Description
Psychiatrist, Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU)- Seattle Children’s Hospital
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Seattle Children’s Hospital is seeking a candidate for one full-time or part-time faculty position. The position is open rank/title as Acting Assistant Professor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor.
The Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) is the largest child inpatient psychiatric unit in Washington state, serves patients ages 4-17, and has 41 beds. It is the only inpatient psychiatric unit in the area that accepts patients on the Autism spectrum or with comorbid medical complexity.
The successful candidate will join the PBMU team. The PBMU has a large multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, mental health therapists, nurses, case managers, and pediatric mental health specialists as well as trainees from these various disciplines. The PBMU psychiatrists lead the interdisciplinary team to provide psychiatric evaluation and family-focused treatment to hospitalized patients.
Acting and clinical faculty hold annual appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30) and may be reappointed to subsequent annual terms. Faculty with 12-month service periods are paid for 11 months of service over a 12-month period (July-June), meaning the equivalent of one month is available for paid time off. Part-time positions are not eligible for visa sponsorship. This position is not tenure-eligible. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research/scholarship, and service.
The anticipated start date for this faculty appointment is Summer/Fall 2025.
Job Duties
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Providing direct clinical care at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the PBMU.
- Teach and supervise trainees as appropriate and in conjunction with your clinical activities
- There may be opportunities to work in other acute settings such as the psychiatry-consultation-liaison service, which provides psychiatric consultation to the hospital and emergency department, or Partial Hospitalization Program(s).
- Take call responsibilities commensurate with other clinically active faculty in the Department.
- You may have other responsibilities as assigned by the Chair or Service Chief by mutual agreement.
Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to:
- Interest in working in a fast-paced clinical environment
- Interest in treating a diverse group of patients with a range of psychiatric and medical presentations
- Interest in working on an interdisciplinary team.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is an integral component of the UW School of Medicine and shares UW Medicine’s mission to ‘Improve the Health of the Public.’ We accomplish this by providing the best care we can today, conducting research to develop better treatments for tomorrow, and inspiring and training the next generation of health care professionals for the Pacific Northwest. Our core values include openness, transparency, integrity, engagement, collaboration, and mutual respect.
Our department is the third largest within the School of Medicine. As the only academic psychiatry department serving Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, we are committed to improving access to psychiatric care and consultation throughout the greater Pacific Northwest. Our educational programs include a required medical student clerkship for 260 medical students per year at some 30 sites across the WWAMI region, a nationally competitive psychiatry residency program with more than 90 psychiatry residents in Seattle and in two regional residency tracks in Idaho and Montana, subspecialty fellowships in addiction, child and adolescent, consultation-liaison, perinatal mental health and geriatric psychiatry, a nationally renowned scientist-practitioner psychology internship program, and numerous post-doctoral clinical and research fellowships.
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH) is a large tertiary medical center affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine and serving a four-state area. Seattle Children’s provides a wide continuum of programming for children in the Pacific Northwest that address community-based care and prevention. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Health is a focus program at SCH and receives extraordinary support for its important role in the Northwest. This position will serve as the Director of Psychological Services at Seattle Children’s Outpatient Psychiatry Early Psychosis Clinic. The Early Psychosis Clinic has provided screening, assessment, consultation, and treatment services to families throughout King County and serves as a beacon to families in surrounding communities. The clinic benefits from proximity to several adjunctive services, such as the UW Autism Center, Psychiatric Complex Care Clinic, and the Mental Health Referral Service.
Salary
Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
Other compensation associated with this position may include an incentive through Children’s University Medical Group (CUMG) practice plan.
The base salary range for an Acting or Clinical Assistant Professor position will be $16,667 – $20,000 monthly ($200,004 – $240,000 annually).
The base salary range for a Clinical Associate Professor position will be $19,584 – $23,334 monthly ($235,008 – $280,008 annually).
The base salary range for a Clinical Professor position will be $20,000 – $26,250 monthly ($240,000 – $315,000 annually).
Qualifications
An M.D. or D.O. or foreign equivalent, current medical licensure, and eligibility for a Washington State medical license.
In order to be eligible for University sponsorship for an H-1B visa, graduates of foreign (non-U.S.) medical schools must show successful completion of all three steps of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), or equivalent as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Application Instructions
- CV – School of Medicine Format
- Cover Letter
- A statement detailing how your teaching, research, and/or clinical service has supported underrepresented populations across dimensions of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, backgrounds, and interests. Applicants who have not yet had the opportunity for such experience should note how their work will further the Department’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Benefits Information
A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).
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Disability Services
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.
