DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES
The purpose of this effort is to acquire professional, scientific, and technical support services for the 711 Human Performance Wing (711 HPW), Airman Systems Directorate, Warfighter Medical Optimization Division, Biomedical Impact of Flight Branch (RHMF). The contractor employee shall support the conduct of research to address current USAF health, safety, and performance research needs and Major Command (MAJCOM)-identified capability gaps. The contractor employee shall provide professional, scientific and technical research support for 711HPW/RHMF.
The contractor employee shall provide biomedical research coordination support for 711HPW/RHMF in addressing USAF mission gaps. This person shall interface with 711HPW/RHMF and 711th HPW Staff as well as USAF experts and consultants in this field. The contractor employee shall be responsible for providing clinical research and basic science coordination, and general assistance in areas required to meet the stated work and objectives.
DESCRIPTION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
The candidate must be a self-motivated individual who possesses an enthusiasm for developing innovative solutions in a rapid development environment, an understanding of process-based approaches to research and development, and a thorough attention to detail ensuring that tasks are accomplished in a complete, precise, and accurate manner.
This candidate must have...
- Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or business degree with 1-2 years of research and/or healthcare practice experience.
- Any CURRENT required professional license or certification for example from CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative).
- High capacity for working autonomously and performing assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated competency and effectiveness in working with inter-professional teams.
- The ability to organize, manage and perform projects related to ongoing research efforts, assist the Core Research Area Lead and Program Managers in dealing with challenging technical issues, collaborate with Principal Investigators (PI), and independently perform assignments based on general guidance, and possess excellent interpersonal communication, written and verbal, skills.
- Documented experience with supporting human-subject research to include work with Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and technical reporting.
- Documented experience and familiarity with logistics.
- The ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with research colleagues, medical professionals, DoD employees, and government officials, as well as civilian researchers in academic and clinical settings on research execution and translation.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform a variety of administrative tasks associated with research: obtain and maintain applicable IRB, HRPO, IACUC, IBC, MOU, data sharing agreements and provide auditing trails to assure protocol compliance; identify problems and/or inconsistencies; and monitor subjects’ progress.
- Proficiency with clinical databases and information technology to Microsoft software programs, such as Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
DESCRIPTION OF TASKS
The candidate shall...
- Aide in the managing of research programs and projects, helping draft research documents, coordinate institutional approvals, technical programmatic reviews, conduct market analysis of emerging science and technology, support the collection, analysis, and reporting of research data.
- Perform tasks to support the RHM Government Equipment Custodian, including working directly with 711HPW/OML to facilitate equipment procurement and logistical maintenance, generating new equipment requests, drafting, processing and routing required documentation to obtain new equipment, as well as managing equipment utilization, calibration and location documentation.
- Perform a variety of administrative tasks associated with research: obtain and maintain applicable IRB, HRPO, IACUC, IBC, and MOU data sharing agreements and provide auditing trails to assure protocol compliance; identify problems and/or inconsistencies and monitor research efforts’ progress to include documentation and reporting of adverse events, recommending corrective action as appropriate; and assist in preparation of amendments to protocols and/or modifications to study design as appropriate.
- Assist the Core Research Area Lead and PIs with developing and administrating project budgets, tracking expenditures, and generating project financial data supporting program management and research lead duties; coordinate with the PI any approvals required for expenditures; assist with routing approval documents, and maintain tracking of where documents are within the approval process; prepare project progress reports for USAF leadership.
- Schedule meetings across multiple stakeholders, engaging and coordinating efforts with subject matter experts, conducting literature reviews, data collection and management, managing local requirements for document clearances per Scientific and Technical Information (STINFO) regulations.
- Assist in drafting, preparation, and/or editing of research publications, including abstracts, posters, technical reports, manuscripts, and slide presentations.
- Perform a variety of technology-based tasks associated with research, to include creating research documents, management spreadsheets, slideshow presentations, as well as building and maintaining research databases.
- Assist in the management, coordination, and quality improvement of the systematic collection, aggregation, coding, entry, storage, retrieval, and reporting of relevant patient data from DOD clinical databases.
- Recommend solutions to improve processes and maximize mission accomplishment through efficient utilization of resources.
- Attend meetings, as required, with government and civilian organizations, program managers, academia, clinicians, and subject matter experts.
- Support the efforts of the PIs through creation of spreadsheets of data; data extraction/collection, coding, evaluation, and interpretation.
- Identify inconsistencies or discrepancies in medical documentation and recommend processes or guidelines for resolution.
- Compile and enter data from multiple data sources.
- The contractor employee shall assure confidentiality of documents, communications and study data (CITI training current and follow HIPAA and IRB requirements).
- Be available to travel for work related to the above tasks.