Outpatient Clinic: - Greet and check-in new patients to the practice providing a high level of customer service in preparation for the visit. This position will also check in / out established patients, make return appointments, answer incoming calls, provide high quality customer service to both external customers (patients, referring providers, and insurance carriers) and internal customers (OHSU health care providers and staff) that meet or exceeds the service standards of the health care industry. Obtain prior medical records and studies when appropriate. Enter all information accurately into OHSU databases or into the medical record when necessary. Answer all basic appointment questions. Determine and collect co- payments/cash handling. Applies problem solving and negotiating skills in resolving patient concerns. Provides high level of support to providers and patients. Telecommunucation:  - Answer incoming phone calls, verify account information including, but not limited to, demographics, insurance, and Primary Care Provider. Will schedule appointments including but not limited to new patient, ancillaries, procedure services, and follow-up appointments. Maintains current information on all managed care insurance plans and is up-to date with all insurance plan changes, utilizing information to efficiently and effectively obtain authorizations as appropriate. Solid understanding of ICD10/CPT coding requirements and issues. Responsible for keeping the schedule flowing smoothly and on time. Applies problem solving and negotiating skills in resolving patient concerns. Creates telephone and routes telephone encounters with accurate information for medical staff from patients or patient’s representative. Manages providers schedule and completes administrative work for team providers. Enrollment & Eligibility: - Gathers and/or verifies patient information including demographics, insurance coverage, and financial status. Confirms patient eligibility for health care coverage and clarifies any managed care arrangements. Obtains authorizations for clinical care, procedures, and laboratory studies. - Performs other administrative duties and/or projects as requested by providers, managers, and supervisors. - Offers MyChart access.

Bone Marrow Bench Duties: - Schedules appointments for bone marrow assists. - Performs bone marrow assistance at the bedside for physicians performing bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, according to written procedures. - Observes the aspiration, determines if the specimen is adequate, prepares slides, prepares or preserves specimen for additional testing as needed. - Stains slides using both manual and automated methods and prepares specimen, slides, and paperwork for pathologist’s review. - Prepares reagents, performs quality control checks, and troubleshoots procedures as needed. - Checks all slides for adequate staining and appropriate morphology Laboratory Testing Duties: - Sets up worksheet and gathers history.  - Obtains peripheral blood samples from hematology. - Performs moderately complex testing if needed. - Collates flow work to go to hematopathologists (billing, slide staining, cover slipping, and copies of worksheets and 1 histogram). Performs data entry and sample processing for samples received for testing: - Checks accuracy of specimens, requisitions, labels - Performs computer entry in EPIC, test request, and billing functions - Accurately labels samples, requisitions, and appropriate specimen containers  - Ensures that all samples are logged in to the lab and triaged in a timely manner - Directs samples to technologists and testing areas, or stores samples for future testing. - Notifies technologists or appropriate lab when priority work is received Materials Preparation: - Prepares reagents, stains and fixatives following written procedures - Send out media (RPMI + 10% FCS) - Maintains equipment according to written schedules and procedures. - Restocks, orders, and checks-in supplies Other duties: - Prioritizes work according to established procedures - Picks up specimens from various parts of the hospital as required - Maintains inventory of supplies, orders, picks up, and stores supplies according to established procedures  - Trains new employees, students, and other personnel in job duties - Attends staff meetings, provides input, and fully participates in planning and feedback in work group - Follows all safety procedures when carrying out duties - Performs duties as assigned by supervisor for special studies and projects - Performs cleaning and maintenance staining equipment - Performs requirements for Staff Members as outlined in Compliance Roles and Responsibilities in OHSU Hospitals and Clinics. - Answers multi-line telephone and perform client services duties - Provides a pleasant and professional telephone manner as frontline representative of the laboratory - Assists needs of callers in all aspects of laboratory operations - Performs other duties such as: phoning results, generating and faxing reports and reporting results for interpretive tests. - Provides excellent customer service

