GME Wellness Specialist

This position would be part of the Graduate Medical Education Wellness Office and would support our mission of ensuring that residents and fellows remain physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually healthy while completing their training. This position would support both prevention and recovery efforts for our trainees. Prevention work includes developing workshops on personal wellness, running debrief groups, working with resident and faculty Wellness Champions, and developing programs to decrease physician burnout and improve interpersonal and communication skills. Therapy activities include individual, group and couples counseling. The position is full-time with benefits and reports to the GME Director of Wellness.

Corporate Overview: University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is an integrated academic healthcare system with five hospitals including a level 1 trauma center, eleven community health centers, over 1,600 providers, and a health plan serving over 200,000 members. University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. In addition to our clinical delivery system, we have a School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, and College of Health providing education and training for over 1,250 providers annually. We have over 2 million patient visits annually and research grants exceeding $350 million.

• Works closely with the director and coordinator to develop preventative programing to decrease the frequency of burnout while enhancing the mental health and wellness of our trainee population.
• Collaborates with Program Directors and Wellness Champions to ascertain and meet the wellness needs of training programs.
• Will work closely with the Ideals Committee to create an environment where all trainees thrive.
• Positively contribute to the culture of wellbeing at the institution by fostering collaborative and open environment and actively participate in initiatives that enhance the overall growth of trainees.
• May work with Resident Interest Groups to promote wellness and interpersonal and communication skills programming
• Provide/arrange wellness training for faculty, staff and residents
• Facilitate the residents’ access to medical and mental health services.
• Provides short-term individual and couples therapy to trainees. Provides referrals to specialty care.
• May participate on various committees to ensure that the resident wellness perspective is articulated, when appropriate.
• Assists in the development of departmental policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to develop innovative wellness programming and prevention work.

• Ability to provide high quality mental health treatment to physicians in training.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team.

Preferred

• Experience working with physicians or in a medical environment.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This position involves intermediate work that may exert up to 50 pounds and may consistently require lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects while providing patient care to those requiring psychiatric care.