Job Function: 01. Quality of Care: Aids in the resolution of ethical dilemmas, particularly as identified by practicing nurses and generally identified by others involved in the care of the patient. Advocates to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient, family members, and clinical personnel and supports policies and services that advocate for patient rights and optimal healthcare environments. Uses expert clinical, philosophical, and theoretical knowledge and insight related to the patient/family understanding to identify ethical conflict and help initiate a plan of action in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. Job Function: 02. Education: Involved in creating and sustaining programs in ethics and nursing ethics education with the goal of improving the capacity of nurses to manage the ethical issues inherent in the care of patients in a contemporary, technology-driven health care system. Develops and provides educational programs and conferences related to ethics for staff, other departments, and the community. Supports socialization, education, and training of novice nurse ethicists by serving as a preceptor, role model, and mentor. Coordinates/participates in community education programs. Organizes and conducts supportive counseling and education for patient and family groups. Acts as a resource to affiliating clinical programs. Pursues and participates in formal and independent learning activities to enhance knowledge, clinical competency, and professional development. Job Function: 03. Administration: Participates in performance improvement activities related to the role of a nurse ethicist and the patient population requiring an ethics consult. Assists in the development and implementation of hospital-wide goals related to nursing and patient/family support. Promotes recruitment and retention by providing staff and student guidance, support, and professional development. Promotes a positive hospital image through participation in community programs, professional programs, networking in a professional organization, and university affiliation. Assists and participates in preparing for JC, DOH & other regulatory agency visits. Assists with implementing policies, guidelines, and recommendations of the regulatory bodies. Job Function: 04. Individual Practice Evaluation: Uses critical, reflective thinking to evaluate one’s professional performance and to enhance one’s ethical practice-enabling decisions which are based on professional, ethical, and moral principles rather than on personal biases or preferences. Ensures self-evaluation is according to the standards of the appropriate professional and regulatory bodies and takes action to improve practice. Seeks feedback regarding own practice and role performance from peers, professional colleagues, patients, family members, and other team members. Assists in developing and evaluating the performance criteria for Nurse Ethicists within the organization and healthcare environment. Job Function: 05. Ethics: Fosters the establishment of an ethical environment that supports the rights of all participants. Contributes to the resolution of ethical dilemmas. Preserves and protects patient autonomy and maintains confidentiality. Manages bioethics-related issues at their designated hospital. Provides expert analysis on ethical issues related to patient care. Responsible for receiving and conducting all requests for ethics consultations, executing consultations, and following up with patient cases after referral. Advises on ethics inquiries from physicians, staff, patients, and families. Educates healthcare providers on best practices for dealing with ethical conflicts in patient care. Educates and trains members of the hospital ethics committees. Provides expertise and develops ethics-related policies and assists with the implementation of policies at designated hospitals. Engages in preventive ethics to proactively deal with conflicts and resolution. Participates in ethics rounds and lectures at appropriate AHS educational events. Serves as a mentor and role model by participating in the resolution of ethical and clinical dilemmas. Job Function: 06. Research: Critically evaluates existing practice based on current research findings and integrates changes into practice. Collaborates with senior investigators and interdisciplinary team members in conducting research relevant to practice. Assesses and identifies relevant researchable clinical problems with staff. Utilizes the research process to enhance the environment of care. Provides for dissemination of research developments in the field of specialization. Promotes evidence-based practice in the clinical and professional environment. Job Function: 07. Resource Utilization: Evaluates factors related to safety, effectiveness, availability, and cost to design and implement best practices. Facilitates access for patients and family members to appropriate healthcare services. Serves as a resource to various populations to influence ethical obligations of the nursing profession based on autonomy, benefice justice, and non-maleficence in healthcare delivery and the formation of ethical healthcare policy. Job Function: 08. Collegiality: Identifies and participates in opportunities to share skills, knowledge, and strategies for patient advocacy and system improvement with colleagues and other healthcare providers. Promotes a learning environment that enables clinical team members and other healthcare personnel to make optimal contributions and systems to function effectively. Participates in professional organizations to address issues of concern in meeting patient care needs and improving professional practice and system effectiveness. Job Function: 09. Collaboration: Collaborates with other disciplines in consultation, teaching, patient advocacy, and research activities to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient. Utilizes a professional governance forum to provide support for enhancing education, practice & quality improvement. Collaborates with physicians, specialists, and other designated care providers to optimize patient care environment. Collaborates with the nursing and medical staff education departments and other advanced practice clinicians to develop and implement educational programs about ethics such as Schwartz rounds and didactic teaching related to newly hired health professionals. Other Tasks Which May be Required: Physical Requirements: As defined by Occupation Safety/OMS \ #LI-DF1 Education: Advanced degree in Health Humanities or Bioethics Required Licenses: Valid New Jersey License, RN Required Certifications: BLS Required Experience: Acute Care Years of Experience: 2-3 years of clinical experience ABOUT US At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include: + Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ + Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ + Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ + Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ + Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ + Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ + CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ + Atlantic Home Care and Hospice + Atlantic Mobile Health + Atlantic Rehabilitation We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation, and we are a member of AllSpire Health Partners. We have received awards and recognition for the services we have provided to our patients, team members and communities. Below are just a few of our accolades: + 100 Best Companies to Work For ® and FORTUNE® magazine for 15 years + Best Places to Work in Healthcare - Modern Healthcare + 150 Top Places to work in Healthcare - Becker's Healthcare + 100 Accountable Care Organizations to Know - Becker's Hospital Review + Best Employers for Workers over 50 - AARP + Gold-Level "Well Workplace": Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) + One of the 100 Best Workplaces for “Millennials” Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine + One of the 20 Best Workplaces in Health Care: Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE® magazine + Official Health Care Partner of the New York Jets + NJ Sustainable Business Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology. We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020. Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ. 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