What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Psychologist – Regional Clinical Manager | $10K Sign-On position at Thrive Therapies Group?
Seattle Region: Seattle, Tacoma & Bremerton | Full-Time W-2 | 12-Month
Thrive Therapies Group is seeking an experienced School Psychologist and people leader to lead our growing Washington clinical team. This is not a traditional School Psychologist position. It is a regional leadership role responsible for approximately 20 school-based clinicians, including School Psychologists, SLPs, OTs, PTs, an SLPA, and mental health clinicians.
Reporting to our Chief Clinical Officer, the Regional Clinical Manager will lead clinician performance and development, oversee service delivery across our Washington school partnerships, and serve as a key point of contact for school and district leaders.
What You'll Do
Lead and develop our clinical team
- Lead performance management for approximately 20 clinicians, including goal setting, coaching, performance reviews, feedback, and accountability.
- Onboard new clinicians and ensure they understand Thrive's clinical standards, systems, and school partnerships.
- Serve as a responsive leadership resource for clinicians across the region.
- Build a culture of clinical excellence, accountability, reliability, and care.
Oversee regional clinical operations
- Ensure school partners have clear clinician assignments, schedules, and service plans.
- Monitor delivery of IEP service minutes, make-up services, documentation, and other key performance measures.
- Drive consistent use of Thrive Clinical, our documentation platform.
- Identify staffing and coverage needs and partner closely with Talent Acquisition to build and maintain the team.
Partner with schools
- Build strong relationships with school and district leaders.
- Proactively identify and resolve service or staffing issues.
- Represent Thrive as a trusted clinical and operational partner.
What We're Looking For
- Washington ESA certification in School Psychology, active or eligible.
- 5 years of School Psychologist experience.
- 2 years of direct people-management experience, including performance reviews, coaching, and addressing performance concerns.
- Experience working with or leading multidisciplinary clinical teams, including SLP, OT, PT, and/or mental health professionals.
- Strong knowledge of IDEA, IEP compliance, evaluations, and special education operations.
- Strong communication skills and confidence working with both clinicians and school/district leadership.
- Comfortable using technology and data to manage performance and service delivery.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout the Seattle, Tacoma, and Bremerton region.
- NCSP, Washington district experience, and experience within a growing organization are preferred.
Compensation & Benefits
- 125,000–145,000 annual salary
- $10,000 sign-on bonus
- Full-time W-2, 12-month position
- Full benefits and 401(k) company match
- Paid CEUs
- Opportunity to join the leadership team building Thrive's Washington practice
Thrive Therapies Group is a pediatric healthcare company working to make schools more equitable and inclusive for children with disabilities. 46% of the students we serve graduate from services each year, compared with approximately 8% nationally.
Pay: $49.12 - $59.15 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $10,000