Regulatory Coordinator Responsibilities:
- Study start-up documentation collection
- Create, collect and complete regulatory documents for all research studies
- Collect signatures from relevant personnel on various regulatory documents
- Communicate with pharmaceutical companies, OHSU research team, and other OHSU departments involved with the conduct of research studies
- Coordinate and document necessary study training with OHSU research team and other OHSU departments involved with the conduct of research studies
- Provide complete and accurate regulatory documents to pharmaceutical companies prior to study initiation
- Document Management
- Keep all ongoing documents for all studies up to date and ready for monitoring visits, including both hard-copies and electronic copies
- Keep track of and organize documents such as IRB approval Memos, IRB Approved ICFs, Sponsor Communications, DSMB Reports, Safety Reports, etc.
- Maintain all staff documents such as CVs, license, GCPs, and assessment certifications
- Maintain lab and pharmacy documents
- Keep regulatory binders organized and in good working condition
- IRB Submissions
- Responsible for submitting IRB submissions in a timely manner to prevent lapse in coverage and ability to enroll into all studies
- Submissions include modifications, continuing review, reportable new information, protocol deviations and study close-outs.
General Research Assistant Responsibilities:
- Schedule research patients for follow-up
- Walk patients to lab or imaging
- Rooming and vitals
- Processing labs
- Performing EKGs
Clinic Responsibilities:
- Assist with checking-in and rooming patients
- Covering phones
- Helping patients with virtual visit setup
- Placing Zio Patch heart monitors
Customer Service:
- Provide high quality customer service to all internal and external customers. This includes communicating accurately, openly, supportively, in a timely manner, and extending special attention and sensitivity to all patients, visitors, and fellow employees.
- Assist in maintaining an atmosphere of cooperation within the department, as well as with other departments and allied professionals.
- Demonstrate respect and cooperation in all staff relationships, and a genuine willingness to prevent or resolve inter-personal conflicts.
- Must demonstrate superior face to face customer contact skills, remain calm and resourceful during crisis management or other difficult situations, and manage standard complaint processing.
- Required to learn and maintain skill with available information technology, and remain current with changes to departmental procedures and new information.
- Provide flexible coverage of internal service needs, including work location and reporting time.
Registration Service:
- Gather and/or verify patient information including demographics, guarantor, emergency contacts, insurance coverage, and financial status.
- Verify patient eligibility for health care coverage and enter appropriate insurance plan information and codes.
- Enter all information accurately into OHSU databases.
- Provide financial screening for low income or non-sponsered patients and refer patients to apply for Oregon or Washington Medicaid or OHSU Financial Assistance when appropriate.
- Complete reverification, udpates, and/or new patient registration from patient work queues, email, or inbasket as assigned.
- Required to maintain Registration Department individual performance standards: Production Standard.
Telecommunications:
- Utilize an Automated Call distributor (ACD) to answering incoming registration calls.
- Staff in and out of ACD and use not ready work as per department guidelines.
- Remain available to accept incoming calls at all times.
- Adhere to department schedule for break and lunch periods.
- Refer general information inquiries and urgent health concerns to the appropriate area.
- Answer and explain all registration questions asked by patients or other employees.
- Note that Registration Services participates in customer service evaluations via call monitoring and/or recording.
The Patient Access Service Specialist (PAS) is the first point of contact in-person and via phone for the Department of Neurology. The PAS provides high quality customer service to both internal and external customers. The work environment is both on campus and remote work supporting a call center and front office duties. This position involves serving on a rotational basis to assist with the front office check-in and check-out desk. PAS tasks include, but are not limited to, gathering and recording required information about patients, providing specific customer service including screening for financial eligibility, confirming health insurance coverage and individuals’ obligations, obtaining necessary authorizations for care, scheduling appointments, answering a high volume incoming phone line, taking detailed messages including refill requests and routing to the appropriate person, and assisting patients in an office or clinic setting. This position requires an attention to detail, strong ability to multi-task, and exceptional customer service skills.
This position is under the supervision of the Chief of Psychology, IDD, with support from the Director of the OHSU Autism Program. Primary duties include provision of direct assessment and intervention services for children and their families, with a focus on ASD (e.g., differential diagnosis, team-based assessment, behavioral therapy, parent training). The clinician will also conduct and/or facilitate clinical research that supports the mission of the Division of Psychology, the mission of the IDD, and/or the mission of the Department of Pediatrics; provide instruction and supervision to predoctoral psychology interns who are participating in an American Psychological Association accredited internship program, psychology practicum students, and postdoctoral fellows; and provide outreach/consultation to the community, patients of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and OHSU staff and providers. There are possible clinical leadership opportunities as a part of this position which would include serving as the Director of the Autism program.