Specimen receipt and processing - Loads specimens onto automation line for processing. - Centrifuges samples and transfers to appropriately labeled containers. - Accurately measures specimens, records volumes, and determines if sample quality and quantity is sufficient for testing. - Directs samples to technologists and testing areas either manually or using the automation lines, or stores samples for future testing. - Makes slides for staining. - Notifies technologists or appropriate lab when priority work is received. - Determines acceptability of specimens received and calls ward or physician to clarify orders or advise of unacceptable samples. Performs data entry for samples received for testing - Checks accuracy of specimens, requisitions, labels. - Performs computer entry in Epic HIS system. - Handles and processes samples for many labs on and off campus. - Accurately labels samples, requisitions, and appropriate specimen containers. - Is responsible to see that all samples are logged in to the lab and triaged in a timely manner. Coordinates and prepares samples to be shipped to outside labs for patient care and drug study testing - Enters test requests into dedicated referral lab computer. - Fills out paperwork carefully and thoroughly to ensure accurate testing. - Packs infectious shipping samples per IATA standards. - Utilizes electronic systems provided by referral labs to transmit orders. Trains new employees   Performs client services duties - Tracks missing specimens and resolves discrepancies quickly and professionally - Answers multi-line telephone, and provides a pleasant and professional telephone manner as frontline representative of the laboratory - Assists needs of callers in all aspects of laboratory operations - Transfers or refers calls or confers with other areas of lab or hospital as needed Performs whole blood sedimentation rates. Performs QC and instrument maintenance and documents results in Epic.   OTHER DUTIES: - Assists with miscellaneous tasks as requested, such as retrieving specimens, making phone calls, issuing credits, filing requisitions, etc. - Cleans laboratory equipment and workstations as needed. - Reports potential compliance problems using the reporting processes as outlined in the Code of Conduct. - Completes competency exercises, annual review of policy & procedure manuals and safety review. - Attends and participates in training programs and staff meetings. - Ability to work independently within established guidelines, to adjust to rapidly changing priorities, to communicate and work effectively within a group. - Performs requirements for Staff Members as outlined in Compliance Roles and Responsibilities in OHSU Hospitals and Clinics and understands and complies with the Code of Conduct, OHSU and departmental policies and procedures, and other applicable procedures, rules and regulations. - Communicates and works effectively as part of a team, and interacts with a variety of clients including doctors, nurses, laboratory staff and patients, maintaining a customer service focus at all times. - Carries out job responsibilities ethically, professionally, and with personal integrity, and functions as part of the team exhibiting excellent communication, teamwork and customer service skills.

Provides a Safe Therapeutic Environment - Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees - Utilized proper posture and sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling - Maintain general good physical and mental health and self-care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the workplace. - Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for patients, family and personnel. Includes but not limited to maintaining organization of supplies and equipment, notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning or repair is needed, follows infection control policies, maintains knowledge of life safety, fire and electrical safety and disaster plan. Maintains a high degree of courtesy, discretion and respect for patients and fellow employees. - Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees. Utilizes proper posture, sound body mechanics and principles. Considers the needs of patients, employees, medical staff, volunteers, vendors and members of the community in an informative, courteous and compassionate manner. Professionalism - Maintains current knowledge of professional practice responsibilities and relevant national and state laws and issues which affect their practice. - Conducts on self in an ethical and legal manor upholding the AOTA code of ethics, OHSU Code of Conduct, federal privacy policies, state statutes and OARs, complies with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. - Manage use of time effectively to complete professional and technical tasks within realistic time constraints. - Takes responsibility for special projects and assignments, additional caseload when needed/ adapts to changing and demanding environments. - Displays mature, effective professional relationships by accepting appropriate suggestions and constructive criticism and responding with modification of behaviors and exhibiting concern for others. - Pursues continuing education opportunities, applies and shares new knowledge, participates in staff meetings and in-services. Directs/guides occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students. Assists in the supervision and training for students from other disciplines, including physical and speech therapy, medicine and nursing. Service - Demonstrates excellent customer service and communication skills in all interactions with patient and family, internal and external customers, including telephone, electronic and face to face situations - Addresses complaints and problems promptly and courteously, involving management when indicated. - Communicates using active listening skills in a supportive courteous, professional manner at all times to patients, family and staff. - Uses AIDET for introduction and closing Evaluation and Treatment of Patients - After chart review, performs individualized skilled occupational therapy evaluation, including general screening for indications for other therapy disciplines rehabilitation needs. - Establishes treatment goals including functional outcomes, quantitative measures and target dates. Discusses goals for treatment with patient and includes family as appropriate, seeks agreement with plan and goals. - Develops treatment plan directed at achieving identified goals. - Provides occupational therapy procedures in a highly skilled and competent manor including clear explanations to patients the purpose for selected procedures. Includes patient, family, caregiver training and education in treatment plan. Provides comprehensive handouts as indicated. Adjusts treatment plan specific to patient progress toward established goals. - Works closely with vendors for DME assessments and prescriptions. - Documents evaluation, treatment plan and goals, treatment modalities and procedures in compliance with OHSU, OTAO, OAR, CMS JCAHO and other 3rd party standards. All charts closed within three days without reminders. - Develops and/or improves patient care programs for specialty area. - Competently and safely demonstrated use of therapy equipment for treatment modalities and procedures. - When indicated and approved, perform skilled home safety and ADLs assessment with patient and family/ caregivers to help ensure good functional carry over from rehab to the home setting. - Assesses patients for discharge from care when goals met, functional progress plateaus, PT noncompliance with treatment plan or change in medical status. - Enters appropriate billing for care provided - Facilitates patient scheduling therapy appointments with follow up section in Cadence, MyChart communication. - Medicare certifications and recertifications completed accurately and sent to referring provider for signature. Monitors chart for timely co-signature of plan. - Ensures patient has home program in place to continue after discharge. - Expected to meet productivity expectation for work group. Care Coordination/ Interdisciplinary Communications - Communication to referring provider as indicated; provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation. - Participates in interdisciplinary meetings as needed for care coordination. - Timely communication to MCC as needed for insurance authorization requests or to clarify coverage for set treatment plan. - Arrange for any necessary rehabilitation or home care equipment, communicating with vendors, 3rd party payors. May include coordinating rehab visits with another provider, writing letters of justification. Clinical Education - Provides evidence based clinical instruction experiences and supervision for OT students. - Ensure student completion of weekly goals; identifies and facilitates achievement of affiliation objectives - Provides regular feedback, completes CPI on schedule - Participates in the supervision and training for student from other disciplines, student volunteers. - All employees post 1 year at OHSU take students, all staff participate and host shadowers, volunteers. Departmental Operations/ Quality Improvement/ Professional Development - Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff. Includes but not limited to: - attends educational classes, communicates additional training needs to supervisor, attends staff meetings, assists in orientation of new staff, cross trains for other teams as needed, performs peer reviews, pursues independent learning for new developments in patient care area. - Reports program development needs to supervisor, assists in departmental quality improvement. - Actively works with team members, leads, and supervisor for continuous improvement of department operations as identified. - Responsible for self- monitoring own PT schedule in Cadence. Reports schedule conflicts to supervisor and assists in problem solving for good customer service.

