Job Details: Health Services Researcher, Sr.

Description: Named by Modern Healthcare magazine: Top "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare", Fallon Clinic in Worcester, MA is looking for a Health Services Researcher - senior level.
Full Time M-F 40 hrs/wk

Our people set us apart .........
Our community makes us who we are ............

Fallon Clinic offers a team based environment, top providers, the latest technology and a large company with a small company culture. We are the largest private, multi-specialty group in central Massachusetts with over 1700 employees and nearly 260 physicians logging more than a million patient visits a year at 28 locations. Named one of the best 100 places to work by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2008, the area is rich in tradition and culture. Experience the four seasons - outdoor activities include boating, sailing, skiing, golfing, hiking and biking. Union Station offers easy transit to Boston; the state of the art DCU Convention Center hosts NCAA basketball and hockey tournaments, preseason NBA and NHL match-ups and musical concerts. The Foothills Theater, performing arts schools, and the Worcester Art Museum are open year round. Mechanics Hall, restored to it's original beauty, is renown worldwide for its perfection in acoustics. The new Hanover Theater is drawing entertainment from all over the country. Excellent public and private schools; nine colleges, and universities within the city make Worcester 'The Intellectual Capital of Central Massachusetts.'

Let us ask you one important question...
Can you see yourself here?

Responsibilities:
~Develop and test innovative approaches to health care delivery.
~Conception, development and implementation of studies in collaboration with other members of the Research Department and Fallon Clinic physicians and staff.
~Responsible for writing grants and obtaining outside funding in collaboration with the Research Director.
~Develop health services research proposals. This includes networking to identify available funding and grant writing (literature reviews, study designs and analysis plans).
~Responsible for communication with all involved project staff regarding project status, creating and implementing appropriate project designs and work plans; convenes project team meetings as needed to maintain integrity of the research projects and monitors projects in accordance with work plans and time lines.

Qualifications:

PhD or ScD

Experience and Technical Skills Required:
Health services research and grant writing experience. Knowledge of pharmacoeconomics, medical research, and biostatistics. Experience working with managed care organizations preferred. Some basic knowledge of programming languages: SAS or STATA and Access - S+.

Some of the many benefits we offer our employees:
~Health/Dental Insurance
~Personal Time Off and Holiday Pay
~Pension and 403B
~Auto and home insurance discounts
~Verizon discounts
~Pet Insurance
~Tuition Assistance and Fallon Clinic University Classes / Workshops.
~CEU Credits
~Back up Child Care programs
And many more...



kate.griffin@fallonclinic.org

Posting Date: Oct 13 08