Director, Adult Program

Weekly outpatient therapy isnt always enough and a trip to the ER isnt the only answer. Patients and their families rely on CompassHealth Center whenincrisis every day wehelp people overcome depression anxiety suicidality obsessions/compulsions trauma chronic pain and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

Compass Health is seeking an experienced Director for our Adult Mood & Anxiety Programs. This includes oversight to the Adult Mood & Anxiety PHP/IOP Adult Mental Health & Substance Use PHP/IOP and Mental Health Chronic Pain & Illness PHP/IOP. As a Director youll lead a designated clinical team while continuing to participate in active patient care. If you are passionate about helping other clinicians grow and concurrently being given the opportunity to remain an expert in your clinical skills you would be a great addition to our team.

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

What Youll Do:

• Providing direct managerial oversight to Associate Director Primary Therapists Family Therapists and Group Therapists as needed
• Identifying hiring/staffing needs and participating in interviewing and hiring process
• Executing new hire onboarding and staff development
• Initiating employee performance appraisal and staff performance improvement program compliance with accrediting bodies
• Leading the day-to-day execution of policies and procedures as well as the mission and objectives of Compass
• Managing program paid time off to ensure adequate staffing patterns
• Working with Chief Clinical Officer and leaders across the organization in implementation of Compass wide initiatives including Access to Care Optimal Outcomes Continuity & Excellence and Patient & Family Engagement
• Responding to clinical crises as needed and coordinating response of others
• Working with Center of Excellence Learning and Development Data Review Board and other departments as indicated.
• Participate in community outreach and coordination
• Supporting cross coverage at other locations when indicated by staffing patterns.
• Overseeing calls about program eligibility and appropriateness. Ensures referrals are provided as needed.
• Conducting clinical intakes to identify clinical diagnoses functional impairment personal strengths and make treatment recommendations
• Providing group individual and family therapy as needed
• Communicating with patients family members or support system as needed
• Coordinating care with patients outside providers to ensure continuity of care
• Assessing patients progress and need for higher level of care or discharge
• Engaging in frequent communication and collaboration with team members via rounds EMR notes emails and face-to-face communication
• Charting progress of patients appropriately
• Participating in professional development activities

Who You Are:

• Psychologist orMasterslevel clinician with one of the following licenses: PhD PsyD LCSW or LCPC
• Internal applicants must have experience successfully implementing organizational initiatives including Optimal Outcomes and Access to Care
• Internal applicants must be Principal-level or above to be eligible
• Experience developing and managing programs and clinical teams
• Experience supervising therapists both licensed and seeing licensure
• Knowledge and experience of group dynamics utilizing CBT ACT DBT and Motivational Interviewing among other effective and efficacious treatments
• Experience with patients in crisis
• Excellent time management skills ability to juggle multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced and changing environment
• Experience with program target population in group and individual therapy settings

We know job descriptionscan be intimidating so if this sounds like an opportunity for you please dont 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 PartialHospitalizationand 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 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.

Whats 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 wed be grateful to hear from you!