Utilizing clearly defined expectations and effective communication skills, the Pathway Programs Project Coordinator works directly with pathway program leaders and administrators to ensure smooth and efficient summer internship programs. This role can directly support summer pathway programs and also facilitate efficiencies and coordination across pathway programs supported by other administrators. Pathway programs introduce high school and undergraduate-level students from diverse backgrounds to cancer research. This position can support all aspects of program administration including curriculum development, managing admissions, events, coordinating communications, and establishing and managing tracking mechanisms. This position will receive direction and support from multiple executives through matrixed leader relationships but will report directly to the Associate Director of Cancer Research Training and Education (CRTEC).   This position participates in formal and informal training relative to the responsibilities described herein. By fulfilling this position's responsibilities, the Pathway Programs Project Coordinator will also identify and actively propose revisions to educational materials, toolkits, and SOPs to ensure consistency in messaging related to processes and pathway program coordination.   Position Responsibilities  - Project Management - Provide comprehensive project management to support the coordination of the B-BRITE Program. - Provide project management support for other summer pathway programs, as assigned. - Engages with potential participants and supports pathway program trainees in navigating program expectations and OHSU policies. - Establishes and manages project-specific tracking of B-BRITE trainees and other pathway program tracking as assigned. Uses an established, centralized trainee tracking system provided by the Knight Cancer Institute (i.e., Research Logix). - Develops and maintains detailed project plans; manages project scope, timeline, budget, resources, costs, project/data analytics, and quality in accordance with established project management methodology and best practices, as appropriate. - Ensures projects are on track, communicates the status of projects, builds contingency and mitigation plans, and prepares and provides regularly scheduled project updates to leadership. Proactively identifies, aligns, and reconciles potential areas of duplication or conflict with existing strategies, operations, and programs. - Develop clear communication of activities to internal and external parties to ensure opportunities are apparent to potential participants. - Collaborates and contributes to the goals of the overall CRTEC program through active participation in the larger CRTEC cross-departmental team. - Collaborates and contributes to the success of the Knight Cancer Institute Strategic Plan, as appropriate. - Funding Support - Assists with administrative support of educational funding opportunities in support of pathway programs (i.e., R25 mechanisms, etc.). - Project Analytics  - Develops a project evaluation plan and processes to ensure implementation meets project goals and objectives. Utilizes data to inform critical project decision points. - Conducts and/or supports complex qualitative and quantitative analysis of project data, summarizes findings, draws appropriate conclusions, and effectively communicates results to the team. - Other Duties - Willingness to assume responsibility for tasks that may be outside of the formal job description, including those perceived as belonging to "lower pay grades," to get the job done. Complete other duties as assigned to fulfill the Knight mission. - Contributes to a positive work environment and provides leadership in encouraging such an environment by personal example; maintains the highest ethical standards according to OHSU Policy, including the Code of Conduct; maintains strict confidentiality of all sensitive, confidential, and/or proprietary documents and information. - Always promotes the mission of the Knight Cancer Institute through our Professional Standards of Customer Service, Reliability, Productivity, Professionalism, Accuracy, Timeliness, and Problem-Solving.

- Always promotes the mission of the Knight Cardiovascular Institute through our Professional Standards of timely Customer Service, Reliability, Productivity, Professionalism, Accuracy, Timeliness, Integrity, and Problem-Solving. - Responsible for many aspects of clinical trial operations from site initiation visit to closeout and assuring appropriate conduct of protocols to meet FDA guidelines. - This includes but is not limited to: - Works in collaboration with study coordinator to maintain and file regulatory and study documents of active trials to meet study requirements. - Create a weekly task list of outstanding items for the coordinator to review and assign to ensure data entry to EDC is captured within obligatory time frames. - Collection and transcription of all laboratory and imaging data with guidance from the coordinator as needed. - Data entry of visit data into central data repositories (eCRIS, internal subject trackers, etc.) - Addressing all imaging and laboratory queries in sponsor ERT. - Maintaining laboratory reporting and signature requests from the PI. - Responsible for elements of patient visits including but not limited to: - Work with coordinator in planning visit activities and scheduling participant appointments - Coordination of patient travel - Prepping any necessary documents prior to the visit - Responsible for communicating with patients regarding scheduled appointments - Work with coordinator in collaborating with ancillary departments to make sure all patients receive timely ECHO’s, Imaging, vitals (blood pressure, temp, respirations, height, weight) or other study related tasks as needed. - Independently provide follow up for subjects who are no longer receiving treatment in the form of phone calls or clinic visits. - Work with monitoring groups to ensure all data is captured as per protocol. - Assist the Clinical Trial Managers, coordinators, or Principle Investigator with other research related projects and administrative/office related duties as needed. - Assist manager and coordinator as needed in supporting sponsor visits (i.e. proctoring visits, monitoring, site initiation, etc.).

