Mental Health Professional

Compass Health Center•Northbrook, IL

17h•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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
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

Responsibilities

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