Position Title: Clinical Ethics Medical Lead
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours per week: 0.4 FTE
Position Grade: Staff Specialist
Salary: As per the award
Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations’ Staff Specialist Agreement 2021
Department Name: Clinical Ethics/Medical Executive

About the role:

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (SVHS) is establishing a dedicated Clinical Ethics Support Service (CESS) to provide structured, rapid-response ethical consultation to medical and surgical teams across the hospital. The CESS is an expression of St Vincent’s national commitment to uplift the place of clinical ethics across the organisations public and private, aged care, and virtual and at home services.

Focused on SVHS, the Clinical Ethics Lead will play a foundational role in this new service, bringing specific clinical ethics expertise and leadership into the organisation, and providing decision support to clinicians and health service managers confronting complex ethical questions in delivering patient care.

This position is open to staff specialists from all medical specialties who have specific training and experience in clinical ethics service delivery. They will be responsible to setting up and delivering service in all five domains of the SVHS CESS: clinical ethics consultation, education and capacity building, organisational ethics and policy, research and scholarship, and service planning and development. This is a leadership position within the hospital community, offering a unique opportunity to help shape a new service, develop specialist expertise in applied bioethics, and produce scholarly work of significance.

Candidates with formal academic ethics training, experience in facilitating clinical ethics case consultation, active research in ethics-related fields,



and demonstrated excellence in both academic writing and non-academic communication are encouraged to apply.

About us:
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate.

Benefits of working at St Vincent’s include:

- Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
- Prospect to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
- Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
- Career development opportunities across the St Vincent’s Health Australia Network
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life balance
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Diversity and Inclusion at St Vincent's:
St Vincent's is committed to employing a workforce that reflects the community we care for. We strongly encourage applications from people that are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally diverse, sexuality or gender diverse and/or living with disability.

Employment with St Vincent's is subject to you having current immunity status that complies with the Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases - NSW Health Policy Directive (PD2023_022) or subsequent revisions in force. Appointment and ongoing employment will be subject to continued compliance with this policy directive.

Application Instructions:




To have your application considered you are required to upload a current CV/Resume as well as a separate cover letter/document addressing the ‘Selection Criteria’ as below. Internal applicants i.e. current employees of St Vincent’s Hospital or an entity of SVHA are required to apply via their Workday account.

Selection Criteria:

• MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia.

• Applicants must have Fellowship of a recognised Australasian Specialist College or recognition as a

• specialist by the Medical Board of Australia.

• Formal qualification in clinical ethics or bioethics, and demonstrated ability to apply rigorous logic and lead colleagues in discussions through relevant ethical and clinical issues.

• Proven high-level communication skills including advanced negotiation and facilitation skills.

• Experience in conducting clinical ethics case consultations, and in clinical ethics service delivery.

• Demonstrated clinical leadership and capability to think strategically and work effectively in complex

• health organisations.

• Sound knowledge of currently applicable legal frameworks and clinical practice and ethical guidelines.

• Understanding of research methodology or active research experience, including leadership in ethics-related research and quality improvement projects.

• Ongoing commitment to ethics education including the teaching of medical students, junior medical officers, and other clinical staff.

For more information, please contact Professor Paul Preisz, Chief Medical Officer – ***********@svha.org.au

For a copy of the position description, please email - *************@svha.org.au

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