Lead Biostatistician (CARE)

When you join the growing BILH team youre not just taking a job youre making a difference in peoples lives.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develops statistical solutions to optimally support all phases of research projects including clinical trials.

• Functions as a study Lead Statistician and is accountable for study level deliverables.

• Performs trial statistician responsibilities as needed including attendance of study team meetings review of protocols/amendments conducting exploratory data analyses and performing just-in-time analyses.

• Applies innovative statistical approaches to study design analysis and data exploration methodologies.

• Serves as a general clinical development and statistical resource.

• May supervise orient and/or train staff - may have one direct report.

• Retrieves query manipulate and manage large claims databases.

• Provides statistical education to clinical investigators including faculties fellows residents and medical students.

• May need to provide statistical consulting services to investigators from Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals if needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Biostatistics required; Doctoral degree in Biostatistics preferred.

• 5-8 years related work experience required in Academic research.

• Prior experience with laboratory techniques computer analysis creation and design of wet lab protocols and implementation of these experiments.

• Knowledge of epidemiology outcomes research evidence-based medicine and experience using longitudinal datasets data repositories and statistical Analysis with SAS STATA SPSS or alternative statistical software.

• Advanced technical computer skills as required for technical support specific to functional area and related systems.

• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook Word Excel PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents perform analysis and maintain databases.

Competencies:

Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.

Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied complex and often non-recurring requiring staff input innovative creative and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.

Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.

Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.

Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff patients families and external customers.

Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.

Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.

Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients visitors staff and external customers in a professional service-oriented respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Physical Nature of the Job:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying lifting pushing pulling objects. Sitting most of the time with walking and standing required only occasionally.

Pay Range:

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors that may include seniority education training relevant experience relevant certifications geographyof work location job responsibilities or other applicable factors permissible by law.

As a health care organization we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35000 people working together. Nurses doctors technicians therapists researchers teachers and more making a difference in patients lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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