Assistant Professor Psychologist, Resident & Faculty Wellness Program

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About OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital
Link 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. Its why we have more specialists in childrens health than anywhere else in the state. We offer the newest and most advanced treatments available along with innovative collaborations and research opportunities. As Oregons 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 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.

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Joining the team providing clinical services in the Department of Psychiatrys 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 Responsiblities:

• Psychological outpatient diagnostic assessment and treatment.
• Individual coaching/counseling (offering flexible hours including three evening appts).
• Educational outreach activities (e.g. developing workshops/lectures directed at increasing resilience in dental medical trainees and SoD and SoM faculty and enhancing professionalism in our academic medical center).
• Outreach to OHSU-based and community-based residency training program.
• Collaboration with clinical team on treatment plans educational initiatives research activities.
• Contributions to RFWP program development and facilitation.

This staff psychologist will provide clinical services averaging 12-13 clinical hours during the week Mon-Fri (offering three evening appointment times) monitor emails every weekday and respond in a timely fashion. This psychologist will participate in the programs on-call coverage: on average one month a year providing triage of emergency or urgent calls and management of the intake email inbox. This coverage will be equitably shared with staff psychologists and psychiatrists. The remainder of the expected 20 hours of duties a week will be spent on administrative and academic tasks including patient related needs program needs and educational outreach. The work location is remote currently until the RFWP relocates into dedicated newly constructed space at the OHSU Crossing Campus (estimated Summer 2026). The work location will then be primarily in person in a shared private office at the Crossing Campus with some flexibility for remote hours.

• PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology.
• 5 or more years of practice post-residency/fellowship.
• Outpatient psychological evaluation ongoing treatment of adults.
• Licensed in Oregon and eligible for OHSU credentials.

• Previous clinical work and/or interest in working with healthcare professionals.
• Experience / interest in brief treatment models (CBT ACT DBT or insight oriented).
• Interest in / experience in teaching in physician health and clinical outcomes research and in working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team.
• High initiative organization and ability to thrive with a lot autonomy.

***Apply here online. Please be sure to upload a Cover Letter and Resume or CV.***