Status: Open Site: Regional Type: Other Type of Position: Permanent Date Range: N/A Hours of Work: 13 hours per week within a M-F 8-4pm model Qualifications, Education and Skills Requisites Current College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) License Full Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) Mandatory The Physician Ethicist is a 0.35 FTE expert resource with consultation, education, modelling, and engagement responsibilities within the Island Health Ethics program.
Reporting to the Executive Medical Director, Quality, Safety, Risk, Experience & Research, the Physician Ethicist is accountable for working collaboratively with the Manager, Ethics in developing, planning, and implementing ethics-related services for Island Health.
The Physician Ethicist will work collaboratively with the Ethics Program team members in providing ongoing ethical practice leadership and consultation throughout Island Health's service programs.
The Physician Ethicist builds organizational capacity for sound ethical decision-making by engaging physicians, staff, and volunteers in appropriate forums, providing ethics education both formally and informally, conducting clinical and organizational consults, and modelling ethical practice.
Skills Required Ethical knowledge and practice: Training and/or experience in providing clinical ethics consultation, education, analysis.
This includes an understanding of bioethics history and various approaches that can be used for ethical discussion and problem-solving.
Communication: Demonstrates excellence in interpersonal relationships, written and verbal communication skills, and presentation and group facilitation skills.
Leadership: Engages in and facilitates activities to ensure medical staff work as a team to resolve ethical practice issues; links with appropriate Division Heads and Chiefs of Staff to identify system-level resolutions for ethical dilemmas.
Cultural Humility and Cultural Safety: Consistently demonstrate awareness and commitment to upholding Island Health's priority for improving health outcomes for Indigenous people.
Change Management: Acts as an ethics 'champion' to engage and support medical staff through ethics-related change.
Planning: Assesses, monitors, and anticipates education needs and works with medical and administrative leaders to create accessible opportunities for education and engagement.
This successful candidate will be expected to: Be an actively practicing physician able to carry privileges at Island Health.
Have a Master's degree or higher related to clinical ethics practice and experience applying that education in a learning health system.
Use Island Health email address for work-related communications.
Dedicate the requisite time to this position during Island Health regular working hours, or as agreed upon with the Executive Medical Director and Executive Director.
Participate in orientation and training.
Act as a clinical ethical content expert and resource for ethical decision-making in collaboration with patients, families, residents, staff, physicians, and volunteers.
Conduct and document ethics consultation in alignment with practice regulations and expectations.
Lead or participate in ethics training sessions presented by the Island Health Ethics Program.
Consistently demonstrate awareness of academic, political, social, cultural, and moral norms in the management of ethical issues.
Start Date As soon as possible Compensation Type: Administrative Contract Estimated Remuneration: $170.95/hr up to $100,518.60 for 0.35FTE Location British Columbia's scenic capital city of Victoria is located on the southern part of Vancouver Island.
Victoria's economy is made up of traditional industry, advanced technology, tourism, and arts and cultural organizations.
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