Bioethicist/Assistant Director, Academics And Bioethics Consultations

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Position Title: Bioethicist/Assistant Director, Academics and Bioethics Consultations Open to: Internal and External Applicants Full-Time or Part-Time Status: Full-Time, 12 months Staff Job Type: Salaried/Exempt Position Summary or Faculty Qualifications

The goal of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics at Saint Joseph's University is to develop and promote interdisciplinary research projects, educational programs, academic courses, clinical consultations, and policy development services in the field of bioethics. It strives to meet the individual needs of the Saint Joseph's University academic community, the medical, nursing, and administrative staffs of the Mid-Atlantic area Catholic and secular health care systems, and the various Archdioceses and Dioceses. The Institute is committed to training health care professionals to be effective leaders in education, medicine and society. The Institute is further dedicated to understanding and respecting the role of religious and spiritual traditions in health care decision-making, especially the Roman Catholic theological and philosophical tradition. Lastly, through its teachings, research and service, the Institute promotes the ideals of Jesuit education in seeking to challenge others to be "men and women for others" in the service of faith and the promotion of justice. Thus, while giving special regard to Catholic health-care ethics in teaching and research, the Institute fosters respectful dialogue among all religious traditions represented in the student body and the patient population.

The Assistant Director will assist the Director in ethics consultation services and educational aspects of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics. The Assistant Director will carry-out the objectives, vision, and mission set forth by the Director of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics (ICB).

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Duties:

• Assist Director with ethics teaching rounds, ethics consultations, ethics committee work and Institutional Review Board (IRB) committee work at

the various affiliated hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare institutions.

• Supports the continued development, implementation, and sustainability of comprehensive integrated ethics programming to strengthen the moral community and enhance the ethical climate at our affiliated healthcare facilities.

• Provides team member education related to clinical ethics and preventive ethics. Teach related curricula to the multidisciplinary teams, medical interns, residents, fellows, nursing, leadership, and the professional community at large.

• Acts as an integrated ethics resource and subject matter expert for multidisciplinary team members and medical interns, residents and fellows.

• Participate in the development, review, and revision of hospital policies with ethical import.

• Provide on-call service for the Clinical Ethics Consultation Service across the system 24/7.

• Participate in research activities at the various affiliated healthcare facilities and especially with the medical interns, residents and fellows.

• Plan, develop, deliver and evaluate educational programs related to clinical ethics, research ethics and medical education at the various healthcare facilities.

• Assist the staff in the development of and writing grant proposals within the university.

• Assist Director with current expansion of consultation services to include

non-Catholic hospital systems, tri-state Nursing Homes, Hospices, IRBs, as well as current sites under discussion. Followed by workload assistance to cover newly acquired contracts. (upon determination of Director)

• Serve as Director of educational programs in the ICB, which include the Health Care Ethics Minor program, Certificate Program in Opioid Education and Prevention, educational panel discussions, journal clubs, etc. This will include recruitment of students, course scheduling, approving course syllabi, etc.

• Develop collaborative scholarly activities, reserach projects, case studies, etc. in clinical and research ethics and contribute to the literature.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Serve as Co-Editor of the Internet Journal of Healthcare Ethics and Administration. This would entail reviewing articles, selecting articles and overseeing the Editorial Board.

• Assist with writing responses for the Institute of Clinical Bioethics' Blog for

ethical decision-making.

• Assist with mentoring the Institute's graduate and undergraduate fellow's research projects.

• Participate on committees for selection process of faculty, board members, graduate fellows, undergraduate fellows, grant submissions and research steering committees.

• Member and coordinator of the Gustafson Research Fellow Grants and Michael Morris Research Fellow Grants committee- read, evaluate and determine the viability of each project submitted for acceptance as committee member

• Assist the Director and other ICB Staff members in designing, organizing, and implementing the 4 Health Promoter Programs, which will include supervising community partners, medical interns and residents, medical students, etc.

• Perform all other duties that may be assigned by the Director.

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours: Minimum Requirements:

A successful candidate will demonstrate commitment to justice and equality, openness, transparency, and fairness and have the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with diverse populations. Also, will have a thorough understanding and mastery of time management, strategic planning and development, and consultative/solutions skills, and both industry and product knowledge.

| Required: | ABD/PH.D in Bioethics, Philosophical or Theological Ethics, Medicine or related fields. Minimum of 3 years of experience in working in academic environment with work experience in project coordination and management Experience working with teams, and groups

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred: | PH.D Degree

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours: Occasional evenings and weekends when necessary Position Classification:

Administrative

Additional Information: Hiring Range Position Classification: No Response Union: None Department: 213097 - Institute of Clinical Bioethics Date Open to Internal Applicants: Date Open to External Applicants: Job Close Date: Open Until Filled No