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Arny and Anne Porath Clinical Ethics Fellowship
University of California, Los Angeles
Arny and Anne Porath Clinical Ethics Fellowship
The University of California, Los Angeles Health System Ethics Center is seeking applicants for a two year Fellowship in Clinical Ethics.
The Ethics Center was founded in 2002 with the goal of strengthening the UCLA Health System's ethical environment and commitment and improving the humanistic aspects of health care provided for patients and their families. The Center enjoys broad institutional support and is a leader in developing innovative clinical ethics programs.
The Center serves the needs of the UCLA Health System three hospitals, which rank among the best in the nation, and the full UCLA patient population. The volume and complexity of UCLA ethics consultation, which includes transplant, trauma, oncology, psychiatry, neurology, neonatology and pediatrics, affords the successful candidate an unrivaled experience in this field. The Fellowship program began in September 2011 and our first fellow has participated in very substantial number consults within the first six months of the fellowship across a wide breadth of clinical services.
The goal of this two year fellowship is to provide extensive clinical consultation experience, with opportunities in the second year for research, teaching, and mentoring of the junior fellow. The Fellowship is for individuals who hold an advanced degree in health care ethics.
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
-Provide clinical ethics consultation to Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, Neuropsychiatric Hospital and Santa Monica-UCLA Hospital. After an appropriate period of observation, the fellow will participate in supervised on-call coverage for the ethics consultation service on a rotation involving 24/7, including weekends and holidays.
-Participate on the three UCLA Health System Ethics Committees
-Collaborate in developing ethics education programs for staff
-Participate in ethics rounds
-Collaborate in policy development activities
-Mentoring of Junior Ethics Fellow in the second year
-Complete a research project
-Complete one manuscript suitable for publication
-The Fellow will receive intensive mentorship in clinical ethics from members of the Center's faculty. They will be subject to on-going formal and informal assessment.
Qualifications include a PhD or Masters in health care ethics or bioethics. The ability to integrate cross-cultural care, end of life/palliative care, psychosocial and spiritual care into clinical care is critical to this role. We are searching for compassionate and empathic professional with excellent interpersonal skills who is able to utilize critical and creative thinking in navigating complex ethical issues. A strong interest in collaborative and interdisciplinary work is required.
Stipend is $55,000 plus excellent benefits.
For further information email the UCLA Health System Ethics Center at: ethicscenter@mednet.ucla.edu
Clinical Ethics Fellowship Applications: Currently closed. Please check back for the 2014-2016 fellowship
Arny and Anne Porath Clinical Ethics Fellow 2011
"Upon reaching the six month mark of the Clinical Ethics Fellowship at UCLA Health System, several insights can be offered. First, the consult experience is simply unparalleled. From the neonatal intensive care unit of Mattel Children's Hospital to the geriatrics service at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital, from end-stage cancer to psychiatric illness, from issues of futile treatment to the medico-legal realm, from transplant surgery to neurocritical care, the consult service provided by the Ethics Center is a perfect place to gain invaluable clinical experience in the complex and demanding world of an academic hospital of the highest repute (ranked among the best in the United States). Second, the department and its faculty are committed to the fellowship in such a manner that onsite education and exhaustive mentorship of the fellow are of the highest priority. Fellows can expect a demanding, yet supportive environment where the intersection between the ethics of healthcare and complicated patient care can be prosecuted with integrity and effectuality. Finally, the fellow can not only anticipate being immersed into the exciting, groundbreaking milieu of a quaternary care center, but to be directly involved in the most challenging and multifaceted of ethical dilemmas. As the current fellow, I highly recommend this position for anyone seriously intending to pursue a vocation in clinical ethics and consider it one of the field's best opportunities in the country."
Kevin M. Dirksen, M.Div., M.Sc
March 2012
