CONTINUING EDUCATION SPECIALIST 3 (0.5 FTE)
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About The Position
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 330 full-time faculty members, 460 courtesy faculty members, and over 350 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department's highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department's robust research portfolio totals $67 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development. Psychiatry is the third largest department in the School of Medicine and the largest non-divisioned department. The overall annual operations funding from all sources is over $130 million. The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for a 50% FTE Continuing Education Specialist 3. The SPIRIT (Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, and Training) Lab in the University of Washington's Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is a diverse group of researchers and trainers committed to improving the lives, wellbeing and supportive care of individuals who are at risk or have serious mental illness. This part-time Continuing Education Specialist position will provide training and consultation to behavioral health and allied practitioners in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) on behalf of the SPIRIT Lab. The CBTp trainer-consultant will play a key role in providing training and consultation in formulation based CBTp, group-administered CBTp, low intensity CBTp, and CBTp-informed care for a range of healthcare providers. The SPIRIT Lab primarily focus on implementation of evidence-based practices for adults with serious mental illness and early psychosis. CBT for psychosis has been shown to produce positive outcomes. Several barriers to high-fidelity treatment delivery plague providers in both the private and public behavioral health sector. Washington State is ahead of the curve in dedicating mental health block grant and state funding to the implementation and dissemination of CBTp and CBTp-informed care across First Episode Psychosis (FEP), adult outpatient, inpatient, and forensic settings. The SPIRIT Lab at the University of Washington serves as an Intermediate/Purveyor Organization to help organizations implement and sustain CBTp. We also contract directly with organizations and offer open enrollment CBTp training. Our team of faculty and CBTp trainers collaborate on Innovations and adaptations in CBTp delivery and implementation. SPIRIT Lab faculty have contributed to national schizophrenia treatment guidelines, federal documents advocating for CBTp as standard of care, national workgroups pertaining to psychosocial interventions for psychotic disorders, and serve as core faculty with Washington State's Center of Excellence in Early Psychosis. Further, the University of Washington is a hotbed of behavioral health Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) research, and SPIRIT faculty benefit from emerging D&I research to expedite emerging best practices in our own work with implementation stakeholders. This position will be critical to the professional reputation and growth of SPIRIT. Successful candidates will possess both technical experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychotic disorders, as well as a commitment to working with clinicians and allied staff to learn to administer CBTp. The ideal candidate will be passionate about CBTp training, delivering high-quality psychological treatment to individuals experiencing psychosis, and a willingness to develop professional competencies associated with high-quality workforce development. Preferably, candidates will possess familiarity with in-person instruction and both synchronous and asynchronous virtual instruction for adult professional learners. This position will contribute to both existing and emerging contracts. A high level of professionalism, clinical expertise, and previous experience is required to obtain the cooperation and respect of all stakeholders to meet the SPIRIT's contractual obligations for these projects and initiatives. Stakeholders include the directors and program managers at the Washington State Health Care Authority, as well as administrators and providers of mental health services in Washington State and other parts of the U.S. This position is based at Harborview Medical Center; however, hybrid or remote work agreements can be arranged.
