Clinical Ethicist

**Your Opportunity**:
AHS, the largest health care provider in the country, is an organization focused on providing safe, high-quality, patient
- and family-centred care. We achieve this with our workforce of more than 108,000 employees, 9,000 medical staff and 12,200 volunteers who are dedicated to serving a population of 4.4 million Albertans. AHS Cares represents our five core values in action; compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and safety which are at the heart of everything we do. At AHS, we are living our values. Together. Alberta offers an excellent quality of life that provides modern amenities at reasonable cost. No matter what your lifestyle, Alberta has something that meets your needs and wants. With mountains for skiing and hiking, golf courses in almost every city and town, from prairies to rolling hills to the foothills and the Rocky Mountains, this is a place where you can attain work and life balance.

**Description**:

- Classification: Clinical Ethicist
- Union: Exempt
- Unit and Program: Clinical Ethics Service
- Primary Location: U of A Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Negotiable Location: Within Edmonton Zone
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 08-JAN-2023
- Date Available: 01-FEB-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $50.87
- Maximum Salary: $89.48
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Graduate degree in a discipline relevant to clinical ethics and/or professional clinical degree with specialized ethics training. Three (3) years of experience providing applied health ethics consultative services and health ethics education. Completion of practical clinical ethics training from a fellowship, residency, or practicum program. Experience conducting ethics consultations, providing ethics education, and reviewing and developing policies. Experience and proficiency in the use of systematic methods of reasoning to help analyze value conflicts by developing, weighing, and balancing moral arguments and counterarguments. Knowledge of health ethics literature and fundamentals.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
Demonstrated excellence in developing and fostering interpersonal work relationships to contribute to collaborative and respectful working relationships. Past success in identifying, supporting, and implementing workplace changes that enhance effectiveness and build ethics capacity. Predisposition to self-effacement, ability to bracket personal for the sake of greater good in-patient care, team, and organizational settings. Intellectual humility, recognition of personal and professional fallibility and of the potential limitations of ethics expertise and consultants. Self-awareness and recognition of personal and intellectual biases. Ability to manage and prioritize complex and diverse workloads. Skill and knowledge in techniques of mediation, facilitation, or conflict resolution. Outstanding verbal communication and presenting skills. Exceptional written communication skills.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
As required.