Acting Assistant Professor | Psychologist, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Clinic - Seattle Children's Hospital

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) in the outpatient Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Clinic is seeking a candidate for one full-time or part-time faculty position at the rank of Acting Assistant Professor. The SCH DBT Clinic provides full comprehensive outpatient DBT for adolescents aged 13-17 who present with significant mental health challenges including suicidality, self-harm, and other complex comorbid problems.

Acting Assistant Professor appointments are for one year, renewable up to a maximum of four years, consistent with university policy.

Acting 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. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research/scholarship, and service.

Job Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• The faculty psychologist will be involved in delivering all modes of DBT including individual therapy, multi-family skills group, phone coaching, and DBT consultation team.
• They will also have opportunities to deliver family focused aspects of the treatment, including the DBT parent skills group, as well as working closely with caregivers and families as a parent therapist and parent phone coach.
• The faculty psychologist will also be involved with research, program development and evaluation, and measurement-based care efforts in the clinic.
• In addition to providing direct clinical care, this position would involve supervising trainees such as postdoctoral psychology fellows, pre-doctoral psychology interns, psychology practicum students, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows.
• There may also be opportunities to work in other clinics and settings within the hospital across the continuum of care.
• There are robust opportunities for clinically integrated scholarly work in the DBT clinic and other hospital settings.
• 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.

https://psychiatry.uw.edu/

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.

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 Assistant Professor position will be $8,500 - $10,417 per month ($102,000 - $125,004 annually).

A PhD, PsyD, EdD (or foreign equivalent) in a relevant field and eligibility for a Washington State license in Psychology.

APA approved internship or if internship is not APA eligible, then must meet the requirements listed in WAC 246-924-056.

• Resume/CV - School of Medicine Format
• Cover letter
• Contact Information of Four References
• 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.

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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About University of Washington

Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest public institutions in the west coast and one of the preeminent research universities in the world. The University of Washington is a multi-campus university comprised of three different campuses: Seattle, Tacoma, and Bothell. The Seattle campus is made up of sixteen schools and colleges that serve students ranging from an undergraduate level to a doctoral level. The university is home to world-class libraries, arts, music, drama, and sports, as well as the highest quality medical care in Washington State and a world-class academic medical center. The teaching and research of the University’s many professional schools provide undergraduate and graduate students the education necessary toward achieving an excellence that will serve the state, the region, and the nation. As part of a large and diverse community, the University of Washington serves more students than any other institution in the Northwest.

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