Mental Health Associate - Highland Park Hospital

Company:  NorthShore University HealthSystem
Location: Highland Park
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Po sition Highlights:

  • Position: Mental Health Associate - Adolescent/ Young adult psych
  • Location: Highland Park Hospital
  • Full Time/Part Time:part-time
  • Hours: 32 hours; night shift; Monday-Sunday, 11pm to 7:30am; some holidays; rotating weekends
  • Required Travel: N/A

What you will need :

  • License: N/A
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree-Human Services. Associate's degree with three years' inpatient psychiatric experience
  • Certification: CPR
  • Experience: With human services such as inpatient psychiatry or direct patient care preferred
  • Skills: Interpersonal skills, knowledge of psychiatric terminology & theory, empathy

What you will do :

  • Mental Health Counselor is a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Acts as a partner with an accountable nurse to serve as either a primary or associate caregiver to assigned patients for the extent of the hospital stay.
  • The counselor collaborates with the professional nurse and multi-disciplinary team members to provide holistic, individualized patient care and therapeutic milieu management.

Benefits:

  • Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
  • Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Free Parking
  • Wellness Program Savings Plan
  • Health Savings Account Options
  • Retirement Options with Company Match
  • Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
  • Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals - Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) - all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website ( to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to "help everyone in our communities be their best".

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.

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