Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor | Psychiatrist – Seattle Children’s Hospital

University of Washington • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington invites applications for a part-time (up to 10% FTE) clinical faculty member at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor. We seek applicants who demonstrate commitment to excellence in teaching and service in a diverse and inclusive academic community. The successful candidate will join our faculty on a part-time basis for a twelve-month appointment beginning Summer 2026. Clinical faculty hold annual appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30) and may be reappointed to subsequent annual terms. 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. 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.

Requirements

• An M.D. or D.O. or foreign equivalent
• Current medical licensure
• Current Washington State medical license

Responsibilities

• Provides weekend and holiday call coverage for Seattle Children’s as the sole responsibility of this FTE, averaging about 12 weekends over one year
• Provide teaching and mentorship to trainees (students, fellows, junior faculty) as appropriate and in conjunction with your clinical activities.
• May have other responsibilities as assigned by the Chair or Service Chief by mutual agreement.
• All University of Washington faculty are expected to engage in teaching, research, and service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree