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Job ID90197

LocationAurora, Colorado

Full/Part TimeFull-Time

Regular/TemporaryRegular

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Why Work at Children's....

Here, it's different. Come join us. Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years. Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day. We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report. As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties. Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat. That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through o A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

Job Overview

The Clinical Ethics Program Manager provides leadership, strategy, vision, and service throughout the Children's Colorado system to enhance, promote, and sustain an organizational culture committed to ethical practice and mutual respect among caregivers. This role is responsible for providing formal and informal ethics consultations; leading the ethics consultation service; organizing and leading clinical ethics rounds; collaborating with clinical teams, patients, and families to address ethical issues in pediatric healthcare.Engages in research to advance the field of bioethics and to serve the needs of the hospital; develops and implements assessment and evaluation instruments to test efficacy of ethics program interventions and services; disseminates results in internal reports and journal publications.Serves as a facilitator for change directed toward strengthening the hospital staff's sense of moral community; contributes to the literature in the field of bioethics through academic research and publication; and remains current with the fields of bioethics, health law and p

Additional Information

Department Name: Nursing Administration Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits Shift: Generally Monday - Friday normal business hours. There will be on-call responsibilities for nights, weekends, holidays - details to be discussed during interview process. Come Write Your Story With Us

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing or healthcare related field. Master's degree in bioethics, ethics or philosophy, or formal fellowship in Bioethics. Experience: Five (5) years in clinical bioethics, preferably in a pediatric hospital or healthcare delivery system. Prior experience with moral distress debriefing strongly preferred. Experience in performing pediatric ethics consults preferred. Certification(s): BLS for Healthcare Providers/CPR ANCC recognized certification in clinical specialty. Healthcare Ethics Consultant-Certified (HEC-C) w thin one (1) year of hire. Licensure(s): Based on area of expertise (RN license if RN, for example)

Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE No Direct Patient Care ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform. Designs and integrates infrastructure and programming to support a culture of ethical practice; develops framework to promote an organizational culture in which individual and collective moral agency, integrity, and ethical competence are cultivated. Leads key initiatives including moral distress rounds and ethics liaison