The Medical Ethicist will serve as an expert in health care ethics and contribute to a wide array of activities in collaboration with others (e.g., Bioethics Committee)
Essential Functions:
- Advisor and co-chair of Kaiser Permanente Bioethics committee, directs and expands the Kaiser Permanente Bioethics program
- Responds to individual and organizational cases and issues
- Conducts individual ethics case reviews and facilitate team consultations
- Analyzes and improve consultation methods and approaches
- Reviews policies and development as it relates to patient rights and Bioethics
- Assures compliance with accreditation and agency standards pertaining to clinical ethics and patient rights
- Function in Bioethics consultation and education to staff (hospital and medical center), clinical trainees/Fellows/interns, members, professional community and community at large
- Provides advice, guidance and education regarding end of life care to providers and staff
- Works with health care providers at the bedside to provide high quality and sensitive consultation to patients and their loved ones
- Reviews patient medical charts when necessary for adherence to policies of a bioethical nature
- Represents Kaiser Permanente at the Regional Committee on Bioethics and takes on projects at the Southern California Region proportionate to what other co-chairs of Kaiser Permanente have done
Qualifications:
Notes:
- Schedule / days may vary.
- Rotating weekends.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have relevant professional Degree: Masters in Social work, nursing or other related field required.
- Doctorate in Ethics or related field, or M.D., or J.D. preferred.
- Experience with clinical ethics consultation, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration is required.
- Professional experience in organizational and research ethics is preferred.
- Knowledge of principles, concepts, and methods of health care ethics consultation and ethics program development to analyze, evaluate, and provide expert advice and consultation, as well as direction and guidance on critical and complex ethical issues (clinical, organizational and research).
- Must be able to analyze practical problems, explain and justify recommendations and collaborate as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Essential abilities to include strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, ability to work with all disciplines in the health care team, clinical teaching experience, tolerance for ambiguity and an understanding of clinical processes and problem-solving.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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