Acts as primary receptionist and point of contact for CEI Genetics Clinical Trials. Duties include checking patients in and out for appointments, answering the main phone line, monitoring the genetics clinical trial email inbox, triaging and transferring calls and emails, taking messages, greeting and directing visitors and patients. Schedules research appointments through EPIC and Outlook, if ever necessary and as indicated by study coordinators and or PI’s. Obtains prior medical records, if appropriate. Creates a medical record, if needed. Arranges stretchers, wheelchairs, and interpreters when necessary, and accommodates other specific needs whenever possible. Mails patient information packets. Obtains and prepares OHSU medical records before scheduled appointments.
Provides high-quality customer service to both external customers (patients, referring providers, and insurance carriers) and internal customers (OHSU health care providers and other staff) that meets or exceeds the service standards of the health care industry. This includes prompt and professional communication, face-to-face customer service skills, as well as over the phone and in written communication. Must be able to explain various tests to patients following physician guidelines. Is able to assist in crisis management. Must interact professionally with clinical trial coordinators, manager, and variety of additional staff within Casey and OHSU.
Serves as part of the administrative support team for clinical trials coordinators including aiding in scheduling meetings and conferences; p-card and ClinCard reconciliation and reimbursements, arranging travel for patients, preparing travel requests, ordering printer toner, as indicated. Maintains updated CV and training files for study staff and faculty. Updates research patient information in Progeny.
Perform cash handling and billing duties in a timely and thorough manner. Duties include educating patients on related billing issues as appropriate, quoting self-pay patients when indicated, collecting co-payments and past due balances when indicated, providing patients with appropriate receipts per CEI procedures, performing end of day duties following CEI protocol and guidelines (closing/balancing cash drawer and giving documentation with monies to designated person)
Manage mailroom deliveries for clinical trial unit including mail distribution duties, acts as primary contact for all deliveries, and ensures proper ordering and stocking or mailroom supplies.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES: This includes, but is not limited to: attend educational in-services and staff meetings, communicates additional training needs to Manager. Willingness to cross-train for positions in assigned or other division areas, when necessary. Maintains core competencies and demonstrates continuous applications of these skills throughout the time of employment.
Hiring Bonus and Relocation Package Available
The OHSU Clinical registered nurse (RN) provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations. The Clinical RN's care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics. The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, and knowledge transferor [Onsomble Model of the Professional Role™]. Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RN's engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. The Clinical RN exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, a Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.
I. Scientist
a. Evaluates knowledge of self and others:
i. Evaluates own knowledge and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and evidence-based knowledge; identifies areas of strength and professional growth; sets and achieves professional development goals.
ii. Evaluates knowledge and nursing practice of peers, recognizing strengths, providing constructive feedback and maintaining caring and compassionate relationships
b. Identifies complexities within OHSU systems and participates in identifying and resolving work flow barriers to effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible care delivery.
c. Evaluates patient outcomes against quality goals or benchmarks. Promotes innovation through participation in data collection, data analysis, evidence-based performance improvement plans, nursing or interdisciplinary research, and education about change methods.
II. Leader
a. Uses an evidence-based decision making process to determine the patient’s priority goals and care activities in relation to:
i. Nursing’s independent scope of practice (safety, comfort, hygiene, restorative measures, and health promotion)
ii. The interdisciplinary plan of care
iii. Documenting decision making in the patient’s plan of care and hand-off communication
b. Protects and advocates for patient safety, health and wellbeing:
i. Communicates and formally reports concerns and/or seeks change where individual or institutional behavior in the practice setting jeopardizes the well-being of patient, families, or team members. (e.g. Patient Safety Net report, chain of command).
ii. Speaks up and intervenes when an individual’s actions or practice is not in alignment with patient safety. The nurse speaks directly to the responsible party, and takes responsibility to support those who identify potentially questionable practice.
