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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Work Shift:
Days (United States of America)
Bon Secours
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We believe your best is yet to come. At Bon Secours, we celebrate the human side of health care, uniting individuals from all walks of life in giving good help to those in need. We'll ask a lot of you, but we'll give a lot back, as well. Whether you’re called to bedside care, patient support, community service or operations and administration, there’s a place for you here. Because if there's one thing we know for certain, it's that good works start with great people. We’ll support and empower you to bring your best – in service of our patients and our Mission.
Ethics Program Director
This hire will support the hospitals in our Richmond and Hampton Roads market.
Job summary
The Ethics Services Program Director contributes to the mission of the organization by leading Ethics Services operations across assigned geographies, including coverage of acute care hospitals, ambulatory care sites, and other services across the region. The Ethics Services Program Director works closely with System and regional mission leadership and collaborates with peer ethics leads and spiritual health leadership to implement and maintain system-wide ethics programs and initiatives. The role requires regional travel and in-person and virtual work with leadership, peers, and customers. The Ethics Services Program Director participates in design and implementation of strategies aligned with best practice standards for Catholic healthcare ethics services. The role engages with clinical and operational leaders, providers, managers, patients, families, and community members.
Essential functions
Implement clinical and organizational ethics protocols and guidance within assigned geographies as outlined in the Ethics Quality Plan, in collaboration with System leadership and in support of clinical and operational activities.
Contribute to mission and ethics strategic initiatives through close collaboration with regional mission leadership, spiritual health leadership, and mission site leads.
Develop and lead mechanisms, including Ethics Committees and clinical rounding, to create effective, sustainable, and self-sufficient operations that integrate ethics into clinical operations and clinicians’ workflows across assigned geographies.
Identify and address ethics education needs of physicians, operational leaders, and associates across assigned geographies on ethical issues from faith-based and public moral frameworks. Work collaboratively with mission leadership to develop education in response to consultations.
Apply knowledge of Catholic moral frameworks, especially the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs), to ethics consultation, education, policy review, and operational decision-making.
Collaborate with System, regional mission, and spiritual health leadership to develop prioritized solutions and implement strategies that infuse and sustain a culture of discernment in operational decision-making.
Conduct and/or supervise clinical ethics consultation across assigned geographies, remotely or in-person, to support patients, families, clinicians, and organizational leaders.
In collaboration with mission leadership, participate in or lead Mission Due Diligence as requested by System or regional leadership.
In collaboration with System and regional mission leadership, operational and clinical leaders, and risk and legal departments, participate in development and review of ethics-related policies and procedures and act as a subject matter expert and resource across assigned geographies to assure policy alignment with the ERDs and mission standards.
Maintain professional skills and competencies necessary to fulfill the role, including current knowledge of clinical and organizational ethics, health care operations, and relevant regulations; work toward achieving or maintaining HEC-C…