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This 3-year term-limited hybrid position requires at least 2 in-person days at our office on the U-M Ann Arbor North Campus. Regular travel to Ann Arbor throughout the year is required. This position can be made permanent depending on job performance.
Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations, and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research, and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally, and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components: patient care, education, and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Job Summary
The Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) is the home of the University of Michigan's Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. MICHR is part of a national, collaborative consortium that is focused on bringing more health solutions to all people more quickly by advancing translational science. The field of translational science aims to build an evidence base of scientific and operational approaches that improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of translational research across a range of diseases and conditions. MICHR has the unique charge of examining the translational research ecosystem at a systems level to determine where common pitfalls exist; developing novel solutions to these challenges; demonstrating their effectiveness; and disseminating improvements widely. MICHR is a dynamic organization that serves as a hub of innovation and experimentation to advance research in the science of translation and accelerate the realization of interventions that improve human health.
MICHR is seeking candidates with experience in evaluation and quality improvement to coordinate and support related research projects conducted across MICHR programs. Candidates with clear and substantive interests in clinical and translational science are desired. MICHR aims to recruit an experienced Evaluation & Quality Improvement Coordinator capable of tracking, supporting, and leading clinical and translational science projects in collaboration with a highly interdisciplinary set of research teams working with MICHR and across the national CTSA Consortium. Competitive candidates will be able to demonstrate the capacity to grow in this position by advancing their scientific skills and interests that align with MICHR?s mission to advance translational science.
Responsibilities*
- In close collaboration with MICHR?s senior faculty and administrative leadership, work with the EQI team to design, develop, and implement needs assessments, continuous quality improvement (CQI) initiatives, and program evaluations; facilitate MICHR programs? design of quality improvement initiatives and evaluation plans
- Manage the administrative and scientific aspects of MICHR?s Quality Improvement program, including determining the models, methods, measures, and means by which MICHR teams can use to discover and identify opportunities to improve clinical and health research processes and infrastructure.
- Oversee the relevant day-to-day activities of MICHR research teams and staff involved in quality improvement efforts, facilitate their design of quality improvement initiatives, track their progress over time, systematically identify the challenges MICHR teams face in this work and design, propose, and conduct research regarding effective ways to mitigate relevant challenges.
- Gather evaluation and assessment data, supervise EQI?s data collection and auditing processes, perform data analysis, and interpret results.
- Use systematic literature reviews to inform the current state of translational science as a distinctive field and identify gaps in the literature and opportunities to address them.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses, interpret and synthesize results, and disseminate results to internal and external audiences, including through manuscript writing and reports for NIH upon request.
- Prepare evaluation results and other data for manuscripts and lead or participate in manuscript writing.
- Work with MICHR programs and teams to develop evaluation & CQI tools and resources; provide direct support to teams to facilitate their design, development, and implementation of CQI initiatives. Collaborate with teams on long-range plans for projects.
- Identify and recommend evaluation and CQI methods and frameworks to MICHR programs and teams to address relevant clinical and translational science questions.
- Develop and lead a learning community structure to support MICHR teams? evaluation and CQI activity; develop evaluation plans and CQI protocols for MICHR teams when assigned.
- Coordinate MICHR programs? CQI initiatives and integrate programs? needs assessment and evaluation results into CQI proposals and reports to inform institutional decision-making.
- Track, assess, and report on MICHR program?s CQI and evaluation activity.
- Collaborate with MICHR Communications to prepare high-quality, tailored evaluation reports and materials for internal and external audiences.
- Identify relevant facilitators and barriers that affect MICHR?s CQI initiatives and propose, design, and test solutions to improve productivity and/or quality of health research.
- Investigate, modify, and apply new procedures or techniques to integrate findings into the field of translational science.
- Present findings to leadership, advisory boards, internal and external collaborators, and at professional meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications*
- Master's degree in a related field
- 5 or more years of experience in quality improvement and program evaluation.
- Experience with a range of program evaluation methods and frameworks, including mixed-methods and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated quantitative data analysis skills, including experience using R, SPSS, Stata, or managing and analyzing large data sets.
- Experience designing and/or coordinating evaluation and quality improvement plans.
- Experience with systems evaluation and continuous quality improvement frameworks.
- Understanding of and training in using data visualization to present information to varied audiences (e.g., data dashboards, and other visualization methods).
- Demonstrated experience with problem-solving issues with evaluation processes and data as part of a team and independently.
- Strong ability to prioritize tasks and manage time independently to meet deadlines.
- Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with internal team members and external partners.
- Demonstrated experience in evaluation, and quality improvement
Desired Qualifications*
- PhD in a related field
- Substantial experience helping and facilitating study teams? design of evaluations and quality improvement initiatives, programs, and decision-making within large, interdisciplinary clinical and translational research organizations or systems
- Use of design thinking methods to understand problems and to design and prioritize solutions for evaluation
- Demonstrated experience in clinical and translational science
- Peer-reviewed publications about clinical and translational science topics
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Work Schedule
Day Shift
Work Locations
North Campus Research Complex, Ann Arbor, MI
Note: this position is hybrid, with occasional travel to Ann Arbor, MI required.
Additional Information
This 3-year term-limited hybrid position requires at least 2 in-person days at our office on the U-M Ann Arbor North Campus. Regular travel to Ann Arbor throughout the year is required. This position can be made permanent depending on job performance.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.