The call center is a Critical Function Unit, responding to over 6,000 incoming and outgoing calls daily for the diverse needs of OHSU’s missions; including staff, patients, general public, and external professionals conducing business with OHSU.    Representatives work with a wide variety of callers. It is imperative that the Representative properly screen vague or incomplete requests so that the call may be connected or paged, to the appropriate person or area. The Representative is generally the first impression of OHSU by the general public. Therefore, this position requires a high level of professionalism, accuracy, attention to detail, empathy, technical savvy, and customer service.    Individuals must be able to multi-task, ask clarifying questions to ascertain customer needs, and thrive in a very fast paced, high-volume, non-scripted environment.    Representatives will be handling emergent calls (e.g. Code Blue/medical emergency, Code Red/Fire) and will be expected to send immediate communications through multiple modes. (phone, belt based paging, overhead paging, emergency alert notifications)   Representatives must be able to seamlessly and immediately transition to back-up/redundant systems if outages occur.

The call center is a Critical Function Unit, responding to over 6,000 incoming and outgoing calls daily for the diverse needs of OHSU’s missions; including staff, patients, general public, and external professionals conducing business with OHSU.    Representatives work with a wide variety of callers. It is imperative that the Representative properly screen vague or incomplete requests so that the call may be connected or paged, to the appropriate person or area. The Representative is generally the first impression of OHSU by the general public. Therefore, this position requires a high level of professionalism, accuracy, attention to detail, empathy, technical savvy, and customer service.    Individuals must be able to multi-task, ask clarifying questions to ascertain customer needs, and thrive in a very fast paced, high-volume, non-scripted environment.    Representatives will be handling emergent calls (e.g. Code Blue/medical emergency, Code Red/Fire) and will be expected to send immediate communications through multiple modes. (phone, belt based paging, overhead paging, emergency alert notifications)   Representatives must be able to seamlessly and immediately transition to back-up/redundant systems if outages occur.

The Department of Pediatrics is looking for a Non OHSU Student worker.    Duties to include:  - Conduct and analyze qualitative interviews. - Draft research manuscript. - Assist with research data analysis.

The Department of Pediatrics is looking for a Non OHSU Student worker.    Duties to include:  - Translation of study materials into Vietnamese. - Study material testing with Vietnamese subjects/families. - Enrollment and consent of Vietnamese families into study. - Communicating with study subjects and answering questions in Vietnamese. - Assistance with literature review and study data entry.

This position provides the services of a licensed pharmacist who is responsible for supporting safe medication practices for patients who utilize services in the ambulatory hospital at Center for Health and Healing Buildings 1 and 2, receive infusions in Doernbecher Children's Hospital and OHSU Rheumatology Infusion Center. The pharmacist is responsible for the safe and proper distribution and use of medications in inpatients and outpatients who range in age from neonates, infants less than one year of age, children and adolescents ages 10-18, adults ages 19-65 and the elderly over age 65.    This position is to function at higher decision making and accountability levels regarding medication therapy, proactively affecting medication use by making recommendations at the time prescribing decisions are being made or, in some cases, making independent decisions about medication therapy in cooperation with other healthcare team members.  Additional services provided include facilitatation of medication reconciliation, discharge counseling, and medication delivery through coordination of care from admission to discharge.  The pharmacist must possess strong communication skills for patient education and work collaboratively with inpatient and outpatient interdisciplinary teams including but not limited to providers, nurses, case workers, pharmacists, and technicians, as well as, the teaching and precepting component of students, interns and/or residents.   This is a flexible model where coordination of care for the patient as he/she transitions from one aspect of the medication use system to another is integrated with traditionally centralized functions, such as order entry/verification.  This coordinated care model will continue to evolve as part of an integrated decentralized patient care practice.  

