Clinical Ethicist
Wellstar Health Systems
Job Info
Facility: 1800 Parkway Center
Overview
The Clinical Ethicist is an active member of the ethics program at Wellstar Health System performing clinical ethics consultation, ethics education and ethics policy development and review. The Ethics Program enjoys robust institutional support and is looking to become a leader in the field of clinical, organizational and research ethics. The health system is creating a fully integrated, collaborative approach to addressing ethical issues and the clinical ethicist is key to developing this initiative. The individual reports directly to the Executive Director for Medical and Organizational Ethics and has an essential role in the Ethics Program.
Responsibilities
Core Responsibilites and Essential Functions
* Serves as a member and expert advisor to local Ethics Committees.
* Works on expanding knowledge base and functions of local ethics committees.
* In conjunction with ethics committee co-chairs, represents ethics committee on system organizational ethics committee.
* Works to standardize ethics procedures within local facilities and across the health system.
* Engages in quality improvement activities to reduce ethics quality gaps, including development and evaluation of clinical ethics initiatives and materials.
* Assists in developing ethical framework for organization
* Designs and develops evaluation tools or approaches to evaluate ethics programs and ethics practices within Wellstar Health System.
* Reviews and revises system policies and guidelines as it relates to Ethics Program.
* Assures local and system compliance with accreditation and agency standards pertaining to clinical ethics, organizational and research ethics
* Planning, delivery and evaluation of ethics education for health care providers, residents, students and community.
* Develops and implements education materials for ethics committee members
* Helps develop innovative approaches to distance learning, including website, and online strategies to enhance and/or supplement more conventional or traditional learning styles/opportunities.
* Contributes to ethics educational efforts, including on-site formal an informal presentations, regional and local guided discussions, conference planning, and the preparation of presentations, written materials, training tools and webinars.
* Development and implementation of ethics curricula for the full range of clinical and non-clinical employees.
* Contribute to the education and development of ethics research assistants, interns and fellows.
* Conduct collaborative and independent ethics scholarship with dissemination of work through publication and presentations.
* Develops, Implements and evaluates the Ethics Assessment Survey, including administration, modifications, question development and testing, validation of findings, comparisons to other health system data, and evaluation of results.
* Responds to health system ethics consultation requests and conducts individual ethics consults and facilitates team consults.
* Analyzes and improves ethics consultation methods
* Works closely with the healthcare team at his or her facility to familiarize them with the consult service and to build trust
* Develops and implements bedside "ethics rounding" within health system.
* Provide ongoing training, education and evaluation of consult service members.
* Provide ethics consultation reports to the local ethics committee, health system, organizational ethics committee and medical executive committee.
* Develop and attend ethics case review meetings every other week and prepare literature for review.
* Maintain case records, documentation of case consults in patient medical record and ethics consultation database.
* Participate in ethics consultation service night and weekend coverage.
* Assists in the development of ethics consultation services within Wellstar Health System
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Qualifications
Required Minimum Education
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Required Minimum Experience
Required Minimum Skills
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)
Additional Licenses and Certifications
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