c. Keeps the patient as the focus when exercising judgment in accepting responsibilities, seeking consultation, and assigning activities to others who carry out nursing care:
i. Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs and condition of the patient, potential for harm, stability of the patient’s condition, complexity of the task, predictability of the outcome, availability to monitor and supervise, and competency of the individual being delegated to.
ii. Allocates resources based on identified patient and family needs
iii. Speaks up immediately about concerns regarding assigned responsibilities
III. Practitioner
a. Acts as a patient advocate by partnering with the person, family, significant others, and caregivers, as appropriate, to implement and evaluate the plan of care. Assures that the plan is aligned with the patient’s physical, spiritual, and psychosocial goals, initiating changes as appropriate.
b. Delegates and supervises tasks consistent with other caregivers’ scope of practice, adhering to standards, regulations, and role expectations including self-care and collaborative teamwork.
c. Delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, privacy, dignity, confidentiality and rights.
d. Implements direct and indirect nursing care consistent with evidence-based practices, hospital policies and procedures, and scope and standards of practice.
IV. Knowledge Transfer
a. Develops a therapeutic relationship with patients and families, effectively transfers information about disease, health and recovery, Engages patients and families in decision-making about the plan of care. Evaluates capacity for self-care and addresses concerns about transition to next level of care, different healthcare facility or home.
b. Communicates evaluation of patient’s stability, progress, discharge plan and recommendation for continuity of the medical and nursing plan to other members of the health care team, including through accurate and timely documentation of the patient’s electronic record.
c. Effectively transfers knowledge to other members of the team to support the safety of their practice (e.g. educating students, precepting, in-services, giving and receiving feedback during handoffs). Seeks knowledge from other members of the team to ensure safety of own practice. Engages in collaborative and effective decision-making with other members of the team while maintaining caring and compassionate relationships.
- Course Administration (40% of duties)
- Advises pre-nursing students.
- Works closely with the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) admissions departments.
- Participates in OIT student recruitment events.
- Assists with community outreach events focused on student recruitment.
- Assists with advising and monitoring current students each quarter regarding progress toward program completion requirements.
- Maintains student files.
- Meeting Management (30% of duties)
- Plans and coordinates meetings with team members, stakeholders, and students as needed.
- Books and verifies the availability of meeting spaces as needed.
- Drafts agendas for meetings and distributes them for review before meetings.
- Records detailed minutes of all faculty/staff meetings and other meetings as requested.
- From meeting agendas, develops to-do lists and procedures for teams and individuals as needed.
- Events and Hosting (10% of duties)
- Assists with planning and implementing school-related events.
- Public Relations and Cross-team Partnerships (10% of duties)
- Maintains relationships, communicates, and coordinates with all critical stakeholders in the school, university, and community (e.g., Campus Associate Deans, rural Campus personnel, faculty, students, telehealth, preceptors, alumni, clinical partner administrators, and liaisons).
- Program Administration (10% of duties)
- Coordinates with team members and partners to arrange day and overnight travel.
- Books rental cars, flights, hotels, and dining reservations/catering as needed.
- With the finance/grants team, ensures team members adhere to all travel policy procedures set forth by OHSU and the federal government.
- Assists with processing per diems and reimbursements upon return.
- Exercises independent judgment and decision making in the financial and programmatic oversight of a portfolio of approximately 50 departmental accounts and about 75 sponsored projects awards, including a T15 grant and one K12 award, totaling to more than $15.3 million/year.
- Duties and responsibilities include maintaining Labor Distribution (LD) for all DMICE faculty, researchers, and staff and works with the Department Administrator, Faculty and Project Managers to ensure full coverage for all faculty and staff across all funding sources while ensuring that FTE paid appropriately reflects effort spent and works with payroll to resolve any payroll issues.
- Provides post-award support for all DMICE sponsored project activity including tracking expenditures, reporting, analysis, and projections/forecasting, as well as ensuring compliance with sponsor, university and federal requirements, managing subaward agreements and invoicing, and providing budgeting assistance.
- Ensures accurate set-up of award budgets within OGA, appropriate application of expenditure exclusions, and assignment of personnel and FTE in compliance with sponsor requirements.
- Responsible for all routine financial processes and assists in pre-award management.
