Clinical Ethicist

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah Health seeks a Clinical Ethicist to join the Clinic Ethics Consultation Program within the Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities. The role focuses on clinical ethics consultations, education, and policy development across hospital and academic settings in Salt Lake City.

The successful candidate will conduct ethics consultations, document in the EHR, and provide embedded ethics support to critical care units, collaborating with faculty and departments.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in bioethics, nursing, medicine, law or related field.
• At least three years of ethics consultations in a healthcare environment.
• Board eligibility or HEC-C eligibility if hired on Clinical Track or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct ethics consultations and document them in the EHR.
• Provide embedded ethics support to critical care units within the hospital.
• Collaborate with the clinical ethics program to ensure high-quality ethics consultation services.

Skills

Ethics consultations

Clinical ethics

Healthcare environment experience

Education

PhD/JD/MD/DO or equivalent in bioethics or related fields

Job description

Clinical Ethicist

Details

Position Summary:

We seek a skilled andknowledgeable colleague to join our team in conducting clinicalconsultations and providing guidance to enhance the ethical climateof our institution. Candidates should demonstrate success inproviding high-quality clinical ethics consultation, ethicseducation, and policy development in both clinical and academicsettings. This is a full-time position, and the majority of workwill be conducted in-person at University of Utah hospitals,clinics, and campuses in and near Salt Lake City, UT.

The clinical ethicist will join the Clinic Ethics ConsultationProgram, which is housed in the University of Utah Center forHealth Ethics, Arts, and Humanities. The Center connects scholarsand clinicians across campus, with strong ties to the S. J. QuinneyCollege of Law, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, College ofNursing, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Philosophy. TheCenter supports robust education, research, and clinical work inbioethics and the arts and humanities as they intersect withhealthcare. The Division of General Internal Medicine in theDepartment of Internal Medicine will be the candidate's academichome.

Responsibilities:

The clinical ethicist willindependently conduct ethics consultations, document consultationsin the electronic health record, and provide embedded ethicssupport to critical care units within the hospital. The clinical ethicist must be comfortable operating in the clinical context,including engaging directly with care providers, professionalstaff, patients, and families. The clinical ethicist willcollaborate with other members of the clinical ethics program toensure the delivery of high-quality ethics consultation services.Faculty track will be dependent upon qualifications.

Minimum Requirements:

• Terminal degree (PhD, JD, MD, DO or equivalent) in Bioethics,Nursing, Medicine, Law, or related field (e.g., Divinity, SocialWork), with preference for those with advanced degrees in clinicalethics or related field.
• At least three years of experience providing ethicsconsultations in a healthcare environment.
• If hired on the Clinical Track, board eligibility or HEC-Ccertification eligibility is required.

Preferences:

• Formal fellowship training in clinical ethics and/or otheradvanced training in bioethics.
• Board Certification or Certification through Healthcare EthicsConsultant-Certified Program (HEC-C).

Reporting Relationship:

This position willreport directly to the Director of the Center for Health Ethics,Arts, and Humanities, the Chair of the Health Sciences EducationDeans Council for University of Utah Health, and the Chief of theDivision of General Internal Medicine.

For questions

please contact Dr. EleanorGilmore-Szott, [e-mail]

Department:

00232 - General Internal Medicine

City:

Salt Lake City, UT

Track:

Track Dependent on Qualifications

Open Until Filled

Yes

Requisition Number:

PRN04100F

The University of Utah Health (U of U Health) is a patient focusedcenter distinguished by collaboration, excellence, leadership, andrespect. The U of U Health values candidates who are committed tofostering and furthering the culture of compassion, collaboration,innovation, accountability, acceptance, integrity, quality, andtrust that is integral to our mission.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experienceworking in settings with students and possess a strong commitmentto improving access to higher education.

Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, uponrequest and consistent with University policy and Utah state law.Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application processwill be provided to individuals with disabilities.

Consistent with state and federal law, the University of Utah doesnot discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion,national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender,gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-relatedconditions, genetic information, or protected veteran's status. TheUniversity does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required byTitle IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminatein education programs or activities extends to admission andemployment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and itsregulations may be referred to theTitle IX Coordinator, to theDepartment of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you orsomeone you know has experienced discrimination or sexualmisconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact theDirector/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunityand Title IX (OEO). More information, including the Director/TitleIX Coordinator's office address, electronic mail address, andtelephone number, can be located at https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/.

Online reports may be submitted at https://oeo.utah.edu.

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