The Pediatric Nephrology Division in the Department of Pediatrics at OHSU is recruiting for a Senior Clinical Research Assistant OR Clinical Research Associate position to assist with patient-oriented clinical research.   The researcher will assist in the planning, implementation, operation, and evaluation of all clinical aspects of clinical research projects. The Senior Research Assistant will be independently responsible for assigned research studies and will interact with internal departments and external sponsor representatives as applicable. The researcher is responsible for recruiting, screening, and consenting patients for clinical trials in either ambulatory or inpatient settings. The position will require clinical study coordination, including facilitating subject entry into research projects, follow-up visits, biological specimen handling, and case report form completion. The researcher will be responsible for data collection, monitoring of source documents, report generation, meeting with sponsor’s monitors, continuous quality assessment, application of protocol guidelines. The individual will work attend any training for the study and participate in all meetings by phone or zoom with sponsor related to the study. In addition, the individual will work collaboratively with other study coordinators, nursing, pharmacy, specialty service centers, and physician staff in the care, scheduling, and management of research subjects.   The Senior Research Assistant is independently responsible for regulatory compliance and IRB submissions related to assigned studies. The Senior Research Assistant will assist with preparing study budgets and work with the contracting team from study start-up to study clousre.  The Senior Research Assistant will assist in the supervision and professional development of Research Assistants, interns, volunteers, and students.   The Research Associate will assist with scholarly activites, such as data analysis, grant, abstract, and manuscript development, and research results dissemination and will also work closely with Pediatric Nephrology investigators to develop a fiscal plan for the research unit for the future. Also the Research Associate will be responsible for writing up policies and procedures for the research unit that are compatible with OHSU policies.

The Research Assistant will support ongoing research at ONPRC on contraception and the role of steroid hormones in regulating reproductive tract. Duties include tissue handling, histology, immunocytochemistry, image analysis, molecular biological and biochemical techniques. Supervised in vivo nonhuman primate animal and laboratory rodents studies. Work will involve immunodeficient mice, nonhuman primates and guinea pigs. Laboratory duties include ordering and stocking of supplies, data reporting and maintenance of data archives. This position will also contribute to and participate in research activities that include: daily checks of animal health and physical condition, monitoring daily hormone values, conducting experiments according to standard laboratory protocols and procedures, overseeing the administration of medications and treatments, coordinating animal experiments with ONPRC veterinary staff, assisting with animal/surgical procedures. Work involves processing of biological samples potentially infected with a variety of pathogenic agents, including human and simian viruses.

- To perform, collect and analyze research procedures in all aspects of laboratory setting and ensure accuracy and progression of research projects.: including but not limit to - collect and analyze research data; - keep accurate details of experimental procedures and original data; - prepare research summaries, abstracts, manuscripts;  - develops and document standardized lab protocols, and assist with training of others; and  - contribute to the design, interpretation and writing of grant proposals and publications. - To assist with managing inventory, equipment, safety and animal audits, and other duties assigned to maintain smooth lab operation daily.

- Performs receiving, stocking, data entry, picking, delivery, and functions as necessary to ensure required daily tasks are completed on time, and sufficiently, to meet the customer’s needs for medical supplies and linen. - Performs requirements of, and maintains compliance with, organizational guidelines and policies. - Stocks and empties Scrub Avail dispensers and empty chute rooms as necessary to ensure an accurate and adequate supply of scrubs and linen are available to meet customer needs. - Performs preventive maintenance functions of the Pyxis/ParEx supply machines/areas as necessary to ensure accurate restocking and patient charging. - Maintains a clean, safe, and efficient working environment; Shelves: ensures shelves are properly erected, clean, neat, properly stocked, and marked with product information. Housekeeping: ensures the warehouse is clean, packaging removed, and non-stock products are neatly arranged. - Facilities: ensures facility deficiencies are reported. - Equipment: provides proper care and regular services to equipment, logs, and reports deficiencies. - Performs other duties as assigned. - Maintains knowledge of, adheres to, and knows the locations for, departmental policy, procedure, safety, and MSDS manuals.

