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Title
Clinical Ethics Fellow

Short Description
The fellowship aims at expanding the clinical experience of those with prior academic training in bioethics

Detailed Description
The Alden March Bioethics Institute (AMBI)—previously called the Center For Medical Ethics, Education and Research—at Albany Medical College was founded in 1993 by John Balint, M.D., to provide medical ethics education, develop an ethics consultation service, and promote high quality and useful research and scholarly works on important ethical issues in health care. The Center’s programs include required coursework in medical ethics for Albany Medical College students, an on-site and on-line master’s program in bioethics, and a Scholar’s Program in Bioethics for medical students. AMBI operates a full-time ethics consultation service at Albany Medical Center Hospital for physicians, nurses and other patient caregivers, patients and their families. Additional information about the Alden March Bioethics Institute can be found at www.amc.edu/bioethics. Albany Medical Center is northeastern New York’s only academic health sciences center. It consists of Albany Medical College, Albany Medical Center Hospital and the Albany Medical Center Foundation, Inc. Additional information about Albany Medical Center can be found at www.amc.edu. Responsibilities: • Respond to ethics consultation requests, coordinating coverage with other hospital clinical ethicists, members of the ethics committee, mission leaders, or pastoral care staff as appropriate; • Provide clinical ethics consultation services under supervision to patients, family members, staff, and physicians in a variety of clinical and organizational settings; • Apply one’s knowledge and skills in assessment of ethical needs and interventions, including communication, mediation and problem solving; • Help coordinate hospital ethics committee functions and educational activities; • Round with resident teams in various clinical areas, such as adult medical and surgical, pediatric, and neonatal intensive care units, women's health units, and general medical and surgical areas; • Attend meetings, such as the hospital ethics committee, institutional review board, select quality assurance committees, and interdisciplinary clinical teams; • Coordinate and offer ethics education programs, grand rounds, and ethics lectures and seminars in the medical center and to area institutions as requested; • Attend clinical ethics educational offerings throughout the system; and • Participate in data collection and quality improvement and regulatory preparedness activities related to clinical ethics consultation and educational services. Supervision and Colleagues: The Clinical Ethics Fellow works closely with other clinical ethicists who provide clinical ethics consultation services, faculty within the Institute, and center leaders to develop personalized learning goals and strategies for accomplishing them. Additional collegial support comes from a wide range of experienced clinicians, including physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, and administrators. The Alden March Bioethics Institute includes core teaching faculty from the medical school and medical center as well as colleagues from Albany Law School, the State University of New York at Albany, the New York State Department of Health, Northeast Health, the College of St. Rose, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and other local and national educational and health care institutions. Educational Requirements: The successful applicant must hold at least a master’s degree in bioethics (or its equivalent) and a professional or graduate degree in a discipline that interfaces with bioethics (such as law, medicine, nursing, social work, philosophy, theology, or moral theology). A candidate with direct course work or extensive practical experience in bioethics or health care is prerequisite. Prior Experience: Experience in applied ethics, preferably in a health care setting with experience in consultation, teaching or policy development is preferred — required if a candidate lacks a terminal degree. Licensure/Certification/Registration: None is required. Clinicians or other licensed or registered applicants should consider their need to maintain licenses or other certifications while engaged in the fellowship. Complexity of the Work Environment: The Clinical Ethics Fellow must be a critical thinker and have very good written and oral communication, relational, and teaching skills. The Clinical Ethics Fellow must be able to follow hospital, departmental and related policies and procedures, and work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, emotionally charged atmosphere. Salary and Benefits: The full-time annual salary for this training position is $42,500 and carries full-time benefits with three weeks earned time off. Application and Contract Information: To be considered for this position, applicants are requested to send the following electronically to the contact email address below: • A letter of application including: (1) one’s preparation for this fellowship a

Location
Albany, NY USA

Contact
John Kaplan, PhD
518-262-6082
grantf@mail.amc.edu