Continuing Education Specialist 4

University of Washington•Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years. 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 $65 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department’s research mission involves over 100 faculty. 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 $150 million. The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine currently has an outstanding opportunity for an 80% FTE Continuing Education Specialist 4. The Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute (ADAI) is a multidisciplinary research institute in the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. The Institute’s staff of clinical and social psychologists, epidemiologists, public health experts, and information specialists work to improve our understanding and reduce the harm caused by alcohol and drug use. Our mission is to advance research, policy, and practice to improve the lives of individuals and communities affected by alcohol and drug use and addiction. Located at ADAI since 2017, the Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (Northwest ATTC) is one of ten regional centers comprising SAMHSA’s National ATTC Network. As a federal-funded multi-state workforce development project, the mission of the Northwest ATTC is to strengthen the addiction workforce in Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 10, which encompasses the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. This mission is achieved through the provision of educational and consultative services that accelerate the adoption and implementation of useful treatment and recovery practices. The Northwest ATTC has an outstanding opening for a Continuing Education Specialist 4 to carry out such educational and consultative services in this four-state region, including acting as a technical assistance provider who designs and delivers such services for behavioral health organizations and the workforce members they employ, in areas of demonstrated subject matter expertise encompassing treatment and recovery practices for persons with substance use disorders. This position is for 80% FTE (four days per week) with additional FTE possible pending availability of other funded projects. Position complexities include traveling for work and working with a multitude of collaborators. This position is hybrid, with remote eligibility upon approval.

Requirements

A Master's degree in Social Work, Public Health, Psychology, Counseling, AND a minimum of 3 years of experience related to substance use disorder treatment, including 2 years of clinical training and/or experience in direct delivery of health services for populations that include persons with substance use disorders.
Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications.
Professional experience should also include management of complex projects, as well as direct delivery of educational and consultative services for the workforce that treats the noted populations.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated application of subject matter expertise in one or more treatment and recovery practices for persons with substance use disorder.
Knowledge of federal agency programs, institutional policies and procedures, and familiarity with states and partner institutions.
Experience in working with individuals from diverse populations and varied backgrounds.
Skills implementing complex projects, consultation and meeting facilitation; oral and written communication, report preparation, and general application of institutional policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Works in tandem with the Northwest ATTC Project Coordinator to carry out the provisions of the annual workplan, encompassing personal design and delivery of educational programs and curricula in areas of demonstrated subject matter expertise as well as coordination of programs and curricula delivered by project collaborators who contribute on a contract-basis (50%).
Works in tandem with the Northwest ATTC Project Coordinator to translate identified training and technical assistance priorities into creation of an annual workplan for the region consisting of 60-70 educational events and 25-30 products, including a subset of programs and curricula in areas of demonstrated subject matter expertise (10%).
Works in tandem with the Northwest ATTC Project Coordinator to establish training and technical assistance priorities for the region via continual needs assessment with community stakeholders, including Single-State Authority representatives and members of a community advisory board (5%).
Manages relationships with regional stakeholders, including Single-State Authority representatives, technical assistance providers, and others comprising a community advisory board (5%).
Maintains an inter-state, multidisciplinary network of project collaborators who contribute on a contract-basis to the development of educational events and products (5%).
Represents the Northwest ATTC at regional workgroups and consortia, as well as at regional and state conferences, to promote educational programs and curricula (5%).
Manages assessment of community requests for training and technical assistance, including those received via Northwest ATTC website, and coordinates the provision of responsive educational programs and curricula to the community requesters (5%).
Serves as a consultative resource to Northwest ATTC staff and project collaborators to promote continual quality improvement efforts in the collective group’s provision of training and technical assistance (5%).
Reviews and approves the content of all Northwest ATTC educational programs and products (5%).
Serves as a member of SAMHSA-based national and regional working groups that develop educational programs, tools and products to support the national ATTC network (5%).