Scientist Physician; Traumatic Brain Injury

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other

Required:

NACLC (T3)

Job Family: Science and Research

Job Qualifications:

Skills: Brain Injury, Clinical Care, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Certifications: None

Experience: 5+ years of related experience

US Citizenship

Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT’s Federal Health/Military Health team is hiring a TBI Subject Matter Expert (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, OD) to join the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence (TBICoE) located at HQ in Silver Spring, MD.

Position is full-time, on-site.

As the traumatic brain injury (TBI) Pathway of Care manager within the Military Health System (MHS), TBICoE promotes state-of-the-science care from point-of-injury to reintegration for Service members, veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate consequences of mild to severe TBI. TBICoE unifies a system of TBI health care, reliably advancing the science for the warfighter and ready to meet future brain health challenges.

S/he serves as the SME for TBI across the spectrum of severity. S/he is expected to perform with minimal direction and oversight in her/his areas of expertise and responsibility as part of a high-tempo office environment that is responsive to needs of DHA and DoD leadership, TBI clinicians/providers, brain health educators, and cognitive monitoring programmatic issues.

• Serves as a TBICoE SME for mild, moderate, severe, and penetrating TBI including knowledge from prevention to rehabilitation and stays actively informed on emerging areas of brain health to include blast over pressure, high and low-level blast, cognitive monitoring and performance.
• Demonstrates knowledge of research on emerging areas of clinical practice, brain health threats, and warfighter-relevant demand signals.
• Provides expertise and analysis to TBICoE senior leadership on issues of TBI research, clinical care and standards of care for patients along the full continuum of TBI severity.
• Collaborates with and receives direction from TBICoE leadership, DoD health care policy offices and other SMEs to assist in enhancing metrics for evaluation of and standardization of TBI services and programs.
• May provide input for development of training platforms/tools. When appropriate, provides direct training.
• Provides consultation to leadership in TBICoE, DoD and clinical programs regarding the evidence on TBI evaluation, treatment and management, identification of gaps in evidence, the current and future needs in the military and future research requirements.
• Supports TBICoE researchers in their TBI research as an SME.
• May directly collaborate in TBICoE/DoD research projects.
• Attends and participates in scholarly, academic and scientific meetings related to TBI, brain health, blast, or cognitive monitoring.
• Must adhere to legal, professional and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy.

• Professional degree (MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, OD or relevant terminal doctorate degree) with specialty training in TBI-related field (e.g., physical medicine and rehabilitation science, physical or occupational therapy, cognitive neuroscience, neuro-ophthalmology, neuro-optometry, cognitive behavioral science, neurology, neurosurgery, or a related discipline).
• 5+ years of experience in healthcare and/or healthcare research required.
• Published in peer review publications and/or presentations at professional meetings. Excellent oral and written communications required.
• Knowledge of TBI and statistics, required.
• Must have strong collaborative and organizational skills.
• Must be able to pass a favorable T3 security investigation.

• Prior experience or knowledge of DoD and VA health care systems strongly preferred.
• Current or prior board certification in field of expertise may be granted preference.

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• 401K with company match.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.

Likely salary range: $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Travel Required: None

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA MD Silver Spring

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans