Mental Health Professional

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

We are seeking a Mental Health Professional to provide support to our Adult OCD and Complex Anxiety Program. If you are passionate about providing your patients with exemplary care, while being sensitive to their individual psychiatric conditions, you would be a great fit on our team. The Mental Health Professional will support Compass’ clinical teams through activities including but not limited to interacting with patients and supporting the milieu, communicating patient information, preparing the clinical environment, aiding patients in daily exposure therapy work under the supervision of master's level clinicians, tracking patient outcome data. Additionally, this role will understand HIPAA compliance and be able to maintain a calm demeanor in high-stress situations.

The hours for this role are 8am-4pm Monday through Friday.

Our location in Northbrook is our first and largest facility, and consists not only of our widest variety of programs, but also serves as a pilot site for many of our new treatment offerings.

What you'll do:

• Support and lead daily Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy including but not limited to gathering materials, facilitating exposures that involve more than one person, supporting patients during and after exposures, helping them increase the intensity or variability of exposures.

• Support other therapists such as co-leading content, communicating needs outside the group room, writing on the board, etc..

• Demonstrate or perform interoceptive with patients

• Support in program day to day logistics including but not limited to attendance, scheduling, printing materials, prepping rooms, administering/entering patient data measures

• Support general administrative tasks such as making copies, making binders, printing group materials, etc.

• Engage in frequent communication and collaboration with team members

• Guiding group in a scripted meditation

• Chart progress of patients

• Communicate patient progress with team

• Check and respond to daily emails and EMR messages.

• Maintain organizational systems

• Communicate patient requests with doctors/nurses/therapists

• Maintain patient privacy at all times

• Participate in professional development activities.

• Other responsibilities as assigned

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred)

• Have two years’ experience working with mental health patients, with experience with OCD preferred

• Experience successfully working with patients with significant emotional and behavioral needs

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

• Ability to maintain patient privacy at all time

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer and standing, bending and moving

• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

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!