PhD Senior Scientist - Trauma Research

Job Description:

This position supports research and development (R&D) initiatives and ongoing research efforts throughout the system and is accountable to support and/or lead research projects and to ensure that appropriate processes are implemented and maintained according to research protocol. This role may advise the project managers regarding project identification, data collection and analysis, computer programming and integration into the Electronic Medical Record. This position designs research and assessment techniques to achieve desired outcomes and/or to comply with regulations, grant requirements, compliance, or clinical excellence initiatives. This position translates pragmatic research into clinical applications (bench-to-bedside), which may involve managing large data bases, creating reports, training clinicians / scientists / associates, and designing metrics to measure clinical outcomes resulting from translational research applied in clinical settings. This position creates the procedures for research data collection and/or electronic medical records and is responsible for managing the ongoing research efforts and integrity of existing data systems and insuring integration across the organization. This position may serve on the Research Guidance Council, developing and reviewing and/or writing grants as part of the Foundation or other scientific review group as needed, mentor junior investigators and work alongside clinicians in developing research ideas, serving on the IRB, reviewing and editing abstracts and manuscripts, serving on external scientific committees on behalf of Intermountain Healthcare or other internal research leadership positions.

Job Description 

• This position manages multiple projects or oversees multiple and/or highly complex programs that overlap across R&D/clinical areas and may be responsible for multiple research programs within clinical operations. This position exercises a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing, and guiding extensive scientific research programs and activities of outstanding novelty and/or importance. This position provides expert-level scientific, project management support and subject matter expertise and may train and lead the activity of researchers and research support staff, and may serve as a mentor to other researchers 

Essential Functions 

• Designs study protocols, may determine methods and procedures for data collection, data management and quality control, and determines statistical techniques for data analysis. Builds and maintains study samples, and disseminates information about the project to appropriate stakeholders. Makes decisions and recommendations that have a major impact on extensive scientific research activities. Knowledge and familiarity with statistical techniques for data analysis. 

• Demonstrates knowledge of quality improvement principles, theory, study design, and/or statistical modeling to evaluate research activity across the clinical / R&D programs and …