Acting Assistant Professor | Psychiatrist, Acute Services - Seattle Children's Hospital

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Description Acting Assistant Professor | Psychiatrist, Acute Services - Seattle Children's Hospital The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Seattle Children's Hospital are seeking a candidate for one full-time or part-time faculty position at the rank of Acting Assistant Professor. This position will work in with acute mental health services at Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH). This may include providing clinical care on our Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU), on the Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison team which provides psychiatric consults to the inpatient units and emergency department, and/or within our Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program. The Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) is the largest child inpatient psychiatric unit in Washington state, serves patients ages 4-17, and has 41 beds. It is the only inpatient psychiatric unit in the area that accepts patients on the Autism spectrum or with comorbid medical complexity. The successful candidate will join the PBMU team. The PBMU has a large multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, mental health therapists, nurses, case managers, an...