Clinical Ethicist

Geisinger is recruiting a full-time clinical ethicist to contribute to improving the ethics quality of patient care through clinical ethics consultation, education, policy development, and other initiatives. The successful candidate will join the clinical ethics team and bioethics and decision sciences researchers in the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences in the Geisinger College of Health Sciences. The candidate is expected to be appointed in Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences at the rank of Instructor, with the possibility of a higher rank depending on the candidate’s qualifications. The successful candidate will report directly to the chief bioethics officer and chair of the Department of Bioethics and Decision Sciences, with additional accountability to the associate chief, clinical ethics. Candidates with preferred qualifications (see below) have the potential for later advancement into a leadership role within the clinical ethics service. Job Duties: Independently conducts ethics consultations across the system in response to requests and as required by Geisinger policies. With the clinical ethics team, tracks and evaluates the conduct of ethics consultations on a system-wide and platform-by-platform basis. Collaborates with physicians, advanced practitioners, nurses, care/case managers, clinical social workers, chaplains and other members of health care team to design, implement and evaluate preventive ethics initiatives and initiatives to improve the ethics quality of care. Designs and delivers clinical ethics education for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education learners, as well as for targeted clinician populations to close knowledge and skill gaps. Supports hospital ethics committees by identifying the educational needs of committee members, identifying and acting on programmatic opportunities for broader, more direct committee engagement in the clinical enterprise, and assessing the efficacy of committees as forces for change and improvement in the ethics culture of hospitals and in the advancement of patient care quality. Helps develop, implement, monitor, and revise system policies related to clinical ethics. Engages in independent and collaborative scholarship in the area of clinical ethics. Work is typically performed in office and clinical environments (i.e., hospitals and out-patient clinics). Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.