Clinical Duties
Anatomy and physiology
- Ability to identify and understand major body structures, systems and functions
- Basic disease recognition and understanding
Medical Terminology
- Word structure (root, prefixes, suffixes)
- Standard medical abbreviations and symbols
- Accurate spelling
Applied Mathematics
- Calculate conversions (i.e. kilograms to pounds, liters to ounces, Celsius to Fahrenheit)
- Calculate dosages
- Ability to use flow charts and recognize mathematical trends
Infection Control/Safety
- Universal precautions
- Personal protective equipment
- Sterilization procedures
- MSDS expectations
Clinical
- Observation and direct measurement
- Data collection (orthostatic vitals)
- Medication administration (oral, SC, IM, ID, rectal, vaginal, topical)
- CLIA waived testing
- Age specific competency
- Minor procedure assistance
- Wound care, suture/staple removal
- Comprehension of scope
Phlebotomy/Point of Care/Diagnostic testing
- Blood draws (venous, capillary)
- Point of care competency for CLIA waived tests
- Other diagnostic tests (i.e. ECG, PFT)
Pharmacology
- Basic drug calculations and metric conversions
- Safe preparation and administration
- Identify and define drug categories
- Legal prescription requirements based on drug schedules and classes
- Knowledge of DEA regulations
- Familiarity with PDR
- Know common drugs and their classifications/side effects
Ethical/Legal
- AMA Patient Bill of Rights
- Consent laws
- Confidentiality and disclosure laws
- State and Federal regulations applicable to health care
- Service Excellence
- Meets or exceeds service standards to improve the work and work environment, to better meet the needs of internal and external customers.
- Prompt and professional communication at all times.
- Administrative Duties
Administrative/Clerical
- Insurance terminology
- Cash handling
- Computer skills
- Data entry
- Electronic health record (EHR)
Communication
- Oral and written communication skills
- Active listening skills
- Collaborate with providers
- Practice Specific Duties
- Coordination and Scheduling of care
- Casting/Splinting
- Scheduling patient appointments and reminder calls
- Schedules labs, diagnostics, stretchers, wheelchairs and interpreters when necessary and accommodates other special needs when necessary
- Mails information packets
- Contacts primary care physicians or their designees to obtain authorizations for care as required
- Takes accurate messages from patients regarding procedure scheduling and post-op care. Delivers such information promptly to the appropriate providers, advice nurse, or their designees
- Prior authorization of medication/prescribed medical equipment
- Initiate clinic review
- The week following each clinic: Track as needed lab values on clinic chart flow sheet, check EPIC Care for patient follow up appointments and arrange patient care follow up as indicated
- Track lab/diagnostic results completed outside facilities and entered into EPIC Care for RN and Provider review
- Assist physicians in clinic with "out of book" patients as needed
- Attend Outreach and off-site clinics when necessary
- May be asked to cover another specialty area when work load is light
A Research Assistant 2 (RA2) position is available for adeno-associated virus (AAV) and gene therapy research in the Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics. The RA2 will participate in the AAV vector and gene therapy projects conducted by the laboratory. Responsibilities include:
- Performs various molecular biology assays, including construction and preparation of plasmid DNA, production and purification of AAV vectors for animal studies, and extraction of DNA / RNA from animal tissues
- Assists in the daily operation of the lab including hazardous waste disposal, sterilization of equipment, cleaning glassware, general servicing, ordering of equipment and lab supplies, and preparation of media and buffers
- Collects, records, organizes and verifies the accuracy of data; conducts leterature searches and summarizes information in an appropriate format for a particular study; documents and interprets results of experiments and reports to Principal Investigator
- Presents experimental results at lab meetings and participates in departmental and group seminars
IMAGING
- Provides quality images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of all equipment.
- Technologists will be trained in all general radiology exams/areas so that they are able to rotate through the department based on workflow needs.
- Utilize the VIP transportation system to arrange for patient delivery.
- Positions patient for diagnostic radiology exams according to department procedures, training, and machine requirements with a high regard for the safety and care of the patient.
- Operates radiology equipment, determines and sets exposure factors, sets technique utilizing all relevant factors to ensure accurate and quality images with minimal and acceptable repeat rates.
- Uses computer image processing, as needed to select, process, optimize and archive images to PACS.
- Completely tracks exams in the Radiology Information system.
- Develops and presents images and related patient information to radiologist for diagnosis.
- Assists with patient transport by moving patients using standard procedures.
- Assists in the training of Radiologic Technology Students, and adheres to dept. policy on supervision of student technologists.
DOCUMENTATION
- Gathers complete documentation of all pertinent information to provide accurate and timely service to customers.
