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Assistant or Associate Professor WOT (Pediatric Pain Psychologist) - Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital


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School / Campus / College: School of Medicine

Organization: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Title: Assistant or Associate Professor WOT (Pediatric Pain Psychologist) - Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital


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Position Description

The University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital is seeking an academic psychologist for the Pain Medicine program at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor.  Assistant Professors are eligible for multi-year appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30).  Associate Professors hold indefinite appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30). 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.  Salary and academic appointment at University of Washington will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and academic rank.  This position is without tenure due to funding and is full-time or part-time, with an anticipated start date as early as April 2023 or thereafter.  The base salary range for this position will be:  $10,000 - $14,584 per month ($120,000 - $175,008 annually), commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.  This range is inclusive of base salary provided through the Children’s University Medical Group (CUMG) practice plan, in addition to base salary provided by the University.  Please note that only compensation provided by the University is included in University benefit determinations and calculations.  Other compensation associated with this position may include incentive through the CUMG practice plan.  Compensation provided by the CUMG practice plan may provide eligibility for separate benefits offered by that organization.  For practitioners holding an appointment in the physicians practice plans, see the link for additional benefits that may be available at CUMG:  https://faculty.uwmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CUMG-Benefits-Summary-for-recruiting.pdf

Seattle Children’s provides care to children from the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region and supports all pediatric surgical and medical specialties.  Responsibilities include a clinical commitment focusing on the interdisciplinary outpatient pain clinic, pain rehabilitation program, inpatient consultation, conducting programmatic research on aspects of pain assessment and treatment in children, providing leadership and facilitating research for other faculty and trainees, and teaching of trainees from various disciplines.  University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service.

Qualifications

Must have a PhD degree (or foreign equivalent) in clinical or health psychology, demonstrate evidence of specialty training in pediatric pain medicine, and must be eligible for State of Washington psychology licensure no later than the appointment start date.

Instructions

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and diversity statement.

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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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To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.

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