Corewell Health is seeking a compassionate, innovative, and highly skilled Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to help launch and support a new outpatient clinic serving individuals aged 16 years and older with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing multidisciplinary program focused on improving access, safety, and quality care for a historically underserved population. The BCBA will play a critical role in behavioral assessment, individualized treatment planning, staff education, crisis prevention, and program development.
Position Highlights
Full-time, benefit eligible position in an outpatient clinical setting
Opportunity to help build a new specialty program
Collaborative work with physicians, nurse navigators, behavioral health professionals, caregivers, and community partners
Meaningful impact on patient safety, access, and quality of care
Select Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive behavioral assessments for adult patients with IDD.
Develop individualized behavior intervention plans with measurable goals and outcomes.
Perform Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and related evaluations.
Collaborate with providers, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to support successful patient care.
Participate in pre-visit planning and behavioral risk assessments.
Develop proactive safety and de-escalation strategies.
Support guardianship and care coordination processes.
Educate and train staff on behavior management and de-escalation techniques.
Assist with workflow development, program design, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Serve as a behavioral health resource and safety champion for the clinic.
Essential Functions
Work collaboratively with staff, patients and patients’ families in order to provide behavior analytic services to individuals with autism spectrum disorders or other intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Conduct behavioral assessments and perform functional analyses as needed to identify function(s) of problem behavior.
Utilize trauma-informed and behavior analytic principles to develop effective interventions to decrease problem behavior, minimize distress, reduce avoidable appointment cancellations, and improve healthcare access; provide instruction in and supervision of their implementation to staff and families of patients.
Supervise the collection of data necessary to determine effectiveness of interventions to decrease problem behavior; utilize data to refine/revise interventions as needed. Develop and maintain individualized behavioral, sensory, and communication support profiles to guide patient centered care, and inform care team accommodations.
Identify skill deficits appropriate to target in a (focused or comprehensive) behavior analytic instruction program; develop evidence-based program to teach these deficit skills; provide instruction and supervision of (focused or comprehensive) program to staff and families of patients.
Supervise the collection of skill acquisition data necessary to determine effectiveness of intervention programming. Providing consultation and real-time support before and during patient encounters to facilitate successful patient participation in healthcare services.
Maintain appropriate documentation of assessment and treatment to meet hospital and insurance billing guidelines.
Adhere to all ethical guidelines outlined by the Behavior Analysis Certification Board.
Qualifications
Required Master's Degree
1 year of relevant experience with 1 to 3 years’ experience working as Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Preferred
CRT-Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) - Behavior Analyst Certification Board Behavior Analyst Certification Board Upon Hire required
Physical Demands
Pallet to Waist (6" from floor) > 5 lbs: Occasionally up to 50 lbs
Waist to Waist > 5 lbs: Occasionally up to 50 lbs
Waist to Chest (below shoulder) > 5 lbs: Seldom up to 10 lbs
Waist to Overhead > 5 lbs: Seldom up…