- Microscopically examines, evaluates, and interprets cytopathologic specimens providing an assessment by utilizing established cytomorphologic criteria and relevant clinical data provided. - Provides an accurate diagnosis on all gynecologic specimens determined to be within normal limits and provides an assessment on all abnormal gynecologic and all non-gynecologic samples to the pathologist for final diagnosis. - Documents the slide interpretation results of each case he or she examines or reviews. - For each 24-hour period, documents the total number of slides he/she examines (screened/rescreened) or reviews. - Documents the number of hours he/she spends examining slides in each 24-hour period. - Assists with both pathologist and clinician performed FNA procedures providing adequacy assessment on site. Cytology Lead Worker Duties – in addition to the key responsibilities & performance standards outlined above: - They serve as the CAP defined general supervisor of lab. - They are accessible to provide consultation to resolve technical problems. - They ensure documentation of the total number of slides evaluated by others. - Performs LIS computer functions to report final diagnosis according to laboratory procedures. - Performs quality control functions and workload recordings according to laboratory procedures. - Performs data entry and record processing activities for samples, checking for accuracy of specimen labeling, requisitions, coding and billing. - Performs processing, staining and coverslipping as needed. - Processes non-gynecologic specimens and body fluid following manufacturers’ protocols and laboratory procedures for operating the SurePath equipment, centrifuge, vortex, Cytospin and automated coverslipper. - Participates in GYN and non-GYN quality assurance activities maintaining the required standard for accuracy as established by Cytopathology Section Chief. - Participates in teaching function for cytopathology fellows, residents, and student fellows rotating through the section. - Communicates clearly promoting excellent customer service and teamwork. - Provides a pleasant and professional telephone manner as a front line representative of the laboratory. - Communicates effectively with all customers including physicians, nurses, coworkers, outside clients and patients. - Attends continuing education activities on and off campus. - Carries out job responsibilities in an ethical, effective, and professional manner with clear communication even under stressful conditions. - Reports potential compliance problems using the reporting processes as outlined in the Code of Conduct. - Models ethical and appropriate behavior, professional standards, compliance, and personal integrity. - Participates in compliance training programs. - Understands and complies with the Code of Conduct and meets all OHSU Hospital Core Competencies and departmental competencies, procedures, applicable rules, and regulations.

