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Baptist Health is hiring a Sr. Clinical Ethicist to join the Bioethics Program at Baptist Health. This is a full-time opportunity located on the downtown Jacksonville campus of Baptist Health. The Bioethics Program at Baptist Health System enjoys broad organizational support and is looking to hire a Senior Clinical Ethicist to join our well-established, collaborative, growing Team.
Job Responsibility:
Receiving requests and conducting ethics consultations independently
Documenting consultations in a timely and thorough manner in the electronic health record
Following up with patient cases after referral
Engaging directly with care providers, professional staff, patients, and families
Delivering high quality ethics consultation services
Participating in on call services on a rotating basis, which may include days, evenings, weekends, and holiday coverage
Participating in the continuous development and quality improvement of ethics consultation services
Tracking ethics consultations, identifying recurring issues and areas for quality improvement, and working to develop process improvement initiatives
Engaging in preventative ethics activities
Delivering high-quality bioethics education throughout the health system
Engaging in clinical ethics research and scholarship
Contributing to the clinical ethics literature and presenting at conferences
Developing, reviewing, and revising ethics-related policies
Working with multidisciplinary colleagues on Health System committees and working groups
Requirements:
Master's degree in ethics, bioethics, philosophy, public health, nursing, or other healthcare degree (terminal degree in ethics, bioethics, philosophy, law, public health, nursing, or other healthcare field strongly preferred)
Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital in a similar role
Fellowship strongly preferred (HEC-C will be considered in lieu of fellowship for candidates with extensive relevant clinical experience)
Extensive experience performing ethics consultations in pediatric and adult settings, either as an individual ethics consultant or as part of an ethics consultation team, strongly preferred
Nice to have:
Providing education to healthcare professionals in a clinical setting
clinical policy development
conflict-negotiation skills
excellent written and verbal skills
demonstrated ability to conduct research and publish in scholarly journals on issues in clinical and organizational ethics
performing clinical ethics consultations that demonstrate an understanding and appreciation for ethics case consultation methodologies
Documenting ethics consultations in the electronic medical record
Identifying and incorporating metrics by which to assess clinical ethics consultations and continuously improve the quality of these consultations
Presenting on diverse issues in clinical ethics to multidisciplinary audiences