JOB SUMMARY:

Geisinger seeks an outstanding researcher to serve as a Staff Scientist for the newly created Geisinger Program Evaluation (GPE) team, whose purpose is to conduct rigorous evaluations of potentially high impact programs intended to improve patient health or improve efficiency at Geisinger.

EDUCATION:

Doctoral Degree- (Required), Doctoral Degree-Behavioral Science (Preferred)

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of 3 years-Related work experience (Required)

SKILLS:

Reference Content, Research Analysis, Research And Development Function, Research Documents, Research Methodologies

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.
We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran

JOB DUTIES:

The GPE Staff Scientist will be responsible for helping lead rigorous, primarily non-randomized (or partially randomized) evaluations of existing or new programs at Geisinger. The Staff Scientist will help lead or participate in study design, analysis (preferably using R), and reporting/dissemination of results to internal stakeholders (e.g., Geisinger leaders) as well as to academic audiences (e.g., at conferences and in academic publications). Evaluations from GPE team members have been published or are forthcoming in high-impact journals, including PNAS, Nature Human Behaviour, JAMA Network Open, and The Journal of Pediatrics. Additionally, the Staff Scientist will coordinate with other team members (e.g., Staff Scientist, Statistician, Project Manager).

• Develops and leads research projects within the defined scope of the supervising faculty member’s research program.
• Responsible for gathering preliminary data for grant applications, completion of objectives of funded external grants, and preparation of completed work for publication.
• Contributes to writing grant applications and manuscripts.
• May submit authored grants with permission of the supervisor.
• Performs literature searches to gather information pertaining to research projects or procedures in order to develop new protocols, projects or grants applications for assigned work group.
• Responsible for determining experimental design, collecting data, performing calculations, and analyzing results.
• Responsible for reviewing research or data controls and determining that the research results are valid.
• Maintains and completes appropriate records of the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions from each research project.
• May oversee the work of support personnel in the work group at the discretion of the supervising faculty member.

• Participates in research meetings and formal seminars to present, explain, and discuss research conducted by the work group.May deliver presentations to extramural audiences at national meetings and academic institutions.

• Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Major duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting the Associate Director in day-to-day operations and development of the GPE
• Liaising, initiating, and coordinating execution of projects with internal and external stakeholders; this includes Geisinger groups such as clinical departments, the IRB, and the compliance, quality, and legal functions
• Conducting literature searches and reviewing the literature to inform the team’s projects
• Contributing to or leading manuscript drafting and submission for select evaluation studies (first author opportunities available)
• Participating in the design of interventions for evaluation and implementation at Geisinger
• Participating in data management, analysis, visualization, and reporting to assess the effectiveness of Geisinger programs, including assessing their effects on patient and other outcomes and quantifying the associated costs and return on investment
• Engaging in open science best practices (e.g., preregistration, preparing and sharing de-identified data and code)
• Disseminating GPE findings at scientific conferences and to lay audiences (e.g., sharing findings with Geisinger leaders

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family