Provides a safe therapeutic environment - Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees - Utilizes proper posture, sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling - Considers the needs of patients, employees, medical staff, volunteers, vendors and members of the community in an informative, courteous and compassionate manner - Maintains general good physical and mental health and self-care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the hospital Professionalism - Maintains current knowledge of professional practice responsibilities and relevant national and state laws and issues which affect their practice - Models ethical appropriate behavior, professional standards, compliance, and personal integrity - Identifies and pursues continuing education opportunities; applies and shares new knowledge - Participates in departmental staff meetings, daily huddle and in-service education programs - Takes responsibility for special projects and assignments, and additional caseload when needed - Displays mature, empathetic and effective professional relationships by exhibiting compassion, integrity and concern for others - Conducts oneself in an ethical and legal manner, upholding the ASHA Code of Ethics, OHSU, federal privacy policies, and state statues/OAR’s specific to discipline - Adapts to changing and demanding environments Service - Practice is consistent with ASHA guidelines for the Clinical Fellowship Year - Reports program development needs and inservice education needs to supervisor and assists in implementation of it - Demonstrates excellent customer service and communication skills in all interactions with patients and family, including both telephone and face-to-face situations - Demonstrates active listening skills and supportive, professional behavior at all times, to patients, families and staff - Addresses complaints and problems promptly and courteously, involving management when indicated - Communicates with patients and families, other healthcare team members, in a time and cost-efficient, courteous manner Evaluation and Caseload Managemeny - Prioritizes patients care needs given medical necessity, discharge plan, medical stability and appropriateness to participate in rehabilitation - Evaluates patients to determine appropriateness of referral - Identifies rehab potential, establishes treatment goals specific to the scope of acute care rehabilitation, including functional outcomes, quantitative measures and target dates - Performs diagnostic tests and maintains clinical competence (e.g. MBS, FEES) - Develops treatment plans to achieve identified goals - Documents evaluations in patient’s medical record in compliance with DNV, OHSU, OAR’s and third-party payer criteria - Enters accurate codes for services performed and bills time in patient care accurately - Provides surveillance and/or consultation in a time-efficient manner for patients, specific to care area; requesting orders and/or providing guidance to the patient’s team regarding activity or prevention of complications (including but not limited to diet/feeding recommendations) Provides skilled rehabilitation treatment - Prioritizes care needs given medical necessity, discharge plan, medical stability and appropriateness to participate in rehabilitation - Performs and documents skilled patient care activities, including direct treatment and caregiver/patient/family education - Monitors and adjusts treatment plans specific to patient progress - Communicates patient needs and promotes carryover of communication strategies, swallowing precautions, etc. with nursing and other caregivers - Updates recommendations to team regarding continuing rehabilitation needs and plan as patient’s condition and situations warrant - Directs, supports and providers supervision as required for aides and volunteers - Develops and enhances patient care program and patient outcomes in specialty area - Documents treatment and other patient contacts in patient’s medical record in compliance with DNV, OHSU, OAR’s and third-party payer criteria Care Coordination - Collaborates with patient, family, and medical team in multidisciplinary patient rounds, ensuring a common level of understanding of the patient’s rehabilitation needs, and providing recommendations for rehab after discharge - Requests patient/family conferences as appropriate, and participates in conferences representing department, heightens awareness of and advocates for rehab needs of patient - Enhances patient safety both during and after hospitalization by assisting the team in problem-solving, including but not limited to dysphagia, communication and cognition impairments - Provides feedback and educates physicians, fellows, residents, and other health care providers about rehabilitation (including but not limited to medical necessity for skilled rehabilitation services and appropriate referrals and expectations for rehab outcome and intensity at various levels of care) Performance Improvement and Professional Development - Maintains current knowledge of and complies with hospital and department policies and procedures, union contracts, etc. - Ensures baseline skills for patient management in all inpatient areas and maintains proficiency through regular exposure and patient care activity, mentoring with other staff and formal or informal peer review - Participates in ongoing professional development, mentoring and competency assessment for self and other staff. Includes but is not limited to: attends educational classes appropriate to a job development, communicates additional training needs to direct supervisor, attends staff meetings and orients new staff, cross-trains for position in assigned or other areas - Assists in department quality improvement. Independently maintains an organized schedule, solves schedule conflicts through peer collaboration and informs supervisor when adequate patient coverage in not available - Completes 2 hours (or specific DNV requirement) specific continuing education, including but not limited to, attendance in continuing education courses, grand rounds, departmental competencies. Department Operations - Maintains a clean, safe and orderly environment for the patients, family and staff. Includes, but is not limited to: maintaining supplies, equipment and forms, notifying appropriate personnel when cleaning or repair of equipment is needed, following infection control policies - Ensures scheduler/manager has ongoing, current availability for scheduling - Responds in a timely manner to scheduling requests - Meets or exceeds departmental efficiency standards

