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
As the largest provider of PHP/IOP programs and psychiatric services in Illinois, Compass Health Center is one of the fastest-growing behavioral health organizations in the country. We are thrilled to expand our exceptionally innovative and highly distinguished programs that redefine our industry and raise the standard for comprehensive care.
Launching in early 2025, our newest location in Minneapolis, MN, will be home to top local talent in behavioral health care. This interdisciplinary team of trailblazers will build our child, adolescent, and adult programs from the ground up alongside the leadership of well-established clinicians and doctors working in PHP/IOP behavioral health care for the past decade.
As we prepare to open our Minneapolis facility, we are seeking an experienced Clinical Director to lead our Adult and Adolescent Programs. In partnership with the rest of the Minneapolis Leadership Team, this role will play a key role in building and shaping a strong culture at the location, while offering direct coaching and development to our team.
What You’ll Do:
- Providing direct managerial oversight to Associate Directors, Primary Therapists, Family Therapists, Group Therapists, and other staff within programs. Lead and assist with other programs 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
- Managing Program Intake schedule with assistance from VP and Site Leader
- Responding to clinical crises as needed and coordinating response of others
- Oversees the implementation of program material and curriculum
- As indicated, participating in community outreach
- 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; charting progress of patients appropriately; providing group, individual, and family therapy, as needed
- Communicating with patient’s family members or support system, as needed; coordinating care with patient’s outside providers to ensure continuity of care
- Assessing patient’s 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
- Participating in professional development activities
- Providing individual, family or group therapy as needed
- Providing clinical supervision
Who You Are:
- Masters prepared licensed clinician or Doctorate level clinician
- 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 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!
