Child Care Services and Prioritization

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)

1. Clinicians/technicians providing direct patient care related to COVID – doctors, physician assistants, advance registered nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, RTs, MA/PCTs.
2. Ancillary healthcare workers directly supporting COVID – EVS, PSS, Dietary, Supply Chain, Radiology Imaging Services.
3. ​UW Medicine administration directly supporting COVID – entity and UW Medicine Emergency Operations Center staff.
4. Healthcare workers providing direct patient care not involving COVID patients.
5. UW Medicine employees not in above categories.

II. Tenuously able to work without childcare but challenging (adult or teenager at home)

1. Clinicians/technicians providing direct patient care related to COVID – doctors, physician assistants, advance registered nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, RTs, MA/PCTs.
2. Ancillary healthcare workers directly supporting COVID – EVS, PSS, Dietary, Supply Chain, Radiology Imaging Services.
3. UW Medicine administration directly supporting COVID – entity and UW Medicine Emergency Operations Center staff.
4. Healthcare workers providing direct patient care not involving COVID patients.
5. UW Medicine employees not in above categories.
6. 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.