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 General nature of the job:

The Research Administration Department is seeking a Research Program Manager who will direct, develop and manage the scientific implementation of research protocols for a complex multimethod intervention trial, the Home Blood Pressure Telemonitoring Linked with Community Health Workers to Improve Blood Pressure (LINKED-BP) Program. This program seeks to improve blood pressure among patients who receive care at community health centers. The program will provide some participants with a home blood pressure device, connections to a community health worker and a mobile health app. Others will be given the blood pressure monitor only. Over the course of 12 months, the study will evaluate whether people who receive these interventions were able to lower their blood pressure and will compare the outcomes of the higher intervention group to the one with only the home blood pressure monitor. The LINKED-BP Program is part of the American Heart Association-funded RESTORE (AddREssing Social Determinants TO pRevent hypErtension) Network.

The primary duties and responsibilities of the job:

• Directs and manages a complex, multi-method, cluster randomized intervention trial taking place in 20 community-based clinics across 5 health systems and 600 participants. Interventions include: training in better blood pressure measurement for clinicians and staff; establishing a collaborative care team of a community health worker, and primary care provider (PCP) at active intervention clinics;
• Responsible for collaborating with all community partners.
• Partners with study PI and investigative team in the overall planning for the research team;
• Creates processes and systems to ensure high level of operation and successful implementation of the sponsored project;
• Participates in scientific discussions with co-investigators and collaborators in the RESTORE Network;
• Regularly engages with health systems and stakeholders to recruit participating health systems and clinic sites;
• Facilitates communication between research team, healthcare leadership teams at participating health systems, office staff, intervention and other research staff, and sponsoring agencies.
• Prepares stakeholder materials including, but not limited to, value propositions, letters of agreement, health system research applications, and workflow schematics

Development of data collection and intervention materials

• Under the supervision of the PIs and investigative team, drafts sections of the study protocol; Drafts and finalizes consent forms for research participants with guidance from the investigative team; schedules interviews, and oversees survey administration;
• Drafts and finalizes patient recruitment scripts under the guidance of the investigative team;
• Identifies clinics within health systems for participation and gathers demographic data from available sources;
• Helps oversee recruiters and monitor achievement of study participant recruitment goals and ensures appropriate, timely, and accurate documentation and data entry;
• Develops blood pressure training protocols for primary care providers and medical assistants at 20 clinical sites with guidance from the investigative team and the cores in the RESTORE Network;
• Develops training materials, patient identification protocols, and intervention protocols with guidance from the PI and co-investigators

Data synthesis and analysis:

• Serves as liaison between study team and information technology/data management unit regarding use of the electronic medical record data for patient identification; tracking of process and outcome measures including patient treatment and blood pressure, and other metabolic profile measurements;
• Serves as liaison between study team and information technology/data management unit of the respective health systems
• Participates in planning, analysis and interpretation of data;
• Develops the structure of tables for data entry and display;
• Synthesizes and edits research findings and technical data;
• Reviews the statistical output and writes summaries of the output to integrate into the final results section of each report/manuscript;
• Participates in the development and submission of manuscripts by preparing a draft of Methods, Results, Tables, and Figures for main study manuscripts
• Prepares study results for presentation at professional meetings;
• Assists investigative team in developing plan for disseminating the results of the study

Administration:

• Plans agendas and coordinates project and clinical stakeholder meetings;
• Reviews, edits, distributes minutes from project and clinical stakeholder meetings;
• Assures project management tasks are completed (e.g., prioritize, timeliness, milestones, monitoring, status)
• Participates in monthly oversight meeting with funding agencies and prepares regular project updates
• Schedules introductory and follow up meetings with health system, payor, and primary care association  stakeholders.
• Schedules blood pressure trainings for 20 clinic sites
• Works in coordination with research team to ensure accuracy, proper organization and advanced preparation of sponsored projects applications and reports;
• Prepares and updates study protocols and reports for Institutional Review Board; oversees investigative team's compliance training;
• Assists on grant development under guidance of the PI and co-investigators

Supervision:

• • Interviews, hires, and trains research staff
  • Participates in community health worker training;
  • Supervises research assistants
  • Supervises staff and oversees data collection procedures  at multiple sites;
  • Identifies personnel who are behind in their projects and helps when needed
  • Supervises cross training

***Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications (mandatory): 

Bachelor's degree in related discipline. Related Master's preferred.  

Five years related experience. Demonstrated supervisory or lead responsibilities.

Reliable transportation required.  Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Excellent written communication skills, knowledge of social and behavioral research methods is required.
• High degree of organizational effectiveness and attention to detail.
• Strong ability to develop relationships with co-workers, health professionals, and employees in other healthcare systems, National Academies and Institutes, and academic settings
• The qualified candidate must possess Organizational Astuteness, Managing Technical Processes, Process Improvement, Monitoring and Reporting Skills, Interpersonal Relationships, Supports Innovation, Develop and Implement Standards (Compliance, Ethics), Administrative/Research Writing Skills.
• The candidate will work with a high level of independence as senior member of the research team.
• Experience in the grant application development process and research program administration in an academic environment.

Technical qualifications:

• Operates personal computer to access email, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software.
• Utilizes Internet to search for information. Must demonstrate skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, and PowerPoint), reference management tools, and statistical packages including Stata, SPSS, or R.

Any specific physical requirements for the job:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
• Ability to operate a computer and other equipment on a frequent basis.
• Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
• Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
• Communication skills using the spoken word. Ability to see within normal parameters.
• Ability to hear within normal range.
• Ability to move about.
• Ability to lift 25 pounds.

Supervisory responsibility (indicate the number and type of persons supervised by incumbent)

• Supervises 2-4 research assistants. Identifies and delegates appropriate tasks to support the work of the research project.  

Classified Title: Research Program Manager 
Working Title: Research Program Manager   
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD 
Starting Salary Range:  
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: mon - fri 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: 06-MD:School of Nursing 
Department name: 60009277-Research Administration 
Personnel area: School of Nursing

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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