Assistant Professor - Psychologist, Resident & Faculty Wellness Program

Overview

About OHSU
Link (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).'s singular focus on improving health starts with Oregonians and has global impact. We are the only academic health center in Oregon, but we're also nationally distinct as a university dedicated solely to advancing health sciences. This allows us to concentrate resources on research to prevent and cure disease, on education that prepares physicians, dentists, nurses and other health professionals to succeed in an evolving health care environment, and on patient care that incorporates the latest knowledge and discoveries.

We have 18,000 employees and secure competitive research funding of more than $400 million a year. As a public organization, we provide community outreach and services for Oregon's most vulnerable populations. OHSU’s stated mission to improve the health and quality of life for all Oregonians through excellence, innovation and leadership in health care, education and research.

About OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Link https:///doernbecher

With a strong tradition of teamwork, diversity and interdisciplinary care, we believe all children deserve the best. At Doernbecher, we built a hospital around that belief. It’s why we have more specialists in children’s health than anywhere else in the state. We offer the newest and most advanced treatments available, along with innovative collaborations and research opportunities. As Oregon’s only academic health center, we strive to offer the best medical care to every child across Oregon, Southwest Washington and beyond.

About The Department of Psychiatry
Link https:///psychiatry

The fundamental purpose of OHSU and The Department of Psychiatry is to improve well-being.

The OHSU Department of Psychiatry is part of the OHSU Brain Institute, and focuses on providing excellent clinical treatment to our patients, leading innovative research, and offering hands-on training for the next generation of psychiatrists. Our specialists care for people of every culture and background and it is our mission to value and show appreciation for diversity, showing respect for all people who we treat, teach, and serve.

About Portland and Oregon
Link https:// Bisected by the Willamette River, Portland is a vibrant city nestled among green woods and waterways. Only 90 minutes from the spectacular Oregon coast or towering Mount Hood, Portland offers the rare accessibility of snow-to-surf. Portland embraces cyclists, hikers, brewpubs, dogs, climbers, artisan coffee shops, book readers, foodies, professional soccer and basketball fans, award-winning wineries, concertgoers and paddle boarders.

It’s no wonder Portland constantly ranks as one of America’s favorite lifestyle cities.

Joining the team providing clinical services in the Department of Psychiatry’s OHSU Resident and Faculty Wellness Program (). The RFWP was developed to increase resident/fellow and School of Medicine (SoM) faculty access to professional counseling and psychiatric consultation to support their successful and safe practice in medicine and personal well-being. This program served as a model for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) when developing national requirements to promote physician well-being in academic institutions.

Our current team (six psychologists, three psychiatrists) provides tailored clinical services for this unique population, along with robust educational outreach and programming, and conducts research on wellness among healthcare professionals. This highly rated program, in place for over 20 years, is a national model and has seen utilization more than triple over the last 10 years. We also provide clinical and educational services to Providence resident physicians and offer telehealth, when indicated, to physicians off campus.

Current RFWP initiatives include promoting healthcare professional fulfillment and wellbeing, suicide prevention, increasing outreach to SoM and School of Dentistry (SoD) faculty and expanding the OHSU Peer Support Program .

Key Responsibilities:

• Psychological…