Instructor, Assistant, Associate, or Professor – Pain Psychologist Washington University in St.[...]

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Instructor, Assistant, Associate, or Professor – Pain Psychologist

We have an excellent opportunity for a pain psychologist to join our interventional, multidisciplinary Pain Management Division, within the Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis. The mission of the Washington University Pain Center to alleviate human suffering from pain through integration of research, education, and clinical practice. Our clinical work is spread across the St. Louis area including sites at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.

The available position is for a Missouri state licensed pain psychologist, with a working knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, chronic pain conditions, and evidence-based interventions with communication and interpersonal skills. This open rank position is available on the clinical track. New faculty members receive an initial two-year clinical guarantee of salary and bonus, to ensure adequate income while establishing a practice, but there is also opportunity for productivity-based compensation.

Clinical Expectations

• Provide individual, group psychotherapy and crisis intervention for patients.


• Perform diagnostic interviews and assessments and prepare documentation of results.


• Prepare progress notes and billing documentation in accordance with department and professional guidelines.


• Provide consultation services to medical staff and faculty.


• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings.


• Assist in the education and supervision of medical students, residents, and fellows.

Basic Qualifications

Missouri state licensure anda working knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, chronic pain conditions, and evidence-based interventions with communication and interpersonal skills.

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity. It is the University’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access to persons in all job titles without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, citizenship (where prohibited by federal law), age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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Type of contract

Full-time

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Project Funding

Independently Funded - Organizational/Direct funding