Research Physical Occupational Therapist | School of Medicine, Pediatrics

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Research Physical/Occupational Therapist's primary responsibility is the conduct of assessments and intervention of therapy in accordance with standardized research protocols.
• Develops and implements processes across multiple study sites and maintains therapy documents to ensure effective, efficient and compliant project progress.
• The Research Physical/Occupational Therapist is additionally responsible for leading therapy-training activities for internal and multi-site projects, training new therapy project staff, and providing regular feedback to project staff regarding fidelity and quality of procedures.
• Coordinates the daily operation of outpatient studies with other project staff, and is responsible for ensuring protection of human subjects' rights through IRB regulations managed by the CRCs.
• Responsible for administration and implementation of multiple therapy protocols.
• Responsible for participation in program meetings and teleconferences, including scientific meetings teaching conferences, research seminars and CME programs.
• Works with Principal Investigator in the development of IRB protocols, grant submissions and scientific publications. Attends scientific conferences and gives scientific presentations. Provides mentorship to other staff members participating in these activities.
• Leads therapy-specific training activities for all internal and multi-site projects. Establishes protocols and procedures for maintaining fidelity of research activities and assessments and serves as 'gold standard' for these assessments.
• As it relates to study activities: evaluation of subjects to determine developmental and functional status, and design and administration of therapeutic treatment to subjects in accordance with research study protocols.
• Use of clinical expertise to contribute to study protocol design and implementation.
• Sets up research experiments and arranges for subjects to be used in research experiments through appropriate procedures.
• Track subjects with coordinator to ensure they move forward based on both timelines and budget; reports to PI when progress is lacking and identifies needed action.
• Help with clinical trial organization, including contacting patients, administering surveys, attending clinics for data accrual and ensuring continuity between clinical teams and research team.
• Facilitate creation of source documents that ensure systematic data collection and /or aid in protocol execution and management and record keeping.
• Help design and populate REDCap databases in addition to paper template assessment forms.
• Coordinate and maintain therapy data from other institutions.
• Collect and control research data and submit information from databases as needed /requested.
• QI process implementation, maintenance and documentation under PI or Research Project Director; data entry; and maintenance of regulatory documents for multiple sites; multiple protocols.
• Work with Principal Investigators to establish multi-site monitoring plans for investigator-initiated projects.
• Maintains professional licensure and all certifications required to perform job responsibilities.
• Performs other duties and maintains flexible schedule as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduation from an accredited physical therapy school by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) OR a bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an American Occupational Therapy Association accredited program and certification with the American Occupational Therapy Association.
• Appropriate OT/PT state licensure required. Three (3) years' experience as a clinical therapist in a pediatric setting.
• Research experience required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctoral degree in Physical or Occupational Therapy and experience in bioinformatics preferred.

NOTE:

This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be…