Clinical Ethics Director

Job Description:

The Clinical Ethics Director establishes the structure and processes for Ethics Committees and Consultation teams across the Peaks region, provides expert guidance on clinical ethics and leads the implementation of Proactive Integrative Ethics. The Director also provides interpretation on the Catholic Moral Tradition, offers on-call support for complex cases at all Care Sites in the region and coordinates consultation activities to ensure consistency and excellence. In collaboration with clinical and operational leaders, the Clinical Ethics Director ensures that the values and Mission of Intermountain Health are fully integrated into the organization’s work.

Along with offering a chance to work in a stable, strong, mission-based environment, this role provides the opportunity to experience the Mountain West’s diverse culture and incredible landscapes. You’ll be able to explore abundant outdoor recreational opportunities, including skiing, hiking, and fishing, as well as stunning national parks and forests, all within hours of where you’ll call home. Becoming a part of the Intermountain team means gaining a family and finding a place to plant your roots. 

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and spiritual well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. 

With this position, you are eligible to participate in an annual pay-for-performance opportunity (“AP4P”). This plan enables Intermountain Health to provide leaders with an additional performance compensation opportunity. The AP4P opportunities are calculated as a percentage of your base salary. Awards are paid out based on attainment of selected Intermountain Health Board-approved goals. 

To show our commitment to you and assist with your transition into our organization, we may offer a sign-on and/or a relocation bonus when applicable. 

As the Peaks Region Clinical Ethics Director, you will:

• Build and sustain the infrastructure for Proactive Integrative Ethics across all care sites, ensuring alignment with patient care and experience goals. 

• Collect and analyze key performance indicators to demonstrate the value of ethics initiatives in collaboration with Mission Integration. 

• Assess, educate, and support Ethics Committees and Consultation Teams to operate with consistency, autonomy, and high competency. 

• Ensure uniformity in the structure and delivery of Clinical Ethics services throughout the Region. 

• Provide around-the-clock availability for complex ethical consultations and serve as backup for the Regional VP of Ethics and Church Relations. 

• Collaborate with ICU and high-utilization teams to embed ethics into daily clinical practice through rounding and education.

• Ensure ethics support for ambulatory care settings. 

• Deliver targeted ethics education to clinical staff, residency programs, and other key groups, including support for Mission Integration Formation programs. 

• Adhere to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.   

Skills 

• Collaboration 

• Mediation 

• Dispute Resolution 

• Complex thought 

• Public Speaking and Communication of Complex Topics 

• Ethical and Moral Analysis 

• Teamwork 

• Taking Initiative 

• Accountability 

• Leadership 

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a master's degree in healthcare Ethics, Philosophy, Theology or equivalent discipline, doctoral degree preferred.  Health Care Ethics Consultant – Certified preferred. 

• Experience: Clinical health care ethics experience.  Must also have experience in ethics collaboration in a broad spectrum of healthcare environments.  If working in the Peaks Region, demonstrated evidence of understanding and ability to represent and apply the moral teachings of the Catholic Church to clinical ethics matters.  

• Knowledge: Awareness of key bioethical approaches, techniques of ethical analysis, as well as leading ethics consultations in clinical settings.  If working the Peaks Region, demonstrates a thorough familiarity with a fluency in the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services and understanding of the Catholic moral tradition in pluralistic contexts. 

• Communication skills: Ability to communicate with a wide variety of associates, clinicians, patients, and leadership. Excellent presentation skills are required with fluency in developing electronic presentations. Proficiency in collaboration and networking skills is required. Strong oral and written communication skills are required. 

• Ability and discipline to work semi-autonomously: Can work and meet task expectations with minimal amount of direct supervision. Requires a capacity for prioritizing tasks, meeting performance standards, and exercising accountability in a matrix reporting structure. 

• Leadership skills: Must demonstrate ability in working with diverse groups of stakeholders to move to common goals and decisions. Must be able to form and foster group cohesion. Have the capacity to tolerate ambiguity and navigate power dynamics.

• Technology: Must be able to use/learn to use the comprehensive electronic medical record. Ability to use Microsoft Office tools. 

• Travel: Willingness to travel as needed and as assigned. 

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Location:

Peaks Regional Office

Work City:

Broomfield

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$59.50 - $91.84

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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