Manager, Clinical Ethics

Overview

Ascension – MANAGER, CLINICAL ETHICS (Austin, TX)

We Are Hiring
Department: MWF Texas

Schedule:

Full Time
Hospital:
Ascension Texas

Location:

Austin, Texas (TX) – Onsite with local travel
Salary: $ – $ (per year)
Eligible for annual bonus incentive

• Support the Ministry Market by providing high quality Clinical Ethics programming that is consistent with Ascension’s Catholic ministry identity and The Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (“ERDs”) in collaboration with the Director of Ethics Integration.
• Implement strategic and operational plans for Clinical Ethics programming within their Ministry Market by:
• Provide subject matter expertise in clinical ethics consultation, including but not limited to the interpretation and application of the ERDs, to support multidisciplinary care teams, patients, and families in addressing ethical dimensions of patient care.
• Lead, coordinate and support the operations of the Ethics Integration Committees, including maintaining leadership and membership and providing education to build members’ competencies to identify and escalate ethics consults to local Ethics leadership.
• Develop and provide clinical ethics-related education for providers, staff, and associates to further equip them to navigate ethical decision-making and to reinforce an ethical culture of care, the ERDs and Ascension’s Catholic ministry identity.
• Assist and support Mission Integration initiatives specific to ethics programming within the health ministry as directed by the CMIO and/or Director of Ethics Integration, including policy review and development, formation, and representing Mission Integration and Ethics on committees and work groups.
• Continue the development of one's own professional skills and competencies relative to the role of Manager of Clinical Ethics, as appropriate.

Education: Doctorate degree in Healthcare Ethics, Bioethics, Theology, Nursing, Medical, or Law required. PhD preferred. OR Master’s in Healthcare Ethics, Bioethics, Theology, Nursing, Medical, or Law with 2 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

• * MD, Advanced Practitioner (PA, APNP, etc.), or RN with master’s level work in health care ethics/bioethics and/or particular emphasis in Catholic moral theology; or MA in one or more of the following:
  Health care ethics/bioethics, and courses in Catholic theology;
  Theology/theological ethics with a concentration in health care ethics/bioethics;
  Philosophical ethics with a concentration in health care ethics/bioethics and courses in Catholic theology.
• * Candidates need to be able to demonstrate knowledge of the Catholic moral tradition, including application of the Ethical and Religious Directives to complex clinical care issues.
• * 1-3+ years experience in health care, preferably Catholic health care, especially working with ethics committees and performing clinical ethics consultations and ethics education.
• * Knowledge of and demonstrated familiarity with: health care ethics—with a concentration in clinical bioethics, the ERDs, Catholic Social Thought, health care systems and institutions, health care law, health care administration, including ethics committees and processes of clinical consultation.
• * Demonstrated interpersonal skills necessary to execute major accountabilities effectively through influence rather than through reporting relationships.

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