- Performs receiving, stocking, data entry, picking, delivery, and functions as necessary to ensure required daily tasks are completed on time, and sufficiently, to meet the customer’s needs for medical supplies and linen. Performs requirements of, and maintains compliance with, organizational guidelines and policies.  - Stocks and empties Scrub Avail dispensers, and empties chute rooms as necessary to ensure an accurate and adequate supply of scrubs and linen are available to meet customer needs.  - Performs preventive maintenance functions of the Pyxis/ParEx supply machines/areas as necessary to ensure accurate restocking and patient charging.  - Maintains a clean, safe, and efficient working environment; Shelves: ensures shelves are properly erected, clean, neat, properly stocked, and marked with product information. Housekeeping: ensures the warehouse is clean, packaging removed, and non-stock products are neatly arranged. Facilities: ensures facility deficiencies are reported. Equipment: provides proper care and regular services to equipment, logs, and reports deficiencies.  - Performs other duties as assigned.  - Maintains knowledge of, adheres to, and knows the locations for, departmental policy, procedure, safety, and MSDS manuals.  - When tasked, drives organizational vehicles in a safe and efficient manner, assists Logistics Fleet and Warehouse supervisors with the maintenance and refueling, maintains driver's log, and fills out vehicle inspection reports as necessary. Have and maintain a valid driver's license. Maintain special equipment as assigned i.e. tire chains, inclement weather accessories, tire jacks, etc. Performs emergency roadside service to vehicles such as changing a flat tire. 

- Patient Care/Patient Safety Attendant (PSA): Per assignment of Registered Nurse, the employee provides care including but not limited to activities of daily living, diversional activities, collecting patient data, monitoring for symptoms of increased risk, assist with transportation, comfort measures, environmental safety, milieu observation, and assists with discharge of patient reinforcing assigned teaching. - Behavior Intervention:  Actively participates in providing a therapeutic milieu in order to engage patients in treatment. Participates in milieu safety inspections. Communicates with RN and other care team members regarding patient interactions, observations, and noticeable problems or changes in patient status. Uses therapeutic communication skills when interacting with patients and families. Provides physical, emotional, and protective care for patients consistent with treatment plan. Provides input around safety recommendations and interventions. - Patient Video Monitoring: Demonstrates understanding and proficiency of the continuous video monitoring software. Maintains constant visual observation at all times. Verbally redirects patient over digital 2-way audio device located in a patient’s room. Notifies the nursing staff if the patient requires assistance, is exhibiting symptoms RN requests report of, or is at imminent risk of injury or distress. Documents interactions within the electronic health record. - Communication: Communicates directly with Registered Nurses related to patient trends, advances, and deviations from the plan of care. Discusses patient care trajectory (improvement and/or decline) with the interdisciplinary team. Transfers knowledge in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) per policy. 

- Provides instruction related to research data management, data sharing, and rigor and reproducibility, including co-directing a graduate-level course on practices that impact scientific rigor and reproducibility. - Develops and delivers educational opportunities and outreach that increases awareness of and engagement with research data best practices and innovations. - Answers reference questions and provides expert advice to research investigators, staff, and learners related to rigor and reproducibility, open science, ethical data practices, and compliance with funders’ policies. - Provides support and professional development opportunities that grow Library staff’s knowledge about research data management and data sharing. - Builds and sustains relationships with research communities at OHSU to inform and grow Library services. - Contributes to the creation, outreach, and sustainability of tools and resources that support research data management and data sharing. - Represents the Library on cross-institutional committees and initiatives and ensures multi-directional knowledge sharing. - Fosters an inclusive and diverse atmosphere, including in pedagogical approaches, reference consultations, and teamwork. - Contributes to the Publishing and Data Services team by creating, evaluating, and advancing new ideas and initiatives. - As a faculty member, creates and contributes to scholarship and research; engages in service to institutional, regional, national, and international professional organizations and initiatives.