- Pickup used equipment from OHSU clinics, patient care areas, and other locations as designated. - Use knowledge of sterilization and infection control principles to properly decontaminate instrumentation and equipment. - Appropriately operate equipment including, but not limited to, cart washers, decontaminators, computers, ultrasonic, scanners, telephones, and photocopiers. - Performs routine instrument and equipment quality checks. - Dispense equipment & instrumentation, Restocking of Carts, Case Cart - Picking, assists with Operating Room Turnover, put away (instruments, supplies, and equipment). Maintains Patient & Customer Focus. - Assists with in servicing and orientation of staff, both new and those in assignment rotation. - Maintain records, reports, and patient charges according to established procedures. - Maintain a clean and neat work area.

- Fills out purchase orders, central stores orders, and requisitions for needed or requested items with value up to authorized limit; updates cost and price information on supplies; accepts bids from vendors on items, usually by telephone, following OHSU purchasing rules and procedures; meets with vendors regarding procurement (e.g., product lines, availability of items, and price agreements); tracks missing shipments by contacting vendors and freight and transport companies. - Signs receipts for shipments of items delivered; submits receipts to Accounting Department for processing; checks items received against specifications, purchase orders, and invoices and inspects items for damage; places stock in an orderly fashion in a storeroom or warehouse; rotates stock items which have limited life spans; discards outdated stock; keeps storeroom/ warehouse clean and orderly; maintains inventory of forms and supplies on hand and reorders when appropriate; issues stores items to central staff and ships stores items to field offices; ensures locked security of stores items such as drugs, poisons, flammables, tools; answers questions from staff such as stock availability and purchasing procedures; talks to vendors about order problems (e.g., missing items, errors in billing); assembles new furniture and equipment, and performs minor repairs on existing furniture and equipment. - Marks equipment and property with identification labels for inventory tracking; verifies existence and location of equipment and property by matching inventory identification numbers marked on items against inventory records; researches location of missing items by telephone contact with responsible staff or by physical search. - Responsible for the monthly inventory and purchase of supplies. Also responsible for the supply and equipment inventory, including routine maintenance, serviceability and the repairs of equipment. - Responsible for the making of signs for the EVS Department. - Responsible for the removal of surplus furnishings, equipment, etc. - Responsible for the temporary storage and warehousing, supplies, and equipment for EVS. - Responsible for creating and maintaining PAR levels in all stockrooms and EVS closets in Healthcare spaces. Responsible to maintain cleanliness of EVS stockrooms and supply areas in all buildings.

As a Clinical Research Assistant-II, you will be heavily involved in in-person and phone/virtual behavioral and cognitive assessment and MRI scanning of an established cohort of young adult study participants as part of the National Consortium on Alcohol & Neurodevelopment in Adolescence - Adulthood (NCANDA-A). In addition to primary participant data collection, you will also assist with scheduling of participant visits, maintaining high levels of participant retention, management/tracking of participant wearable device data collection, and general data management (e.g., data entry, scoring, cleaning, and export), and other general office duties in support of the goals of the study. Experience with REDCap and Excel strongly preferred. You will be a self-starter, possessing a strong work ethic and the ability to operate independently, as well as in a team environment. Effectiveness in organizing tasks and setting priorities, meeting deadlines, multi-tasking, working efficiently with minimum oversight, interacting constructively with faculty and staff, and the ability to be adaptable, creative, and a quick learner are all necessary. As a successful Clinical Research Assistant-II, you will be an individual who appreciates the significance of data-driven methodologies and recognizes the importance of thoroughness in our research endeavors. Daytime, evening, and weekend availability will be required, as needed to meet our data collection demands. We are particularly interested in individuals willing to make a 2-year time commitment to working in the study.   Through careful examination of our biases and conscious changes to our practices, in conjunction with lab-based learning and strategic initiatives, DBIL is committed to fostering an anti-racist, inclusive, equitable and welcoming climate for all faculty, students, staff, and research participants.   To apply, submit cover lette and resume and/or CV.

- 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 Research Assistant 2 will provide scientific and lab management support for the joint Xiao-Li lab in the Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry. Scientific support includes, but is not limited to: bacterial protein expression, quantitative PCR, mammalian cell culture maintenance and experiments, buffer preparation, molecular cloning, live and fixed cell imaging, western blot, animal experiments. These experiments will be performed under the supervision of PI, who will also provide training for the new team member to handle these tasks proficiently. Lab management support includes, but is not limited to: ordering reagents/supplies, organizing reagents/supplies, maintaining lab stocks, participating group meetings, and report writing. This position description is not intended to be all inclusive, and additional responsibilities will be assigned by the supervising PI.

