Director, Division of Clinical Affairs

Company: Clinical Research Management, Inc.
Location: Silver Spring
Posted on: September 16, 2020

Job Description:

HQ DVBIC

1335 East-West Highway, Ste. 6-100

Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

Description ICON Government and Public Health specializes in preclinical through phase IV support of clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices. We help our customers get their products to market faster with a wide array of research, regulatory, and sponsor services both within the US and around the globe and respond rapidly to global health crises.

Position Summary: S/he does not preform inherently governmental duties in this position. All staff working in the Division of Clinical Affairs are contract staff. S/he will provide oversight of the Offices of Care Coordination and Clinical Initiatives and assist DVBIC HQ in TBI Surveillance and neurocognitive assessment program (NCAT). S/he will support TBI education efforts at DVBIC HQ and within the DVBIC Network. S/he will teach, coach and mentor contractor division staff, as well as, contract Network Site leadership and clinical staff. Serve as the SME for the effective implementation of the DVBIC Clinical Programs and for intensive, evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment interventions of TBI. S/he will champion these programs as an effective standard of care option for intensive, multidisciplinary care for patients along the full continuum of TBI severity. S/he shall assist and contribute expertise in the development and recommendations of strategic level clinical guidance, administrative policies, and network resource allocations for government leadership. S/he is expected to take initiative, act independently and perform with minimal direction and oversight in responding to issues in her/his areas of expertise and responsibility as part of a high-tempo office environment.

Essential functions:

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Provide supervision over contract staff and functions in the Offices of Care Coordination and Clinical Initiatives and assist DVBIC HQ Leadership in TBI Surveillance and NCAT

Serves as teacher, coach, and mentor to the contractor HQ division staff, contract Network Site leadership and site clinical

Serves as SME for the effective implementation of the DVBIC Clinical Programs and for intensive, evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment interventions of TBI.

Serves as the champion these programs as an effective standard of care option for intensive, multidisciplinary care for patients along the full continuum of TBI severity.

Assists and contributes expertise in the development and recommendations of strategic level clinical guidance, administrative policies, and network resource allocations for government leadership.

Assists in the development and analyses metrics for identified programs in support of demonstrating the program’s effectiveness and feasibility for expansion and provides reports to government leadership.

Takes initiative, acts independently and performs with minimal direction in responding to issues in her/his areas of expertise and responsibility.

Provides oversight in the conduction of training for contract staff and external stakeholders.

Conducts site visits to DVBIC Network Sites.

Serves as a TBI Clinical and Policy SME in internal and external working groups, speaker, program/project development and implementation under the direction and oversight of the government.

Supervises and assists junior contract staff within Clinical Division and Network Sites Clinical Staff.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Laboratory/office environment; may require working evenings and weekends. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to manipulate objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. Work may involve long periods of standing and handling of numerous chemicals and/or hazardous biological material. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications Education Required

Masters or better in Health Related Field.

Experience Required

Experience in the care of patients with TBI – in-patient, out-patient, or rehabilitation settings or obtain Certified Brain Injury Specialists (CBIS) certification within 6 months from the date of employment is required. Experience and familiarity with military health care system, military command structure, rules and regulations and its unique culture preferred.

Preferred

License in respective healthcare related field preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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