- Responsible to correctly identify patients by checking their identity per department procedure.
- Reviews patient chart and orders to insure correct examination.
- Labels images completely with demographic, position and other needed documentation.
- Follows dept policy on the use of anatomical markers.
- Logs activities, gathers charging information and charges exams as required.
- Follows department and hospital procedures and policies.
- Performs quality control and quality assurance, records results and reports variance from normal equipment function.
PERSONAL & PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY
- Provides for personal and patient care and safety using professional judgment in accordance with written standards so there is no injury to self or others.
- Protects patients and others in the area by using proper machine settings and radiation safety standards.
- Practices universal and blood and body fluid precautions, and sterile practices according to procedures.
- Communicates and uses knowledge of related anatomy and physiology to insure appropriate and effective care to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Maintains awareness of patient status and takes appropriate actions to meet their needs.
- Explains the procedure to the patient to assure clear answers to their questions and concerns to allay any anxiety and assure patient confidence.
- Reports knowledge of any patient safety concern or occurance to manager and submit occurance to the on-line Patient Safety Net (PSN).
Imaging
- Provides quality real time, 2D and doppler applications to acquire images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of equipment.
- Documents and demonstrates knowledge and skill to evaluate normal/abnormal anatomy and any related pathologies for presentation to Vascular surgeon.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in ultrasound physics.
- Exercises responsible judgment in recognizing and reporting significant situations relating to patient care.
- Performs portable procedures when needed.
- Prepares and instructs the patient for the diagnostic study using age-appropriate communication skills.
- Optimizes each image during the examination to obtain the highest quality study with the least discomfort to the patient.
- Must be able to perform all ranges of exams after completion of technical competencies.
- Assists the physician in invasive and/or specialized procedures, such as amniocentesis, needle biopsy, localizations, and tumor masses, as directed.
- Continues to stay current in regards to new US technology hardware and software upgrades
Documentation
- Verifies complete documentation of all pertinent information to provide accurate and timely service to customers.
- Verifies and initials orders in patient chart, responsible for correctly identify patients by complying with Imaging Dept. Patient Identification Policy.
- Labels images completely with patient demographics, position or other required documentation.
- Follows through with all aspects of scanning duties in order to provide efficient and timely completion of examinations with correct data entry, begin and complete with correct billing and verification that images are in PACS.
Personal & Patient Care and Safety
- Provides for personal and patient care and safety using professional judgement in accordance with written standards to avoid injury to self and others.
- Responsible to adhere to all established JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals, and report errors or unsafe conditions to supervisor and the OHSU Event Reporting (Patient Safety Net).
- Follows universal precautions for blood and body fluids, protecting patients and staff.
- Works in a safe manner by maintaining a clean work environment.
- Identifies and reports any issues for ergonomic improvement to supervisor.
Reports injuries to supervisor.
IMAGING
- Provides quality images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of all equipment.
- Positions patient for diagnostic imaging according to department procedures, training, and machine requirements.
- Operates imaging equipment, determines and sets exposure factors, sets technique utilizing all relevant factors to ensure accurate and quality images with minimal and acceptable repeat rates.
- Uses computer image processing to select and optimize images.
- Presents exams and related patient information to radiologist for diagnosis.
- Assists with patient transport by moving patients using standard procedures.
- Expected to perform the complete range of departmental mammographic exams from Screening to Stereotactic Biopsies.
DOCUMENTATION
- Gathers complete documentation of all pertinent information to provide accurate and timely service to customers.
- Correctly identifies patient by checking patient's I.D., full name and DOB according to department procedure.
- Reviews patient questionnaire and orders to insure correct examination.
- Labels images completely with demographic, position and other needed documentation.
- Logs activities, gathers charging information and charges exams as required.
- Competently performs quality control and quality assurance, records results and reports variance from normal equipment function to meet MQSA standards.
PERSONAL & PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY:
- Provides for personal and patient care and safety using professional judgment in accordance with written standards so there is no injury to self or others.
- Protects patients and others in the area by using proper machine settings and radiation safety standards.
- Practices universal and blood and body fluid precautions, and sterile practices according to procedures.
- Clearly communicates and uses knowledge of related anatomy and physiology to insure appropriate and effective care to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Maintains awareness of patient status and takes appropriate actions to meet their needs.
- Follows all departmental policies and procedures.