- 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: - Collaborating with the clinical trial administrator, program manager, senior research coordinator regarding regulatory requirements of the study and creation of necessary sponsor, KCVI, OHSU and internal clinical trial documents and tools that facilitate study efficiency and team communication. - Coordinating with the assistants in the collection and transcription of all source data with guidance as needed. - Reviewing a weekly task list of outstanding items prepared by the assistant coordinator to ensure data entry to EDC is captured within obligatory time frames - Collaborate with study team to identify and develop new study-specific processes; ensuring everything is in place for first subject - Responsible for direct sponsor correspondence in regards to enrollment numbers and general study maintenance issues - 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 - Timely and complete adverse event reporting - Responsible for elements of patient visits including but not limited to: - Independently schedule and facilitate subject assessments. - Independently performs subject pre-screening and screening. - Responsible for working with the clinical research assistants to schedule visits. - Communicating assessments and appointments with study subjects utilizing the electronic medical record system to document all communications and instructions regarding research visits - Active involvement in obtaining and documenting informed consent - Independent direct research subject contact to obtain or verify information while working with PI to triage clinical information and patient questions. - Direct Collaboration with ancillary departments to ensure research subjects receive timely blood draws (PKs), ECGs, vitals (blood pressure, temp, respirations, height, weight), ECHO, imaging, or other study related tasks as needed. Delegation to research assistant as deemed necessary. - Provide follow up for subjects who are no longer receiving treatment in the form of phone calls or clinic visits. - Ensure all documentation post-visit is entered into EPIC and EDC - Independently write Clear, concise, and professional documentation into EPIC for source document creation - Responsible for direct sponsor correspondence regarding patient safety, responding to queries, reporting adverse events, conduction of visits, etc. - Assist with coordination of patient travel - Assist with prepping any necessary documents prior to the visit - Responsible for communicating with patients regarding scheduled appointments - Assist with processing and shipping lab specimens - Assist with retrieval of study drug for visits - Independently work with monitoring groups to ensure all data is captured as per protocol  

Clinical Responsibilities - Primary Duties: Providing patient care in the outpatient setting for patients with pituitary disorders, as well as preoperative and postoperative care, wound care, unscheduled visits, and chronic follow-up as determined by the faculty. This includes, but is not limited to: developing patient care plans with the faculty and house staff to ensure continuity of care and enhance quality of outpatient care. Training and supervision of neurosurgical team staff, house staff and medical students. Promoting and maintaining health through the use of ancillary services, educational materials, and counseling of patients and families as outpatients; providing same day response to medical advice/prescription phone requests and coordinating patient services with outpatient patient care staff and other departmental advanced care providers. Promoting a safe environment and adhering to policies and confidentiality to support the mission and goals of OHSU. Recognizing clinical emergencies or urgent situations and acting autonomously, efficiently, and effectively to provide situational resuscitation and/or treatment. Assessing patients for outpatient clinic visits, determining medical necessity of visit and ensuring a course of action based on department and OHSU policies and/or in collaboration with the faculty. Being resourceful in patient education materials for patients and families; consulting with the faculty to provide up-to-date condition-specific health care information for outpatients. This includes prompt and professional communication, face-to-face customer contact skills, crisis management, use of available information technology, standard complaint processing, flexibility in coverage of internal service needs, and continuous application of process improvement methods and skills. Scheduled clinics will include in-person, telemedicine, and virtual visits as permitted by OHSU infrastructure and policies, and managed care contract requirements. - Clinical care includes, but is not limited to: - a) Evaluates preoperative and postoperative care; - b) Communicates appropriately with other healthcare professionals to discuss relevant aspects of patient care; prescribes short-term and long-term medications; and responds to peer-to-peer insurance requests for imaging, medication orders. Responds to patient/family messages (e.g, phone, MyChart, letters) in a timely manner to address clinical problems or questions regarding the care plan or test results in collaboration with the nurses within the Department of Neurological Surgery. Determines appropriate actions directly or in consultation with physician faculty as needed. Works in direct collaboration with APPs, physicians, and surgeons to streamline patient care, communication, coordination and follow-up care. Performs minor procedures, such as endocrine testing, suture and staple removal, ventriculoperitoneal shunt tap, and lumbar punctures. Patient education is also a key duty of the position. Position also includes coverage on inpatient neurosurgical units in infrequent situations when there is an urgent need. General Responsibilities - Guidance: Provide OHSU Department of Neurological Surgery representation regarding hospital accreditation standards and provide leadership within the Department regarding compliance with accreditation requirements and guidelines in the inpatient arena. - Advocacy: Participate in quality initiatives. - Teaching: Participate in clinical in-services and staff educational programs, teach neurosurgical and diagnostic treatments to medical students, house staff, nursing staff, and other Department support staff. Mission-Based Responsibilities - Participates in Quality Improvement Program including measures of patient/family satisfaction (service and functional status) and faculty satisfaction; complies with DNV requirements and standards, and OHSU policies and procedures within the outpatient and inpatient programs; cooperates in the development and promotion of special events as appropriate, including speaking at internal and external sites; serves as a resource in neuroendoctinology health within OHSU and the community as needed; provides teaching of neuroendocrinology diagnosis and treatment to nursing staff and other support staff . Specifically responsible for providing plans of care to improve patient service and outcomes of treatment; provides and/or participates in clinical in-service and staff educational programs.

