Job Description

Overview:
Are you interested in using digital health technologies to improve healthcare for pediatric patients?


As a PhD IT Project Scientist at Nationwide Children\xe2\x80\x99s Hospital, you will work at the interface between healthcare and technologies such as virtual reality, web and mobile apps, sensors, wearables, voice enabled technologies, and others. Your work has the potential to have a long lasting positive impact on our pediatric patients and help NCH to achieve best outcomes in our care delivery. The IT R&D department has diverse portfolios of innovative projects in domains such as behavioral health, injury research and prevention, rehabilitation, patient experience, patient engagement, and others. These projects are highly collaborative involving internal and external partners in researchers, physicians, clinical informatics, administrators and hospital IS teams.


As a IT project scientist, your role will be to proactively champion health technology innovation through cultivating collaborations with researchers and clinicians. The IT project scientist will design and lead scientific aspects of the technology implementation components of a research project, such as study design, proposal drafting, outcome evaluation, and manuscript writing. Partnering with the lead investigators, you will play a critical role in the overall execution of the project plan, risk mitigation, and scientific outcome. The candidate should have strong interpersonal skills, some project management skills, and the ability to work with technical staff to drive projects forward. The candidate must be able to verbally and visually communicate clearly to all levels of stakeholders.


This is a full time, benefits eligible position. Why Nationwide Children\'s Hospital?:
The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children\xe2\x80\x99s Hospital, Where Passion Meets Purpose.


Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.


We\xe2\x80\x99re 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we\xe2\x80\x99ll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes a Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.


Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children\xe2\x80\x99s badge what they do for a living. They\xe2\x80\x99ll tell you it\xe2\x80\x99s More Than a Job. It\xe2\x80\x99s a calling. It\xe2\x80\x99s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.


Nationwide Children\xe2\x80\x99s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud. Responsibilities:
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead in requirement gathering, literature review, scientific merit evaluation, project planning, and project coordination.
• Lead study design, outcome evaluation, manuscript writing, and proposal writing for informatics section.
• Document project plan especially scientific direction, anticipate risks, have plan to mitigate risks, and produce time estimates.
• Work both independently and in small teams to develop scientific/analytic approaches.
• Work with both clinical and research data while keeping PHI exposure to a need-only basis.
• Work closely with technical staff and other project team members to integrate technical and scientific approaches seamlessly.
• Present results internally and externally in forms of presentations, posters, manuscripts, or grant proposals.
• Seek collaboration and apply for grant funding that align with our project portfolios capabilities and strategic directions.
• Mentor Project Scientist Associate positions
• Share knowledge and be a good team player.
• Performs other duties as assigned by manager.

Qualifications:
KNOWLEDGE , SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• A PhD in social sciences, biological sciences, healthcare, informatics, or technology
• 1+ years of postdoctoral or research experience in informatics, design, or technology related areas preferred.
• Previous scientific publication and grant proposal writing track record.
• The ability to quickly learn new approaches or apply existing methods to new domains.
• The ability to learn and apply qualitative and quantitative research methods (eg. interviews, focus groups, usability testing, survey design, implementation and analysis)
• A collaborative spirit and a team player
• Experience in both technology and healthcare is a plus
• The ability to proactively manage and drive projects
• The ability to write grants and manuscripts (having prior published manuscripts is desirable)
• Experience in behavioral health is a plus
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and external contacts.

MINIMUM PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Typing on a keyboard - Frequently (34-66%)
• Talking on phone/in person Occasionally (15-33%)
• Able to lift up to 50 lbs. - Occasionally (0-33%)
• Standing/walking - Occasionally (0-33%)
• Pressure in this position will vary depending on the workload. The workload will be heavy but manageable most of the time. Pressure may arise in the face of deadlines associated with grants and projects.

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE/M/F/Disability/Vet