RESEARCH SCIENTIST ENGINEER 3
Req #: | 170181 |
Department: | FAMILY MEDICINE |
Posting Date: | 07/24/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with education and experience |
Limited Recruitment: |
Other
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Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: | As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. |
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.
The Department of Family Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Scientist 3 to support its expanding research efforts in community-based primary care practices. This position will work in a collegial and collaborative environment with academic teams, community-based organizations, primary care practices, government agencies, and the WWAMI region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) and its Coordinating Center.
Established in 2007, the WPRN is a collaborative group of over 70 primary care practices in the five-state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of patients in their communities through the conduct of research that informs and enhances primary care clinical practice. The WPRN includes community health centers, private practices, and university-affiliated and government-operated clinics. The WPRN’s diversity of geography and practice type allows it to reach many rural and underserved populations.
The key roles of this position will be research conduct, quality improvement, and project management related to projects focused in areas such as opioid management, behavioral health integration, cancer control, practice improvement, collection and sharing of data in primary care practice, and development and coordination of a network of clinical organizations collaborating on implementation research.
This individual must have excellent communication and project management skills. Additionally, this individual must have a proven ability to work independently, agilely, and in collaboration with and under the supervision of a variety of researchers and project staff on assigned projects. The Research Scientist’s direct supervisor will be Dr. Laura-Mae Baldwin, Professor, Department of Family Medicine.
The Research Scientist’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Research:
Quality Improvement:
Project Management:
Minimum Requirements:
The requirements for this position include:
Desired:
Application Process:
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