Under supervision from the Research Project Manager, the Senior Research Associate will oversee the design, procedures, and day to day operations of two projects funded by the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission: 1) the Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection data collection and analysis project, and 2) the Oregon IMPACTS Technical Assistance and Local Evaluation Project. Both projects are described below.   1. The Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection Data Collection and Analysis Project, in partnership with the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC).   The Oregon Behavioral Health Deflection (BHD) Program was established with the recent signing of Oregon House Bill 4002. This program is overseen by the CJC, and will consist of grants awarded to fund deflection programs. “Deflection program” means a collaborative program between law enforcement agencies and behavioral health entities that assists individuals who may have substance use disorder, another behavioral health disorder or co-occurring disorders, to create community-based pathways to treatment, recovery support services, housing, case management or other services.   With support from the Research Project Manager and research team, the Senior Research Associate will: - Complete tasks to assess deflection best practices nationally and in Oregon, informing recommendations for future programming; - Identify deflection program outcomes for inclusion in a statewide data system; - Develop and oversee a statewide data system in OHSU REDCap© for tracking deflection program outcomes; - Manage account operations and serve as a key point of contact for grantee support entering accurate and complete data into the OHSU REDCap© database; - Provide training and assistance on OHSU REDCap© data collection, onboarding and supporting grantees across the state from diverse backgrounds and professions; - Conduct regular data quality checks, including direct outreach to grantee sites, and collect grantee and stakeholder feedback to inform database improvements; - Support preparation of data for analysis, and contribute to analysis as identified; - Coordinate and plan stakeholder meetings and interviews, as needed; - Disseminate findings through presentations, reports, and papers as identified; - Participate in regular meetings with key partner agencies; and - Other administrative tasks, such as overseeing travel coordination, note taking, summarizing and disseminating results, and other writing and editing as assigned. 2. The Oregon IMPACTS Technical Assistance and Local Evaluation Project, in partnership with CJC.   “IMPACTS" stands for Improving People's Access to Community-based Treatment, Supports, and Services. This program is overseen by the CJC. Grants are awarded to 15 counties and federally recognized Indian tribes, to address shortage of comprehensive community supports and services for individuals with mental health or substance use disorders, leading to their involvement with the criminal justice system, hospitalizations and institutional placements.   Duties include overseeing qualitative interview processes; development of standard operating procedures and carrying out tasks such as interviews, analysis and report writing; data systems management (e.g., use of REDCap), data analysis, and writing up results; collaborating with external research partners to conduct virtual and in-person learning opportunities and regional retreats for grantees; and some administrative tasks including participation in regular project meetings.   The Senior Research Associate plays a critical role in developing and maintaining relationships with collaborating partners. Occasional in-state, overnight travel to IMPACTS and BHD implementation sites is required for this position. The Senior Research Associate has expert knowledge of research and evaluation practices in this field of study, the ability to teach others on methodology/standard operating procedures, and serves as a mentor to junior staff. The Senior Research Associate will have experience using electronic data capture systems, and will be required to develop training materials for implementation sites.

- Study mycobacterial enzymes and drug susceptibility using chemical tools; - General lab cleaning and maintenance; - Assist lab members as needed.

