Clinical Director – Occupational Therapist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee the clinical quality and strategic direction of Mud Club’s occupational therapy services.

• Guide, mentor, and provide support to Occupational Therapists.

• Set standards for OT/OTA supervision and delegation practices.

• Create and uphold clinical policies, processes, best practices, SOPs, and decision-making frameworks.

• Manage quality assurance, documentation, continuity of care, clinical risk management, and adherence to professional standards.

• Offer complex clinical consultation and escalation support.

• Innovate and assess new service offerings.

• Handle clinical staffing, capacity, and service planning effectively.

• Collaborate with families when elevated clinical support is necessary.

• Enhance clinical reasoning, decision-making, competence, and performance development within the team.

• Work alongside the Lead OTA & Trainer on onboarding, training, and professional growth initiatives.

• Analyze program trends and transform them into improved systems, training, and support structures.

• Fortify supervision frameworks, escalation channels, quality-review processes, member transitions, family communication, regulatory compliance, privacy practices, and outcome enhancements.

• Engage with clinical, programming, operations, and technology teams.

• Provide clinical guidance for programming, therapeutic tools, facilitation methods, new service initiatives, community experiences, and resources for members and families.

• Collaborate with organizational leadership on staffing, service capacity, clinical risk management, and strategic planning.

• Assess the potential of gaming, VR, AI, digital communities, and emerging technologies to enhance occupational therapy practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be a Registered Occupational Therapist in Canada.

• Extensive experience working with children and adolescents, preferably including neurodivergent youth.

• Strong clinical reasoning skills.

• Experience in mentoring and developing fellow clinicians.

• Knowledge of neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based practices.

• Proficient in supervising and supporting OT/OTA models.

• Ability to navigate complex clinical and family dynamics.

• Strong and thoughtful communication skills.

• Capability to identify patterns and establish practical systems.

• Ability to balance professional standards with innovative practices.

• Comfortable collaborating across various disciplines.

• Decisive and accountable in making clinical decisions.

• Experience in developing clinical programs, competency frameworks, quality-assurance systems, or scalable healthcare solutions is highly valued.

• Familiarity with virtual care, gaming, Minecraft, VR, or online communities is beneficial but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Benefits included