Health System Specialist

Job Title

Research Program Specialist

Duties

The position provides a high level of analytical and procedural skill to perform a variety of complex tasks related to the approval and maintenance of research projects including necessary regulatory approvals, decisions, submissions that are tied to protocol execution, data reporting and management. The position requires knowledge of the full scope of activities required to conduct single and multisite research in the areas of human subject protection, biosafety, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUC), and R&D Committees through regulatory and policy compliance. Research involves issues that are of high risk and high visibility and directly impact the reputation of VA's research program, both regionally and nationally. The position is directly involved in the approval of research and must be able to interpret, analyze and use discretion to implement and devise a wide range of research policies.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Oversees and manages these programs and their activities, including preparation of committee and reviewer materials with appropriate documentation, ensuring projects are reviewed by appropriate personnel, and ensuring all outstanding issues related to project management are resolved in a timely manner.
• Serves in an advisory capacity to the R&D Leadership, research investigators, research committee members, and research committee Chairs and others on issues relative to carrying out the institution's research activities involving the use of humans, animals, and safety procedures for investigative purposes.
• Serves as the accreditation Facility Liaison, e.g., Association for the Assessment and Accreditation for Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC), human accreditation, etc., and is responsible for the preparation of accreditation applications, maintenance of standard operating procedures in accordance with accreditation agency standards, maintenance of institutional forms in accordance with accreditation agency standards, and maintenance of committee operations in accordance with accreditation agency standards.
• Develops and maintains a pre-review program that will coincide with the IRB, IACUC, SRS, IBC, CIRB, and/or R&D Committee review of all research involving human subjects, animal subjects, basic laboratory science and the human research protection program. The pre-review is conducted prior to submission to the applicable oversight committee and deadlines are established with consideration for approval and in conjunction with the review of protocols by other research committees.

Work Schedule: M-F 0730 - 4:00pm

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/ PD99586S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: $10,000. recruitment/ relocation bonus approved for qualifying candidates.