Clinical Ethicist Clinical Ethics - Toronto, Canada - Unity Health Toronto

Unity Health Toronto

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

CLINICAL ETHICIST CLINICAL ETHICS (

JOB ID:

671)**:

Position:

CLINICAL ETHICIST

Department:
Centre for Clinical Ethics

Status:
Full Time

Site:
St. Joseph's Health System (Hamilton and surrounding areas)

Hours of Work:
Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, some on-call responsibilities, local travel required

Overview

Qualifications and Skills:

Doctorate or Master's degree in ethics or an equivalent field
At least 35 years of experience working as a clinical ethicist or a combination of fellowship/job experience
Experience in both clinical and organizational ethics
Experience conducting research ethics review
Experience working in acute care and/or postacute care
Strong communication and critical thinking skills
Understanding of relevant healthcare legislation around consent and capacity, long term care and substitute decisionmaking
Ideally has completed a fellowship or postgraduate training in clinical and organizational ethics
Ideally has experience working in a faithbased institution(s)

Responsibilities:

1)Leadership and Program Development

Direct the ethics program at SJHS in response to organizational and clinical needs
Monitor changing priorities, trends, emerging issues and legislative and regulatory requirements, and evaluate the potential impacts on ethics programs/policies

2)Clinical and Organizational Ethics Consultation

Conduct ethics consults with patients, family members, staff, physicians, and management on a range of ethical issues
Provide ethics support to relevant committees and working groups
Participate in policy development/review, as requested
Be available for oncall on a rotating basis with other staff at the CCE

3)Research Ethics Review

Participate as a member of the Research Ethics Board

4)Education

Provide local ethics education (e.g. inservices, rounds) to staff, physicians and trainees,
Deliver ethics grand rounds on a rotating basis with other staff at the CCE
Participate in the training and mentoring of fellows in the CCE's fellowship program

5)Scholarship and Research

Ideally have an interest in engaging in research and scholarship opportunities

Some background on SJHS and Unity Health Toronto

Unity Health Toronto is one of Canada's largest Catholic healthcare networks serving patients, residents and clients across the full spectrum of care, spanning primary care, secondary community care, tertiary and quaternary care services to post-acute through rehabilitation, palliative care and long-term care, while investing in world-class research and education.

Application process

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada.

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