- Apply the department standards of service excellence to internal and external customers.
PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR
- Practices professional communications, appearance, conduct, punctuality, attendance and attitude that leads to physician, patient and co-worker respect and confidence.
- Informs and educates patient and/or family of all needed information concerning the exam performed.
- Uses professional judgment and presents a professional image of competency to customer and staff.
- Maintains professional appearance, punctuality, flexibility, confidentiality and guest relations.
- Handles stressful situations in ways that promote positive outcomes.
- Must be able to perform all ranges of exams after completion of technical competencies.
IMAGING
- Provides quality images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of all equipment.
- Technologists will be trained in all general radiology exams/areas so that they are able to rotate through the department based on workflow needs.
- Utilize the VIP transportation system to arrange for patient delivery.
- Positions patient for diagnostic radiology exams according to department procedures, training, and machine requirements with a high regard for the safety and care of the patient.
- Operates radiology equipment, determines and sets exposure factors, sets technique utilizing all relevant factors to ensure accurate and quality images with minimal and acceptable repeat rates.
- Uses computer image processing, as needed to select, process, optimize and archive images to PACS.
- Completely tracks exams in the Radiology Information system.
- Develops and presents images and related patient information to radiologist for diagnosis.
- Assists with patient transport by moving patients using standard procedures.
- Assists in the training of Radiologic Technology Students, and adheres to dept. policy on supervision of student technologists.
DOCUMENTATION:
- Gathers complete documentation of all pertinent information to provide accurate and timely service to customers.
- Responsible to correctly identify patients by checking their identity per department procedure.
- Reviews patient chart and orders to insure correct examination.
- Labels images completely with demographic, position and other needed documentation. Follows dept policy on the use of anatomical markers.
- Logs activities, gathers charging information and charges exams as required.
- Follows department and hospital procedures and policies.
- Performs quality control and quality assurance, records results and reports variance from normal equipment function.
PERSONAL & PATIENT CARE AND SAFETY:
- Provides for personal and patient care and safety using professional judgment in accordance with written standards so there is no injury to self or others.
- Protects patients and others in the area by using proper machine settings and radiation safety standards.
- Practices universal and blood and body fluid precautions, and sterile practices according to procedures.
- Communicates and uses knowledge of related anatomy and physiology to insure appropriate and effective care to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Maintains awareness of patient status and takes appropriate actions to meet their needs.
- Explains the procedure to the patient to assure clear answers to their questions and concerns to allay any anxiety and assure patient confidence.
- Reports knowledge of any patient safety concern or occurance to manager and submit occurance to the on-line Patient Safety Net (PSN).
The purpose of this position is to perform various aspects of patient sample preparations, and to support the cytogenetics technologists with their highly complex genetic testing. This position supports the mission and objectives of the laboratory, OHSU, and the Knight Cancer Institute. The duties require initiative and independent decision-making, and appropriate communication and discussion of procedures and results with fellow workers, supervisors, and directors.
Duties will include:
1. Every Knight Cancer employee is expected to embody our guiding principles:
- We act BOLDLY—Breakthroughs require pushing the boundaries of science, exploring new frontiers, and thinking differently
- We SUPPORT each other—Respect leads to trust, which leads to excellence
- We work as a CONNECTED team — We must leverage our collective brain power to conquer cancer because no one individual can do it alone
2. Laboratory Procedures: Prepares culture media and solutions; set up, maintain, and harvests tissue cultures; prepares cells for chromosome or molecular cytogenetic analysis by both routine and special means; makes slide preparations; prepares and operates automated slide scanning platform; cuts and organizes cell spreads into karyograms using Applied Spectral Imaging software; prepares tissue slides for analysis using DNA hybridization techniques; stains chromosome preparations using both routine and special techniques; enters data into laboratory information system.
3. Prepares summary of procedures and findings; keeps appropriate records; makes and answers telephone calls related to obtaining specimens and patient information needed for sample processing and preparing reports
4. Maintains inventory or FISH assays, reagents, and laboratory supplies
5. Cleans and maintains laboratory equipment and work spaces
Clinical: This position serves as an Advanced Heart Failure Cardiologist in the Heart Failure section. Duties include outpatient clinic, catheterization procedural support, as well as inpatient heart failure and transplant service rotations. Other areas of clinical duties may be available depending on need and interest of applicant.
