Dear FABsters,
Art Caplan just sent me a job description for a new position
at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He's helping with the
search, so if you're interested, best get in touch with him
([log in to unmask]) to find out how to apply. Note that they
prefer a physician-ethicist, I've pasted in the description below:
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Job Description
Job Title
Dir Medical Ethics
Job Code
Pay Grade
DIR
Acctg Unit #
16316
Department
Medical Ethics
Description Date
Dec., 2006
Division
Administration
Patient Care Provider?
Yes
Supervisor (title)
Chief Medical Officer/Senior Vice President
Supervisor reports to (title)
President & CEO and
Executive Vice President & COO
Job Summary: Basic purpose or primary function of the job
Will be responsible for developing the medical ethics program,
directing ethics consultations, providing leadership, and creating
ethics education programs.
Job Responsibilities:
* Direct Ethics Consult service
* Assure timely, appropriate responses to consulting clinical staff
* Provide team development necessary to conduct consistent,
thorough and effective consultation
* Incorporate all clinical and patient/family perspectives as
well as other relevant staff or community members as necessary
* Develop follow-up systems necessary to address issues identified
* Establish metrics to evaluate performance of Ethics Consult service
* Provide Ethics leadership perspective prospectively
* Provide programmatic framework and perspective to
prospectively address ethical aspect of clinical situations, e.g.:
* New clinical programs/therapies with controversial components
* Clinical research approaches
* Relationship of education to clinical care
* Provide Ethics perspective and leadership at key committees, e.g.:
* Ethics Committee
* Patient Safety Committee
* Relevant committees in Nursing
* Establish Ethics education program
* Develop targeted program material appropriate for clinical groups:
* Medical staff
* Nursing staff
* Trainees
* Clinical practitioner, allied health and administrative staff
* Coordinate educational retreat for Ethics committee
* Serve as a mentor to clinicians seeking to advance their
own formal education and training in biomedical ethics
* Participate in continuing education programs and symposia
as appropriate, e.g.:
* Palliative care
* Pediatric access to limited health care resources (e.g.
Behavioral health)
* Develop Medical Ethics program
* Coordinate and integrate with existing services, e.g.
research ethics, palliative care.
* Define and recruit appropriate support staff as program established
* Develop training roles and research opportunities as
program established
* Establish links to the Center for Bioethics at the
University of Pennsylvania
* Promote peer review contributions and scholarly activity in
relation to Pediatric Clinical Ethics
Required Education and Experience Minimum education required; cite
years and type of experience
Masters degree required in Biomedical Ethics or related field; MD
preferred. Five years experience in the medical ethics field.
Appointment at the University of Pennsylvania may be available for
qualified candidates.
Hilde Lindemann
Associate Professor of Philosophy
503 South Kedzie Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-3981
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