Clinical Ethicist Part Time Days 8a-4p Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center

Atlantic Health System•Pequannock Township, NJ

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Ethicist serves as a site‑embedded ethics consultant at designated hospitals and contributes to a system‑wide ethics program through consultation standards, education, and policy review. The role supports patients, families, clinicians, and organizations through ethical analysis, facilitation, and guidance. The Clinical Ethicist does not make clinical or care decisions; decision‑making authority remains with patients, families, and clinical teams. The ethicist’s role is consultative, advisory, and supportive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core Responsibilities Clinical Ethics Consultation The Clinical Ethicist receives and conducts clinical ethics consultations at assigned sites using nationally recognized best practices. Requests for ethics may be received from patients and family as well as the clinical team directly involved in the care of the patient. Consultations address ethically complex issues in patient care, including decision‑making capacity, informed consent and refusal, surrogate decision‑making, goals of care, end‑of‑life care, potentially inappropriate treatment, and value‑based conflict. The ethicist: Assists stakeholders in identifying and clarifying ethical questions Provides structured ethical analysis and options for consideration Offers ethics recommendations, not decisions Documents consultations clearly and accurately Follows cases as appropriate to support understanding and relieve moral distress Refers to appropriate resources within the hospital setting for additional support Ethics recommendations integrate patient values and preferences, clinical context, professional ethical standards, organizational policies, and applicable federal and state health care law, including relevant case law. Recommendations are intended to support, not replace, the deliberation and judgment of clinicians and patients or their surrogates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Respectful Engagement, Communication, and Facilitation The Clinical Ethicist engages patients, families, clinicians, and leaders in a respectful, collaborative, and non‑directive manner. Using facilitation and mediation skills, the ethicist: Creates psychologically safe spaces for dialogue Supports exploration of values, goals, and moral concerns Helps manage moral distress and ethical uncertainty Promotes fair process and mutual understanding The ethicist maintains neutrality with respect to treatment choices while supporting ethically sound deliberation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preventive Ethics and Site Integration As a site‑embedded resource, the Clinical Ethicist participates in ethics rounds, interdisciplinary discussions, and leadership consultations to proactively identify and address ethical concerns. Preventive ethics efforts focus on reducing recurrent conflict, supporting ethical practice, and strengthening local ethics capacity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education and Training Education is a core responsibility of the role. The Clinical Ethicist develops and delivers ethics education primarily for hospital ethics committee members, followed by clinical teams and learners. Education emphasizes ethical reasoning, consultation skills, respectful engagement, and alignment with organizational policies and law. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Policy and Legal Knowledge The Clinical Ethicist contributes to ethics‑related policy development and interpretation. The role requires a working knowledge of state and federal health care law relevant to clinical ethics consultation and familiarity with case law that informs ethical practice. Legal knowledge is used to contextualize ethical recommendations, not to provide legal determinations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Contribution Scholarly activity related to clinical ethics consultation is encouraged, including teaching, publication, and presentation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System‑Wide Ethics Contributions The Clinical Ethicist contributes to a system‑wide ethics oversight committee, supporting consistency and quality across the ethics program. Responsibilities include participation in: Review of ethics consultation practices and complex cases System‑level ethics education initiatives Review and alignment of ethics‑related policies and guidance This work is conducted collaboratively with clinical leaders, legal counsel, compliance, and risk management, while maintaining the distinct advisory role of ethics consultation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Role Boundaries The Clinical Ethicist does not direct care, make treatment decisions, or override clinical judgment. The ethicist provides ethics guidance and recommendations to support informed, values‑based decision‑making by patients, families, and clinicians. Engagement is consultative, collaborative, and supportive at all times. 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 Located in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Chilton Medical Center has been ranked the top mid-sized hospital in NJ for six years in a row, according to Castle Connolly. The Leapfrog Group gave us an "A" Hospital Safety Grade and we've received the Lifeline Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. In addition, The Joint Commission recognized us as a Primary Stroke Center. We were awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. We achieved Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® identifies superior quality in nursing care and is the highest national honor for nursing excellence. Atlantic Health System offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted: Team Member Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members) Life & AD&D Insurance. Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement) 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution PTO & Paid Sick Leave Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave Backup and On-Site Childcare Well-Being Rewards Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance ____________________________________________ Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer. EEO STATEMENT Atlantic Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.

Requirements

Working knowledge of state and federal health care law relevant to clinical ethics consultation
Familiarity with case law that informs ethical practice.

Responsibilities

Receives and conducts clinical ethics consultations at assigned sites using nationally recognized best practices.
Assists stakeholders in identifying and clarifying ethical questions
Provides structured ethical analysis and options for consideration
Offers ethics recommendations, not decisions
Documents consultations clearly and accurately
Follows cases as appropriate to support understanding and relieve moral distress
Refers to appropriate resources within the hospital setting for additional support
Engages patients, families, clinicians, and leaders in a respectful, collaborative, and non‑directive manner.
Creates psychologically safe spaces for dialogue
Supports exploration of values, goals, and moral concerns
Helps manage moral distress and ethical uncertainty
Promotes fair process and mutual understanding
Participates in ethics rounds, interdisciplinary discussions, and leadership consultations to proactively identify and address ethical concerns.
Develops and delivers ethics education primarily for hospital ethics committee members, followed by clinical teams and learners.
Contributes to ethics‑related policy development and interpretation.
Contributes to a system‑wide ethics oversight committee, supporting consistency and quality across the ethics program.
Participates in review of ethics consultation practices and complex cases
Participates in system‑level ethics education initiatives
Participates in review and alignment of ethics‑related policies and guidance

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
Life & AD&D Insurance.
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
PTO & Paid Sick Leave
Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
Backup and On-Site Childcare
Well-Being Rewards
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance