Program Manager - Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
Reports To: Clinical Director

Job Classification: Salary Non-Exempt
Hours: Enjoy the flexibility of deciding your caseload size/hours worked.

Reach High is looking for a BCBA to serve our patients in Bloomington, IN. We are offering a flexible salary based on billable-hour preferences and experience as a BCBA.

Program Manager I: minimum of 20 billable hours/week
Program Manager II: minimum of 22 billable hours/week
Program Manager III: minimum of 25 billable hours/week with bonus eligibility

Our Mission:
“We believe we were put on this earth to elevate the quality of life, for our people, our patients, and our field by being better today than we were yesterday.”

Reach High provides equal employment opportunities to all! Reach High welcomes a diverse pool of applicants including all races, colors, religions, ages, sexes, national origins, disability statuses, genetics, protected veteran statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws. RHC prohibits discrimination and harassment and takes allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation seriously - RHC will promptly investigate when such behavior is reported. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Main Role Directive
The primary directive of the Program Manager is to provide support to individuals and their families by evaluating, creating, implementing, and monitoring sustainable plans of care as authorized by insurance. The Program Manager is responsible for providing ongoing professional supervision which includes modeling and other direct instructional support for Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs).

Essential Duties

The Program Manager must be able to perform the essential duties of the position either with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Timely arrival and completion of scheduled therapy sessions. Prompt and dependable in-clinic attendance is essential to ensure quality care and consistency of therapy for our unique patients.
• The ability to speak fluent English is essential to communicate with our patients.
• The ability to assume and maintain a variety of postures and motions (kneeling, squatting, crawling, sitting, standing, running) for extended periods of time, and to pick up to 50 lbs without additional support, are essential to engage with our patients as well as to ensure patient safety.

Clinical Duties

Patient Assessments:

• Initial, semi-annual, and annual completion of a variety of assessments such as the SRS-2, PSI-4, Vineland, PDDBI to assess intended outcomes of treatment.

Plan of Care Development

• Revise each patient’s treatment plan in 6-month intervals based on assessment results, meeting Reach High's format.
• Create a behavior intervention plan that is derived from completing a Functional Behavior Assessment with antecedent, reactive, and replacement strategies.
• Coordinate with the Clinical Director for the completion of peer reviews for assigned patients.

Data Sheet and Protocol Management

• Responsible for maintaining up to date protocols and data sheets in the practice management platform (Central Reach).
• Must conduct data collection and protocol writing in adherence to company policies and procedures regarding formatting and system usage, deviation must be approved by the Clinical Director prior to implementation.
• Must design protocols, datasheets, and learning trees, utilizing best practices pertaining to the implemented platform outlined in company policies and procedures.

Supervision of Treatment Implementation

• Supervise treatment implementation for assigned patients to include authorization utilization across all ABA service types to promote a well-balanced approach to care.
• Complete supervision for all RBTs to meet the required monthly minimum of 10% set by RHC.
• Complete all necessary documentation surrounding RBT supervision including but not limited to, data collection within the RBT's performance review in the practice management system and supervision notes.
• Regularly review data analysis of RBT sessions by running reports of session data to include trial count and patient goal completion.

Parent Interactions and Family Management

• Conduct and coordinate parent coaching utilizing an evidence-based curriculum at a minimum of once a month with each of your patients in adherence to billable requirements set forth by the insurance payor and company policies and procedures.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining parent engagement and coordination regarding patient POC, protocol changes, and POC outcomes.

Clinical Documentation Expectations

• Supervise and manage a caseload.
• Create and maintain proper communication and activity logs of all material patient interactions within the practice management platform.
• Schedule and render all billable service notes within 24 hours of session completion.

Clinical Collaboration and Staff Training

• Engage and collaborate with the program management team to complete quarterly clinic-wide training presentations that introduce new research and evidence-based practices for patients and staff.
• Engage and contribute to resolving program/caseload challenges brought up to the program management team.
• Provide candidate/student supervision if assigned following the prescribed curriculum and/or plan agreed upon by the organization and in compliance with BACB supervision guidelines.
• Conduct and contribute to Reach High’s 40-hour RBT Training curriculum as needed.
• Provide mentorship to Reach High Program Managers within their first year of BCBA certification.

Administrative Duties

Administrative Documentation and Reporting

• Must maintain accurate documentation for all staff related complaints, issues, or clinical performance corrections within 24 hours of the incident or reportable offense.
• Must maintain accurate documentation for all patient-related complaints, issues, or clinical corrections within 24 hours of the incident or reportable offense.
• Ensure personal schedule updates are maintained in your Google Calendar.

Learning and Development

• Complete the required number and documentation of CEUs per BACB guidelines.
• Complete all practice management training assigned.
• Responsible for acquiring additional knowledge within the ABA practice field to expand scope of practice.

BACB Ethical Code of Conduct

• Responsible for adhering to all requirements and expectations of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts.
• Responsible for documenting and notifying the company of any alleged violations or situations that are not aligned with the intended purpose and meaning of the Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts.

BCBA Eligibility

Ability to successfully complete individual credentialing process

• Master’s Degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, Special Education, Psychology, or closely related field with a minimum of 1 year certified as a BCBA in good standing with the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB)
• Must meet requirements to supervise BCBA candidates/students as specified by the BACB
• Current CPR certification
• Completed 8-hour Supervision Course submitted to BACB account
• NPI Enrollment (Up-to-Date)
• Liability Certificate of Insurance (COI)
• CAQH Enrollment (Up-to-Date)
• Current Background Check (within 180 days)
• Medicaid Attestation and Enrollment
• Fully credentialed with patient payors

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust and focus.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Continuing education credits
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities

Patient demographics:

• Children

Schedule:

• Choose your own hours
• Day shift
• No weekends

Travel requirement:

• No travel

Application Question(s):

• Are you able to perform all essential duties of the position either with or without reasonable accommodations?

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• Applied Behavior Analysis: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BCBA certification (Required)

Work Location: In person