UW Medicine is able to offer a limited number of backup childcare services provided through Bright Horizons, KinderCare and limited spots at UW Medical Center – Northwest. In addition, we are working to make low-cost options available and will share those with you as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we will be prioritizing requests accordingly:
I. Unable to work without child care (No adult – teleworking or otherwise – or teenager at home to watch young children)
- Clinicians/technicians providing direct patient care related to COVID – doctors, physician assistants, advance registered nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, RTs, MA/PCTs.
- Ancillary healthcare workers directly supporting COVID – EVS, PSS, Dietary, Supply Chain, Radiology Imaging Services.
- UW Medicine administration directly supporting COVID – entity and UW Medicine Emergency Operations Center staff.
- Healthcare workers providing direct patient care not involving COVID patients.
- UW Medicine employees not in above categories.
II. Tenuously able to work without childcare but challenging (adult or teenager at home)
- Clinicians/technicians providing direct patient care related to COVID – doctors, physician assistants, advance registered nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, RTs, MA/PCTs.
- Ancillary healthcare workers directly supporting COVID – EVS, PSS, Dietary, Supply Chain, Radiology Imaging Services.
- UW Medicine administration directly supporting COVID – entity and UW Medicine Emergency Operations Center staff.
- Healthcare workers providing direct patient care not involving COVID patients.
- UW Medicine employees not in above categories.
- UW employees, not in UW Medicine.
To request a childcare slot at Bright Horizons, KinderCare or University of Washington Medical Center – Northwest, please e-mail your request to HR at medchildcare@uw.edu.
