Sr. Clinical Research Director (Traumatic Brain Injury)
GDIT's Military Health Solutions is hiring a Clinical Research Director to support the Defense & Veterans Brain Injury (DVBIC) located at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, TX. This role provides leadership to ensure all operations support quality patient care and clinical research and comply with all Command, federal, state, regulatory, DVBIC and contractor requirements. As the traumatic brain injury (TBI) Pathway of Care manager within the Military Health System (MHS), the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) promotes state-of-the-science care from point-of-injury to reintegration for service members, veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate consequences of mild to severe TBI.
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Responsibilities:
- Directs and provides oversight of research related activities at the DVBIC site. May oversee clinical and/or education related activities. May serve as Principal Investigator.
- Establishes and maintains appropriate staff to ensure that clinical research projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the agreed quality standard.
- Responsible for the completion of individual workload accountability in accordance with clinic, medical treatment facility and program requirements.
- Abides by all applicable regulations with regard to Utilization Review and Quality Improvement directives including, but not limited to, in-service training, peer review, performance improvement, records maintenance, performance evaluations, and release of information.
- Participates, as appropriate, in departmental Quality Assurance (QA) programs and adhere to all safety and patient data regulations at all times.
- Attends and presents at conferences, meetings, trainings for professional development and presentation of research findings or patient care reports, as appropriate
- Supervises contract staff training, promotes development with immediate and direct feedback, and completes performance evaluations for contract clinical, research, and education staff working under this contract.
- Provides educational presentations on TBI regularly to the appropriate audiences.
- Oversees the design and execution of clinical research initiatives, and their compliance with all regulatory bodies.
- Supports TBI research through development and implementation of research studies in collaboration with research professionals locally and nationally
- Ensures effective communication and knowledge sharing with DVBIC research colleagues and scientific team.
- Contributes to the preparation of research manuscripts for publication in the area of TBI, and present papers at scientific meetings, as possible.
- Serves as a liaison between DVBIC nationally, locally, and the Command.
- Collaborates with Program Manager and monitors contract program activities (e.g. staff training and performance; recruitment and hiring; and planning).
Added responsibilities if privileged clinician:
- Establishes and maintains appropriate staff to ensure that patient care is delivered on time, on budget, and to the agreed quality standard.
- Assists other contract service providers, military commanders and community agencies in the development and implementation of health programs at the installation and or clinic level.
- Conducts evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions to individuals as needed to facilitate TBI clinical care management and optimize care.
- Develops, implements, and maintains partnership with Patients, other health care providers, researchers, and community resources as applicable;
- Collaborates with physicians in other medical specialties on cases involving complicated and multi-faceted problems.
Education:
- Professional neuroscience degree in Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, or related health or medical field. Experience within clinically appropriate systems of care may be accepted in lieu of educational minimums.
Required Licenses:
- The Contractor employee must have and maintain a current license to practice in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands, or any US territory that allows for the independent practice of clinical services. This license must be current and unrestricted (not subject to restriction pertaining to the scope, location, or type of practice ordinarily granted to other applicants for similar licenses in granting jurisdiction).
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of related experience in scientific research, analysis and/or engineering.
- 3+ years of training or experience working with patients with traumatic brain injury required.
- 3+ years experience in research as demonstrated by publications, presentations required.
- 2+ years management experience preferred. Person will supervise site staff.
- A strong background working with neurological patients, especially those with traumatic brain injury required.
- Ability to function independently with a high degree of professionalism and clinical judgment required.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with staff at all levels to foster collaborative research activities required.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
- Ability to facilitate and present information to small and large groups as well as the flexibility to re-prioritize quickly required.
- Must have a high level of competence in clinical practice, administration, and education.
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary health care team is required.
- Knowledge and experience with military health system, combat/deployment issues, brain injury, and psychological health issues in the military are highly desired.
- The Clinical Research Director must adhere to legal, professional and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy.
- Work Environment: Office, clinical and hospital environment. Must be available to travel locally, regionally and nationally.
- US Citizenship Required with the ability to obtain/maintain a favorable T3 security investigation.
- Prior experience within the DoD/VA systems of care and providing clinical services to individuals, couples or groups strongly preferred.