As a member of the Department of Orthopaedics responsibilities and duties are outlined as follows: - Clinical. The Clinical Director for this location, working with the Department, will assign the clinical schedule. This position will work primarily as a general Orthopaedic provider providing care also for patients with orthopedic trauma surgical care needs. This position will be expected to take call, as assigned, with other providers on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Hiring Bonus up to $12,000 DOE and Relocation Package Available. Must begin work by July 1, 2024 to qualify.     $49.16-$78.18 per hour, based on education and experience.   OHSU cares for patients of varying acuity and intensity.  A successful candidate will be able to practice independently and will engage in effective teamwork.  Acute Care Unit (ACU) nurses understand the importance of their independent scope of practice and participate in the dependent scope of practice decision making with the provider team.  Common patient populations include: - Cellulitus, long term antibiotics - Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) - Diabetes - COPD exacerbation - Chest pain - Cystic Fibrosis - COVID or COVID rule out 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.

Patient Monitoring - Tech documents a comprehensive patient history including Neurological symptoms and medications. Measures and accurately applies electrodes in less than 30mins and with appropriate impedance of <5kohms. Tech is able to use multiple electrode application techniques; observes, records, and attempts to eliminate artifact and body movements that can affect recording of cerebral activity, and prepares a technical report. Learns and applies basic EEG waveform recognition, relevant medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, infection control, current HIPAA practices, and contraindications for activation procedures. This tech is occasionally paired with senior techs to learn and perform more complex recordings in the clinical setting. EEG Examinations - This tech performs routine and long-term EEG procedures under indirect supervision and in accordance with the standards and protocols of the department. Implements alternative methods or adjusts controls to obtain optimal recordings. Observes and records conditions and reactions of patients during exam; notes extraneous conditions which may affect recording; operates equipment; notes body movements for benefit of interpretation by neurologist. Equipment Maintenance - Maintains clean testing equipment, maintains proper sanitization of supplies and surrounding area, and reports equipment malfunctions in writing to our engineer. Miscellaneous - Performs tests for research purposes; prepares reports of recordings for interpretation by physician; edits, types, archives and stores files in accordance to lab policy. Informs lead tech when supplies and equipment need to be reordered. This technologist is able to communicate appropriately and effectively with the patient to convey the purpose of the EEG, and answer questions surrounding the test. Understands why and how to troubleshoot common EEG artifacts and protocols with a conscious effort to maintain safety standards. Customer Satisfaction - Follows OHSU’s customer service philosophy, and follows AIDET forms of communication. Works to understand and correct the most common customer service complaints. Follows customer service satisfaction scores and helps the department to achieve the highest level scores possible by working to become a leader in customer service.

As a Radiation Therapist you will administer radiation therapy accurately as prescribed and planned by a physician, and reinforce the Radiation Oncologist's advice to patients regarding reactions to treatment and their care. This position will require you to observe the clinical progress of the radiation oncology patient, use clinical decision-making skills to recognize and report any signs of complications, unusual reactions, and events to the nursing staff and/or Radiation Oncologist. Additional duties could include assisting with the training, mentoring, and/or directly supervision of Radiation Therapy students.   The successful candidate for this position will have demonstrated experience working as a Radiation Therapist. This includes the ability to safely and effectively operate a variety of computerized simulation and treatment machines, and the ability to perform all necessary machine and treatment quality assurances, and be able and willing to work in all areas within the unit. This position requires professional conduct and the ability to effectively communicate and interact within clinical settings with a variety of individuals in written and oral formats.

The Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has an outstanding opportunity for a BE/BC Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist interested in serving at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health, a 22-bed CAP Psychiatric Unit in a larger hospital which includes 80 Adult beds and a Psychiatric Emergency Service in Portland, Oregon. Unity Center is a collaborative effort to address the mental health needs of the community. OHSU’s Department of Psychiatry, in partnership with other major Oregon health systems, uses a non-coercive, highly community-oriented treatment program, which will prevent hospitalization when possible, and return patients to community services as soon as feasible. This is a unique opportunity for a creative, energetic child and adolescent psychiatrist to treat, teach, and advance their academic interests. The incumbent will work as a full-time Pediatric Inpatient Physician at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health.  As part of your duties and base pay at Unity Center, you will be expected to take regular nightly pager call duties at Unity Center, in addition to covering weekend calls, as assigned, with other faculty on weekends and holidays, up to 10 weekends in a year. You may work more weekends if you are interested. For weekend or holiday calls, you will be paid at a per diem rate. The incumbent will be allowed approximately 0.1 FTE time to pursue academic interests of their choosing, including clinical program development, curriculum development, or scholarship, typically one full day every two weeks. The hospital also serves as a major training site for the department’s child psychiatric fellowship training program, in addition to OHSU medical students and other health professional trainees. The incumbent will be expected to teach child psychiatric fellows, psychiatric residents, NP students, and medical students in the clinical setting as well as through assigned lectures to be given during the year in support of this mission.