Education: OHSU is a teaching institution and as a faculty member, you are expected to provide mentorship and direction to students, residents, fellows and staff. The Graduate Program Director will provide any official assignments.
Research: There may be options for you to explore research opportunities in your area of focus. Administrative support is available for grant submission, financial management and clinical trials support. Please share your research interests during the interview process.
Administration: Administrative duties may be assigned to you in support of Institute or section initiatives, faculty development and/or other activities as determined necessary.
Clinical: This role will be 100% focused in the Heart Failure ambulatory practice - with flexibility to meet patient (inpatient) care needs, as required.
- Evaluation and management of patients with acute and chronic systolic and diastolic heart failure.
- Outpatient management of chronic and acute heart failure, and palliative management of end stage heart failure.
- Ambulatory management of patients before and after advanced heart failure therapies.
- Ambulatory management of patients with chronic heart failure that are not candidates for advanced heart failure therapies.
- Participation in Heart Failure team conferences, listing meetings, clinic conferences.
- Assist in generation and maintenance of order sets and other tools to facilitate Heart Failure best practices.
- Management of patients with heart failure that are living with durable mechanical circulatory support, implantable PA pressor sensors, and/or long-term inotropic therapy.
- Ability to provide guidance to RN’s working on the heart failure team and provide clinical expertise and mentorship.
- Ability to work with the broader heart team providers and primary care cardiologists and physicians in a collaborative model to coordinate complex and team based care.
Administrative responsibilities:
- Participation in Heart Failure team conferences and professional activities.
Education:
- OHSU is a teaching institution and as a faculty member, you are expected to provide mentorship and direction to students, residents, fellows and staff.
Administration:
- Administrative duties may be assigned to you in support of Institute or section initiatives, faculty development and/or other activities as determined necessary.
Key Responsibilities
1. Psychosocial assessment
2. Patient services-refers patient/family to services in and out of hospital, acts as advocate, assists patient and family in accessing resources
3. Counseling-individuals, couples, and support groups
4. Department functions-contributes to the development and evaluation of new programs to meet identified patient needs, etc
5. Documentation
- Responsible for coordinating and maintaining the COVID-19 test site operations: patient check-in, registration, collection and labeling of samples (COVID-19 NP swab or saliva specimen collection), submission of test specimens to processing lab, monitoring and communicating results where necessary
- Assist in compliance clinic services such as respirator fit testing and other duties as trained
- Responds to emails, phone calls, and in person queries from employees
- Assists in clinic operations such as ordering and organizing supplies, restocking and preparing work stations
- Ensures work area is clean and sanitary
- Assist in training new aides
- Adheres to infection prevention measures
- May assist in other clinical testing as assigned by the clinical staff
- Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others including, but not limited to the following: adjustment to medical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child and elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
- Provides crisis intervention and supportive short term counseling to patients/families and significant others as necessary to meet immediate psycho-social needs including, but not limited to: Trauma/Emergency Department/ On Call/ Family Notification, CODE Response (family intervention); unanticipated change in health conditions/suicidal ideation; teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood, domestic violence, child and elder abuse/neglect.
- Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise; actual/pending death of patient//family member; complicated pregnancies; postpartum depression; chronic/acute stress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss of independence associated with illness or disability.
- Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual short term psychotherapy; group work including information/support groups, family support, patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues of adoption, abortion , domestic violence, family of origin, sexual/gender, substance abuse, parenting, relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic or acute illness.
- Provides patient advocacy and associated services to patient/family and other involved agencies/parties regarding decision-making; advance directives; ethics consultations; court holds; guardianship/conservatorship; citizenship cases; and social cultural factors.
- Assess patient/family support needs regarding: transportation, housing, clothing and educational/patient vocational rehabilitation and training materials and refer to appropriate resources.
- Maintains accurate and timely documentation of patient care activities an efficent manner per departmental policies.
- Participates in Department of Care Management and assigned service meetings, in services and conferences, as indicated including Complex Patient Interdisciplinary Rounds.
- Provides support to patient care staff following traumatic events through individual or group consultation.
- Reviews literature on pertinent patient care/Social Work service issues and conducts in services regarding psycho social patient care issues and Social Work services.
- Meets in regularly scheduled supervisory sessions.
- Participates in patient rounds as appropriate. Complete all OHSU/DNV mandatory education requirements and activities within established time lines.
- Yearly competencies as identified by department.