Clinical Fellow

Department/Unit: Ethics Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Our two-year fellowship is designed for those seeking a bioethics career in academic institutions, healthcare settings, and professional or government agencies. The Alden March Bioethics Institute was founded in 1993 to support medical ethics education, develop an ethics consultation service at Albany Medical Center, and promote high quality scholarly work in bioethics. AMBI’s programs include required coursework in medical ethics for Albany Medical College students, a master’s program in bioethics, and a full-time ethics consultation service at Albany Medical Center. Additional information about the Alden March Bioethics Institute can be found at www.amc.edu/bioethics. Our two-year fellowship is designed for those seeking a bioethics career in academic institutions, healthcare settings, and professional or government agencies. For a list of recent fellows and job placements, see: amc.edu/academic/bioethics/clinical_ethics_former_fellows.cfm. At the end of the fellowship, graduates will have developed advanced skills in: • Performing clinical ethics consultation throughout the hospital clinical setting in accordance with the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) core competencies • Teaching and facilitating educational sessions in bioethics and related topics to medical students, bioethics graduate students, and healthcare professionals • Conducting research, both individually and collaboratively, on topics in bioethics, leading to publications in academic journals • Participating as an ethics representative on an interdisciplinary team of hospital experts reviewing complex cases • Attending institutional ethics review committee meetings Educational Requirements: • Terminal degree in a discipline that interfaces with bioethics is preferred. This may include philosophy, law, social sciences, social work, nursing, and medicine. Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center! Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification. Albany Med is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Med offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including: Excellent health care coverage with lower copays at most Albany Med providers. A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Med offers a full range outpatient and inpatient care and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 trauma center, and only children’s hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College. Albany Med partners with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.