3/5.0 overall employer rating (11 reviews) with culture at 4.2 and career development at 4.2 — above-average marks for a small clinical services provider. Work-life balance (3.7) and compensation (3.9) are more moderate areas.
- Career Growth: "Unparalleled professional development opportunities" per the company's own careers page, backed by scholarship programs, field experience for certification, and regular internal promotions visible in the org structure (technicians → senior BCBAs → clinical directors).
- Role Flexibility: Mix of remote part-time roles (ABA Technician — Remote, Part-Time), hybrid-adjacent roles, and fully on-site clinical positions (School Support Behavior Technician in Dedham; Clinical Director in Acton). Good range for different career stages.
- Purpose-Driven Work: Direct mission impact — working hands-on with autistic clients and their families to build communication and social skills.
- Research & Publication Opportunities: Staff are encouraged to present at regional and national behavior analysis conferences and contribute to professional literature — unusual for a small provider.
- Reported Salary Ranges (from workforce data): ABA Technician ~$45,981/yr; Behavior Technician ~$47,986/yr; Junior Practitioner ~$98,341/yr. Note: these are third-party estimates, not official company figures.
- Hiring Process Note: TACT uses AI tools to support parts of the hiring process (application review, resume analysis, inconsistency checks), but states that final hiring decisions are always made by humans.