Assistant or Associate Professor WOT - UW Maternal and Child Mental Health Program

Location:
Seattle, WA
Open Date:
Apr 23, 2019
Description:

The University of Washington (UW) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (PBSci) is seeking candidates for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (without tenure) to join the UW Maternal and Child Mental Health Program. This is a full-time, 12-month service period position with an anticipated start date in July 2020. The position rank will be determined based on the candidate’s level of experience. The candidate will spend 50% time directing the UW Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit (FADU), with the primary role being implementation of FADU’s Parent Child Assistance Program, and 50% time on other maternal mental health projects.

The Parent‐Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is an evidence‐informed home visitation case‐management intervention for pregnant and parenting mothers who have substance use disorders. Its goals are to help mothers address their substance abuse problems, build healthy families, and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.

The Maternal and Child Mental Health Program aims to improve mental health during pregnancy and postpartum by making screening and evidence-based mental health and substance use disorder treatments accessible to all women in need. We do this through innovative research on new models of healthcare delivery, training and workforce development, direct clinical care and consultation, and evidence-informed advocacy.

The University of Washington, located in Seattle, is a leading global university with top ranked Schools of Medicine and Public Health. UW is ranked # 1 among public universities in terms of federal research funding. Its School of Medicine, which serves as the medical school for a five-state region that includes Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, trains physicians and other health care providers for a vast area in the Pacific Northwest that covers more than 25 % of the landmass of the continental United States. Its School of Medicine is ranked # 1 in primary care and rural health.

With over 300 regular faculty and 450 clinical faculty, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences supports a wide range of clinical, training, and research activities. UW Psychiatry is widely known for its development of evidence-based collaborative care programs that improve access to mental health care for underserved populations in primary care, rural, and otherwise underserved settings throughout the world. The Department’s research has demonstrated that collaborative care programs in which psychiatrists and other mental health specialists collaborate effectively with primary care and other health care providers lead to better access to care, better health outcomes, and lower overall health care costs, achieving the ‘Triple Aim of Health Care Reform.’ The department’s research portfolio totals more than $40 million/year and covers a wide range of translational research from clinical neurosciences to clinical and health services research.

We seek new faculty to join, build on, or extend this substantial portfolio of work to new areas of clinical care, training, implementation and research relevant to maternal mental health and substance use disorders during pregnancy and postpartum.

Seattle is located in the Pacific Northwest, a region of the country that is blessed with remarkable beauty, tremendous natural and cultural resources, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a highly educated workforce. Strategically located on the Pacific Rim with direct flights to virtually every major city in the US and the world, Seattle is home to vibrant and growing programs in Health Care, Global Health and Information Technology.

Duties: As a faculty member in the UW Maternal Child Mental Health Program, the candidate will contribute 50% time to the clinical leadership and ongoing implementation of the Parent Child Assistance Program within the UW FADU. PCAP has been funded by Washington State since 1997 to provide statewide community-based home visitation and case‐management intervention to pregnant and parenting mothers who have substance use disorders, and their families. The candidate will lead the experienced PCAP training and evaluation team at UW as per state contract and provide clinical consultation to clinical supervisors at the state PCAP sites. The candidate will partner in seeking grant funding to support research on topics or interventions adjunct to PCAP (e.g. maternal mental health, infant-mother attachment). The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and contribute to FASD-related research, training and clinical consultation.

This position will provide mental health and substance use consultations to providers on the state funded Partnership Access Line for Moms (PAL for Moms). The position will also supervise trainees in perinatal psychiatry and addictions, and partner on philanthropic, federal and state funded grants focused on maternal mental health and substance use disorder research, clinical care, consultation, education and training. All UW faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.

PBSci diversity statement: The Department embraces and celebrates diversity in its faculty and trainees across dimensions of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, backgrounds, and interests. Applicants are encouraged to describe in their cover letter their experiences with and commitment to diversity and inclusion in their teaching, research, and clinical service.

The UW School of Medicine is committed to building and sustaining a multicultural community that fosters equity, diversity and inclusion. We believe that this is achieved by intentionally creating opportunities for involvement, participation and growth for each individual and by nurturing a positive institutional climate through professional development, education, policy and practice. For more information, please see the following website: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/about

For additional information about our department, please see our websites at www.uwpsychiatry.org. and https://depts.washington.edu/pcapuw/

All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.

Qualifications:

All candidates for this position must have an M.D. or Ph.D. in psychology or psychiatry (or foreign equivalent) and have completed a psychiatry residency or clinical psychology training, with expertise in addiction medicine. In order to be eligible for university sponsorship for an H-1B visa, graduates of foreign (non-US) medical schools must show successful completion of all three steps of the U.S. medical license examination (USMLE), or equivalent as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a CV and a 2-3 page description of research interests and objectives. For additional information about this opening, please contact pbfac@uw.edu.