Coverage and Coaching Therapist

Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on Compass Health Center when in crisis – every day, we help people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

The Coverage and Coaching Team is responsible for delivering evidence-based therapy to patients with a variety of mental health and substance use needs across Compass locations. Specifically, this role will support all patients served at Compass Health Center in Maryland, as well as our Virtual programs. This team is pivotal in helping patients get Access to Care as quickly as possible. If you work effectively with patients in crisis, possess an excellent work ethic, feel passionate about patient care and have the ability to work collaboratively with others, you would be a great addition to our team.

Flexible role expected to provide in person support at Compass Health Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, and will sometimes be virtual.

What You'll Do:

• Interface with program directors to adapt to the variety of styles represented at different sites

• Provide individual therapy, group therapy or family therapy as needed at PHP/IOP level of care following all job expectations of these roles.

• Provide mentorship and training to newly hired staff as needed

• Assess patients’ progress and need for higher level of care, transition plan and/or discharge

• Coordinate with patients outside providers to ensure continuity of care

• Chart progress of patients appropriately

• Complete administrative documentation requirements for each role within the required timeframe (initial treatment plans/updates, discharges, attendance, research)

• Provide insurance utilization team with updates

• Complete discharge paperwork

• Participate in professional development activities

Who You Are:

• Knowledge and experience utilizing Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as other empirically supported treatments

• Previous experience with patients in crisis

• Experience working in a PHP/IOP, residential, or inpatient setting

• Experience navigating electronic health records and other supporting software and technology platforms (i.e. Microsoft package, Zoom, etc.)

• Will need to commute to different sites across Chicagoland

• Will need to provide virtual services as needed

• Licensure in multiple states to support Compass expansion

• Excellent communication skills (soft skills)- agility, flexibility, collaboration

• Psychologist or Master’s level clinician with 2+ years of clinical experience conducting individual therapy or family therapy

• Licenses or certifications: LPC, LSW, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, LCPC, or LMFT

• Excellent time management skills, ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment

We are committed to a fair and equitable work environment. The expected compensation range for this role is below. This range includes multiple career path levels across the organization; where you fall in the range is dependent upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, your years of experience, type of experience, location, and education/certifications. Compass reserves the right to update these ranges.

Compensation
$75,000—$105,000 USD

We know job descriptions can be intimidating, so if this sounds like an opportunity for you, please don't hesitate to apply!

Who We Are

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.

Benefits & Perks

We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two-way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.

For eligible positions, our other benefits include: comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans, 401k program with company matching, generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment), and continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities.

What’s Next?

Compass is committed to cultivating diverse and dynamic teams who exude passion for their craft, so whether or not you check all the boxes, we encourage you to apply – we’d be grateful to hear from you!