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The Director, Bioethics for the Central Region is responsible for developing and implementing bioethics programs within the Central region of Hackensack Meridian Health and will contribute to the success of the mission of the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Bioethics to create an environment where all clinical, administrative, academic, and research activities reflect HMH’s values of quality, integrity, professionalism, teamwork, and communication. This is a leadership position, which reports to the Vice President, Bioethics.
The Director, Bioethics leads bioethics consultation services at institutions within the Central region and develops bioethics consultation capacity. The Director, Bioethics collaborates to develop and implement policies to address systems, organizational, and research ethics issues; educational programs for a variety of learners, including clinical faculty, team members, students, and trainees; quality initiatives to assess and improve bioethics consultation; and engages in bioethics scholarship. The Director, Bioethics will engage collaborations across Hackensack Meridian Health and with the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
Effort is allocated as follows:
50% clinical activities, including bioethics consultation
30% academic, including bioethics education for a variety of learners and bioethics scholarship
20% administrative, including development and implementation of policy and service on institutional committees
Phone coverage required for Bioethics consultation nights and weekends
Qualifications:
Knowledge, Education and Skills Required:
- Terminal degree in a relevant field (MD/DO, JD, PhD). Exceptional candidates with RN, APN, SW, PA graduate degrees and significant experience may be considered.
- Graduate-level knowledge of bioethics principles and concepts, and their practical application in the clinical, research, and organizational settings; methods of healthcare ethics consultation, organizational ethics, relevant healthcare law, and ethics program development.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the field.
- Demonstrated excellence in clinical ethics consultation and bioethics education.
- Outstanding written and oral communication, interpersonal, organizational, teaching, analytic, and leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills as empathic communicator, careful listener, team leader and team player.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, prioritize, and manage multiple projects.
- Ability to work effectively with patients and families as well as healthcare professionals across disciplines.
- Eligible for faculty appointment at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
- Healthcare Ethics Consultant certified or eligible.
- Strong service orientation and strong sense of integrity.
Knowledge, Education and Skills Preferred:
- Experience in quality improvement.
- Experience in bioethics curriculum development.
- Master’s or Doctoral degree in bioethics.
Preferred Certification/Licensing:
- Health Care Ethics Consultant Certification (HEC-C)
Full Time
Hospital
$129k-199k (estimate)
09/08/2024
11/06/2024
hackensackumc.org
EDISON, NJ
7,500 - 15,000
1888
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
ROBERT CHARLES GARRETT
$1B - $3B
Hospital
HackensackUMC is a research and teaching hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient services.