The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery is seeking interested individuals with an interest in cardiovascular and aortic diseases to help develop and support the evolving Departmental Clinical Research Database and Outcomes group. The Department is dedicated to expanding the clinical and translational research efforts related to the fields of cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, critical care, anesthesia, cardiac and aortic imaging, and translational science, as well as collaborations with other specialty groups. Successful candidates will be experienced in the clinical jargon and terminology of cardiovascular diseases and surgical procedures and have some biomedical research exposure. They will have excellent communication skills. Experience with cardiovascular thoracic research is not necessary but will be a plus. Independent research interests and activities will be encouraged.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Interest in and experience working with clinical data; interest in reviewing clinical records and experience in doing so for research or quality purposes.
The department commonly works with several data sets: OSHPD, STS, Stanford-specific EHR data, legacy clinical Departmental databases dating back to the 1960’s, and other administrative clinical data. The successful candidate will have some knowledge of health care data, data management, and assessment. This position will involve also obtaining and working with historic clinical data sets from within the department, as well as reviewing historic paper charts and abstracting information.
Good verbal and written communication skills are desired in order to provide feedback to members of the scientific community to facilitate the description of data, effectively provide documentation and specifications to co-workers during research development.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):
High school diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent and two years of relevant experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):
- Strong clerical, interpersonal, and basic organizational skills.
- Good computer skills.
- Ability to exercise judgment and employ basic reasoning skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
- Sitting in place at computer for long periods of time with extensive keyboarding/dexterity.
- Occasionally use a telephone.
- Rarely writing by hand.
* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
WORK STANDARDS:
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide.
