Clinical Director jobs in Rhode Island

Guides for Clinical Directors moving into Rhode Island

• Licensure compacts and multi-state practicePSYPACT, the Counseling Compact and the Social Work Licensure Compact, state by state, and what each one does and does not let a clinician do.
• Changing states as a behavioral health clinicianA practical sequence for moving states: credential first, license second, offer third, with the market context that decides whether the move pays.
• US behavioral health pay benchmarksWhat BCBA, RBT, SLP, OT, LCSW, LPC and PMHNP roles are advertised at across the US, by credential and experience level, and the four factors that move an offer more than tenure does.

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Clinical Director jobs in Rhode Island: common questions

Do you need a license to work as a Clinical Director in Rhode Island?

Clinical mental health counselor and LMFT licences sit with one board; clinical social work titles are issued separately. Confirm the current position with the Rhode Island board before you accept a start date, as processing time is the usual cause of a delayed start.

What is the average Clinical Director salary in Rhode Island?

Federal wage data for Rhode Island puts the median for medical and health services managers at $119,260 a year, with the middle of the market between $77,630 and $196,810 and about 3,370 people employed in the state (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). Federal figures cover medical and health services managers across all of healthcare, not behavioural health alone. Advertised pay on the Clinical Director roles we recruit nationally sits at roughly $105k – $165k, and offers land inside that band according to setting, caseload and metro cost of living.

Does Clinical Director pay in Rhode Island differ from the rest of the US?

We publish advertised pay on the roles we recruit, not a Rhode Island average. Across the US those Clinical Director roles are advertised at roughly $105k – $165k, and where a Rhode Island offer lands inside that band is driven by setting, caseload and metro cost of living. For an official comparison, Rhode Island median pay for medical and health services managers is $119,260; treat that as a negotiating floor.

Where are the Clinical Director jobs in Rhode Island?

Providence functions as one commuter market with south-eastern Massachusetts, which sets the real pay comparison. The live Clinical Director vacancies we hold in Rhode Island are listed on this page; when nothing is open there today, the national Clinical Director board carries every role we currently hold.

Who employs Clinical Directors in Rhode Island?

The employers hiring this credential are multi-site aba providers, community mental health organizations, pediatric therapy groups, residential programs. Which of those dominates in Rhode Island follows the local funding and provider mix rather than any national pattern, and it is the single biggest driver of what an offer looks like: the same Clinical Director is priced differently by a center-based provider, a school district and a hospital system.

What do employers look for when hiring a Clinical Director in Rhode Island?

First, the credential and the right to practise: senior clinical licensure or certification (bcba, lcsw, psychologist, slp) plus leadership experience. Clinical mental health counselor and LMFT licences sit with one board; clinical social work titles are issued separately. After that, hiring managers screen on the specifics of the work — caseload size you have carried, the settings you have worked in, supervision responsibility, and documentation or payer experience. Availability matters too: a realistic start date that accounts for board processing usually beats a stronger resume that cannot start.

What does the salary range on this page actually mean?

Two different things, kept separate on purpose. $105k – $165k is what Clinical Director roles we recruit are advertised at across the US — a live market signal, not a survey. The federal figures are official Rhode Island estimates for medical and health services managers: $119,260 median, with $77,630 at the 10th percentile and $196,810 at the 90th. They cover the whole occupation in the state, are published annually and lag the market by roughly a year, so read the median as a negotiating floor rather than a target. Neither number is an offer; where you land inside a range is set by setting, caseload and metro cost of living.