RESEARCH PROJECT COORDINATOR
Req #: | 176086 |
Department: | SURGICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH CENTER (SORCE) |
Job Location: | Other Location |
Posting Date: | 01/22/2020 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary and benefits are competitive. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: | As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. |
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The purpose of this position is to provide research project coordination for the Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE). SORCE is a multidisciplinary research center established by the Department of Surgery supporting research to improve the quality of surgical care at the local, regional and national level. SORCE also collaborates with a variety of academic and community partners and institutions providing expertise in design/deployment of health services and patient-oriented outcomes projects for research and clinical quality improvement.
SORCE is committed to encouraging diversity and inclusion and to being a workplace where such values are at the forefront of our daily interactions and our work as a research center. We value and seek diverse team members who are passionate, innovative, and collaborative. All candidates are encouraged to address as part of their cover letter how their experiences and perspective could potentially contribute to diversity and inclusion at SORCE.
This position will coordinate components of multiple health services and outcomes projects spanning internal and external sites, multiple investigators, and multiple clinical disciplines. Some of these projects may be related while others may encompass completely unique teams, sites, and/or topic areas. The project portfolio for this position will consist of up to 8 projects, including aspects of 3 multi-site pragmatic trials funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), all comparing surgery to medical management. SORCE serves as the Clinical Coordinating Center for these ambitious, milestone-driven trials that involve collaborations with multiple UW departments and over 30 sites nationwide.
Specifically, these PCORI studies include the Comparing Surgery versus Antibiotics to Treat Appendicitis (CODA) study, (https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2015/comparing-surgery-versus-antibiotics-treat-appendicitis-coda-study), the Comparison of Surgery and Medicine on the Impact of Diverticulitis (COSMID) trial( https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2018/comparison-surgery-and-medicine-impact-diverticulitis-cosmid-trial), and the Comparison of Intravesical Therapy and Surgery as Treatment Options for Bladder Cancer (CISTO) (https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2018/comparing-two-treatment-options-recurrent-bladder-cancer).
This position reports to a senior Research Coordinator/Research Coordinator Lead but interacts directly with faculty, and has matrixed oversight from Project Managers/Leads. The areas of responsibility of this position fall into these categories:
This position will provide coordination for multiple (up to 8) projects spanning multiple investigators and multiple clinical disciplines. Some of these projects may be related while others may encompass completely unique teams, sites, and/or topic areas. Projects vary in length of time from six months to 5+ years, meaning that this position will be simultaneously working on projects at every stage of life, from start-up to close-out.
Projects may involve routine travel among home office in University District and several local study sites. Travel may be done via UW Shuttle, UCar, Uber/Taxi, or personal conveyance (walking, biking, personal car). Incumbent must be comfortable traveling between worksites. The projects may be recruiting 6:00 am to midnight, seven days a week. Incumbent must be willing and able to share coverage of recruitment responsibilities across these times.
The nature of this position’s project work and its level of responsibility require that the incumbent routinely operate with a high degree of independence. Within our highly collaborative environment, success in this position requires a self-motivated and self-directed individual who will enthusiastically take ownership for the success of their projects, teams, faculty, and SORCE as a whole. This individual must be inherently ethical, and be both willing and able to abide by the multitude of compliance regulations associated with conducting research with human subjects.
Projects will span multiple sites of which SORCE serves as the coordinating center. The individual in this position will need to understand the complexities of multi-site research and will ideally have a strong foundation of experience in multi-site regulatory management. The individual must understand and systematically follow procedures and guidelines from multiple institutions to assure complete and accurate work products. Attention to detail and organization is required.
SORCE prides itself on having a dynamic work environment. From a foundation of well-established structure and process, we respond rapidly to opportunities or challenges with innovative and entrepreneurial approaches. The work assignments and the role of this position mean that the incumbent will regularly experience a particularly high degree of change and ambiguity. A successful candidate must not only embrace this environment as an individual, but also be able to support their colleagues to success in this context. The Department of Surgery and SORCE are committed to a culture of excellence, and this individual must embrace a culture of continuous improvement.
The Department of Surgery at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is guided by its mission: “To provide compassionate and high quality patient-centered care, train future generations of surgical leaders and conduct research in a collegial environment which embraces diversity and promotes inclusiveness.” Our goal is to be a Department of Choice for employees and we have developed Core Competencies that define our vision of a Department of Choice. You can review these core competencies by following this link: https://www.uwsurgery.org/about/staff/. We invite you to learn more about our mission, practices and people by visiting the Department’s Website at: https://www.uwsurgery.org/
The Department's Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE) was established in 2005 with a mission to assess the impact of surgical procedures on patients, society, and the healthcare system and improve the practice of surgery through education, training, and policy initiatives. To date, SORCE has received over $86 million in grant support and currently operates an annual budget of over $6 million. SORCE has grown into a multidisciplinary collaboration of researchers from across health science disciplines, including over 25 UW faculty from 15 departments and 4 schools, and clinicians at clinical practice sites across the Washington State. In addition, SORCE provides a collaborative resource base for junior faculty from all Surgical Divisions as well as cross-departmentally. More information about SORCE is available at http://uwsurgery.org/sorce
Human Subjects Research Activities (70%)
Data Coordination (20%)
Regulatory and Administrative Coordination (10%)
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in health sciences, public health or health-care related fields as well as other applicable areas of study.
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Other Required Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Application Process:
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