Patient Management - Responsible for coordinating and managing all non-medical/nursing aspects of the patient’s care process, to include but not limited to patient communication, Epic InBasket support, paperwork processing and follow-up, scheduling navigation and follow-up, etc.  - Works with the PAS/R staff to schedule tests, diagnostic procedures, and admissions according to protocol, nursing and/or physician request with high level of accuracy. - Help ensure pre-visit services, such as labs, imaging, etc., are completed on time, as ordered, in support of patients’ community hematology oncology appointments, and work with the practice team (i.e. schedulers, managed care coordinators, providers, etc.) to resolve any gaps in pre-visit readiness. - Work with practice schedulers and managed care coordinators to ensure all needed appointments, labs, imaging, procedures, etc. are scheduled and authorized per provider instructions. - Answer phone lines, and screen and deliver all messages in a timely fashion.  This involves personally handling non-nursing/medical calls, and making sure that messages the providers and/or nurses receive is accurate and complete. - Responsible for the accurate and timely completion, submission and follow-up of patient paperwork, such as FMLA, DME, questionnaires, etc. - May be responsible for gathering patient information, or relaying patient information, to internal and external stakeholders (i.e. referring providers, referred to departments, patients, interdisciplinary team members, etc.), which requires excellent communication skills, both in writing and verbally, and attention to detail and consideration of HIPAA and PHI regulations. Administrative & Clinical Support - Optimize use of provider and nursing time for essential duties by developing new procedures and tracking processes to streamline operations of the practice - Document legibly, concisely, and completely to ensure others can accurately assess the status of patient progress by reviewing said documentation - Answer and respond to calls from a variety of stakeholders, ensuring timely and professional message response - Use established checklists and sign-out procedures appropriately - Process InBasket messages (records requests, labs, imaging, message routing, etc.), demonstrating excellent written communication skills   - Ensure information provided to patients and care team members is accurate and complete - Process incoming/outgoing faxes (labeling, records requests, upload refill requests, etc.) - Manage patient paperwork (questionnaires, FMLA, provider signatures, no-show letters, etc.) - Support inventory management, to include the tracking and stocking of equipment and materials, assisting with ordering supplies, and notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning and repair of equipment is needed - Setup virtual visits for providers, as needed - Process incoming/outgoing mail for providers and nursing - Use of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook - Other duties as assigned  Team Communication and Patient Experience - Participate in community hematology oncology interdisciplinary care rounds, presenting information or raising questions or concerns as needed - Attend and actively participate in practice huddles and staff meetings, sharing any ideas or issues with the team as needed  - Develop and/or identify opportunities for process improvements, working with practice leadership and team members to create and update standard work and job aids - Addresses in-the-moment patient needs as directed - Maintain accurate data management, logs, and tracking systems of relevant information Professional Development - Work to maintain knowledge of care delivery timelines to help ensure patient experience does not deviate from standard expectations, and work to develop appropriate tracking and data management systems - Completes all required modules and updates, and attends education classes appropriate to job development - Receptive to feedback and coaching - Maintains core competencies, and demonstrates continuous application of these skills throughout the period of employment

OHSU-PSU is the US partner of GreenME and will focus initially on Multnomah County. Your work will involve interviewing Multnomah County GreenCare providers (e.g., healthcare workers, greenspace/bluespace/gardening program facilitators, NGOs), as well as environment and health decision makers. Interviews can be in-person or virtual (depending on the interviewee’s and your own preferences). You will have flexibility to find a meeting time that suits your schedule. Any travel costs (public transit or fuel) will be reimbursed.   Key Duties:   - Work independently, but also collaboratively as part of an international team of environmental equity researchers (GreenME: https://greenme-project.eu/team/) - Contact GreenCare practitioners and decision makers in Multnomah County (previously identified as part of another deliverable) and schedule 40-minute interviews (online or in-person); - Conduct semi-structured interviews about GreenCare and mental health equity with practitioners/decision makers (interview questions have been prepared); - Tag interview responses with a user-friendly research tool (CATMA); no experience required!   This role is an especially good fit for applicants who are interested in nature prescribing, horticulture therapy, greenspace/bluespace interventions, nature-based health promotion, as well as understanding the equity aspects of GreenCare programs in Multnomah County (who can access these programs and who can’t, and why?).

The Student Nurse (SN) provides a variety of nursing care duties in accordance with the duties, knowledge and skills identified in this functional statement. The SN provides direct care for ambulatory dermatology patients according to established OHSU policies. The SN will attend to needed requirements of the patient and ensure all regulatory and hospital guidelines and practices are followed; providing for a positive care experience within OHSU.   This role is similar to that of a nursing assistant, medical assistant, licensed practical nurse, and scribe but emphasizes educating the student nurse on nursing care within an ambulatory care setting. - Documents care given, observations, and responses on appropriate tools or forms. Acts as a scribe for providers when appropriate. - The SN will obtain a health history, assist intra-operatively and post-operative with procedures done under local anesthesia (I.e. blotting, suture cutting, bandaging) - Other duties include patient teaching (I.e. going over AVS with patient), wound care management, point of care testing, and dressings. - Takes vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature), height and weight and records in EPIC according to nursing policies and procedures. Vital signs are recorded and progress notes are completed thoroughly and accurately by the end of the day - Maintains stock levels of supplies. - Collects data for assessment/reassessment and unit level performance improvement activities

- Attend ECHO program sessions of SUD in Hospital Care. Provide recommendations to participant case presenters. - Develop and present didactic(s) as requested by lead facilitators for the ECHO programs. - Attend program meetings as required. - Other duties as assigned.

Hiring Bonus Available     Clinical Duties   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   - 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