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 an Associate Director in the Adult Eating Disorders program, you’ll lead the clinical team, hold fidelity to the program’s treatment model, and develop clinicians in a sub-specialty population while continuing to participate in active patient care. Reports administratively to the Director and clinically to the Director of the Eating Disorders Program, who oversees all clinical aspects of the program. You’ll partner closely with the entirety of the treatment team, including Registered Dietitians, Primary Therapists, Group Therapists, Family Therapists, and Psychiatry Team Members to ensure comprehensive and compassionate care. If you are passionate about helping other clinicians grow while remaining an expert in your own clinical skills, you would be a great addition to our team.

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:

Clinical Leadership and Fidelity Monitoring

Partner with the Program Director in overseeing quality of care across PHP and IOP
Monitor fidelity to the program’s treatment model through direct group observation, session review, and structured feedback
Identify model drift—including towards supportive processing, accommodation of avoidance, and substitution of familiar modalities for those indicated—and provide corrective support
Consult on complex cases, particularly where co-occurring OCD, trauma, or mood presentations complicate eating disorder treatment
Escalate and help resolve medical risk, treatment-interfering behavior, and level-of-care decisions
Ensure treatment sequencing follows the program’s treatment target hierarchy
Escalate Eating Disordered clinical matters to the Eating Disorders Program Director, and escalate general clinical and operational matters to onsite Director

Staff Development and Supervision

Support program onboarding and ongoing training across the program’s training curriculum
Provide clinical supervision for staff working toward licensure, including staff in other programs
Help support the development of clinicians in evidence-based treatment for eating disorders and co-occurring conditions
Provide performance feedback, coaching, and development planning for clinical staff in the Eating Disorder program and several flex staff members

Program Operations

Manage day-to-day clinical operations, including rounds, group and eating block coverage, and staffing assignments
Maintain required coverage standards for supported meals and snacks
Manage census flow, admissions readiness, and schedule construction within staffing constraints
Oversee initial and continuing authorization needs through frequent communication with the Utilization Review team, including eating disorder-specific medical necessity documentation and appeals
Monitor outcome measure completion and review program-level outcome data with the Program Director

Direct Patient Care

Carry a defined clinical caseload, including individual therapy, scaled to leadership load
Chart progress of patients appropriately in the electronic medical record
Support in coverage for staff who are on PTO or unavailable

Program Development and Growth

Contribute to curriculum development, revision, and expansion
Support readiness for additional cohorts, sites, and virtual delivery
Provide information about the program to referral sources and participate in outreach as needed
Ensure program activities align with Compass values and mission
Meet regularly with both the Program Director and Virtual Director for supervision and consultation
Participate in professional development activities