Overview
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
Provides project support for government and nongovernment contracts and grants involving evaluation of healthcare services and development of quality measures for public reporting of healthcare quality. Conducts literature reviews and environmental scans, assembles and summarizes data from multiple sources, conducts analysis, and assists with writing technical reports and manuscripts for the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE). Incumbent will support research projects of varying magnitude and complexity working closely with Project Managers, Directors, Principal Investigators, Statisticians and other highly technical staff. Assists with tracking project status, prepares agendas, conducts meetings and prepares accurate meeting minutes. Assists with development of project procedures, data collection tools, and monitors quality and completeness of data files. Composes status preports and presentations using a variety of software packages.
EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities
Qualifications
EDUCATION
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in healthcare, public health, human services or related field. Masters in public health or related field preferred.
EXPERIENCE
A minimum of one to five years experience in a research capacity or related experience indicating ability to communicate with people, work in a team environment, work with minimal supervision, to work with a variety of computer software programs, and to be receptive to variety of duties to support projects.
LICENSURE
N/A
SPECIAL SKILLS
Knowledge of research methodology and protocols. Intermediate skills using software applications including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and Access. Strong oral and written communication skills. Proficient in extracting and compiling a range of data from written sources, from individuals by asking questions or from one or several given databases, limited interpretation of data. Summarizes, revises or makes limited use of complex, technical or specialized literature. Must demonstrate excellent organizational ability, attention to detail and knowledge of research process. Use of one or several standard reference works (such as endnotes). Incumbent plans and schedules own work and occasionally provides work guidance or orientation for non-routine procedures and policies. Experience working in a team environment. Familiarity with medical terminology.
PHYSICAL DEMAND
N/A
Additional Information
A minimum of one year of paid work experience required. Prior research experience preferred.
Position is co-terminus with funding.
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