Senior Disability Bioethicist, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

4 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Northwestern University Full time

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, together with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, seeks a full-time non-tenure-eligible Team Scientist at the rank of Assistant Professor to serve as the Director of its Disability Ethics program. The SRALab Disability Ethics program is a unique and impactful program that is heavily involved in not only providing consultation on patient care issues, but also education to faculty, medical trainees, and hospital staff. Their focus is on the special ethical issues that apply to people with disabilities and the professionals who care for them. In addition to providing support and assistance to the Director of the Bioethics program in developing curriculum and learning materials, the person will be expected to teach medical students, residents, fellows, allied health professionals, and people with disabilities and their families. Further, the ethics professional will be expected to generate papers for publications, participate in or lead research projects, and collaborate with other members of the Department faculty.

Another important expectation will be collaborating with the medical bioethics program of the Medical School. This position is for an individual to serve as a Senior Bioethicist in the SRALab Disability Ethics program, who will support and collaborate with the Director of the SRAlab Disability Ethics Program to recruit and train staff; identify and implement new educational activities, organizational initiative, and grant opportunities; lead and supervise educational opportunities to train institutional staff about ethics related issues; and design and implement PM&R ethics education for medical students, residents, and other trainees.

Qualified candidates will have:

  1. Doctorate or terminal degree in science, law or medicine-related field with specialization in medical ethics required. MD, JD or Ph.D. preferred.
  2. Five to eight years of experience working in the field of clinical medical ethics required with completion of a clinical ethics fellowship and/or post graduate training in ethics consultation.
  3. Healthcare Ethics Consultation Certification (HEC-C) required.
  4. A minimum of 5-8 years of experience as a clinical ethicist engaged in ethics consultations or a demonstrated record of involvement in over 500 ethics consultations required (training in fellowship not included).
  5. Clinical ethics experience in a disability-related field, rehabilitation or in an active and diverse (including areas beyond acute care) clinical ethics setting required. Experience in clinical ethics with both adult and pediatric populations required.
  6. A minimum of 3-5 years of experience on a research ethics consultation service required.
  7. Research ethics consultation experience in a translational hospital setting preferred.
  8. A minimum of 3-5 years of experience serving on a Hospital Ethics Committee; demonstrated expertise in policy development and leading organizational ethics initiatives required.
  9. Demonstrated ability to teach ethics in an academic or applied setting. Ability to manage and effectively create and deliver high-quality educational programming. Experience with teaching disability ethics and translational/research ethics preferred.
  10. Demonstrated track record of scholarly contributions in disability ethics, including academic publications and conference presentations.
  11. Administrative experience preferred, including experience leading ethics committee initiatives.
  12. Experience in conflict resolution and mediation in a clinical ethics setting is desirable.
  13. Advanced organizational skills to efficiently prioritize and complete a variety of tasks; experience with leadership and mentorship of staff preferred.
  14. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
  15. Excellent communications and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with patients, families, professionals, academics, and other people with an interest in disability ethics.

The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.

This position involves employment at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and a faculty appointment at NU. The initial application is done on-line with Northwestern University, but will also be reviewed by staff at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. To learn more about Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and formally submit a CV, please visit www.sralab.org .

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