Director of Clinical Excellence, Quality & Research
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Job Location:
Southfield, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our Company
Gateway Pediatric Therapy
Overview
The Director of Clinical Excellence Quality & Research will be responsible for building and sustaining quality systems that protect ethical clinical care enable responsible service delivery and elevate clinical excellence. This role is designed as a strategic systems-focused position that sits at the intersection of clinical quality assurance (QA) quality control (QC) training and professional development and applied research.
Responsibilities
- Design and oversee a standardized clinical QA/QC framework across all clinics achieving 95% audit pass rates for treatment plans supervision and documentation.
- Establish and maintain audit standards that result in a decrease of repeat findings year over year.
- Lead corrective and preventive action plans with 85% of corrective actions closed within 30 days.
- Monitor ethical and regulatory compliance achieving zero substantiated failures related to mandated reporting or ethical misconduct attributable to system gaps.
- Develop and implement standardized onboarding curricula for BCBAs RBTs and clinical leaders resulting in 90% of new hires meeting competency benchmarks within 90 days.
- Implement competency-based training validation reducing early-tenure (90 days) quality errors year over year.
- Strengthen supervisor coaching and feedback skills improving supervisor competency scores annually.
- Maintain training satisfaction and applicability scores as measured by post-training surveys.
- Build and deploy SOPs dashboards and QA systems to 100% of clinics ensuring consistent application regardless of growth.
- Integrate training audit and outcomes data into a unified reporting framework reducing time to identify and remediate quality risks.
- Reduce preventable quality-related leadership escalations year over year through initiative-taking system improvements.
- Establish an ethical treatment outcomes measurement infrastructure with quarterly executive review of outcomes dashboards.
- Design and oversee applied research initiatives completing at least two internal outcome studies per year.
- Lead or support dissemination efforts achieving a minimum of two conference abstracts and one peer-reviewed manuscript submission annually.
- Translate outcomes data into internally and externally appropriate reporting approved by Compliance and Executive Leadership.
- Partner consistently with Clinical Operations People Operations Finance and Compliance completing at least four completed cross-functional quality initiatives annually.
- Serve as a visible and trusted clinical leader establishing 75% favorable scores on clinician survey items related to confidence in quality support.
- Support clinician stability by contributing to a 5% improvement in clinician retention year over year linked to quality and training initiatives.
Qualifications
- Doctoral degree (PhD PsyD or equivalent) in Behavior Analysis Psychology Education or related field.
- Senior-level experience in clinical quality training and supervision within ABA or pediatric therapy.
- Demonstrated success building scalable systems rather than performing isolated audits.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in clinical ABA services with at least 3 years in a training or leadership role.
- Experience designing and delivering training programs in healthcare education or behavioral health settings.
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in good standing.
- Strong analytical written and scholarly communication skills.
- Strong understanding of BACB standards payer guidelines and regulatory frameworks.
- Proficient in adult learning principles e-learning platforms and training analytics.
- No past criminal history.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and project management skills.
- Preferred Skills and Competencies:
- Strategic thinking and systems-level planning.
- Instructional design and content development.
- Cross-functional leadership and influence.
- Data-driven decision-making and quality improvement.
- Coaching mentorship and leadership development.
- Execution of research involving single and multi-subject design.
- Travel to all clinic or site locations is required for 10-15% of yearly work schedule; Travel to assigned conferences or events may also be required
About our Line of Business
Gateway Pediatric Therapy an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services is a leading provider of comprehensive pediatric therapy services. We are dedicated to enriching the lives of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. With a focus on individualized care and evidence-based practices Gateway provides a flexible and dynamic process for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy. Our team of experienced and compassionate therapists works collaboratively with families to create tailored treatment plans that address each childs unique needs and goals. Through personalized support and innovative therapies we strive to empower children to reach their full potential and thrive in all aspects of their lives. For more information please visit . Follow us on Facebook LinkedIn and Instagram.
Salary Range
USD $130000.00 / Year
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Welcome to SpringHealth Behavioral Health & Integrated Care where we assist those we serve in reaching their highest level of independence.
