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Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Clinical Research Assistant is responsible for performing delegated tasks and procedures involving human subjects in support of clinical research protocols.
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GENERAL SUMMARY OF POSITION: Under the general supervision of the Program Director or designee, participates as a member of the mental health treatment team in an intensive treatment program. Assist with the delivery of direct care, including provision for safety and milieu activities. Take an active role in re-acclimating individuals to the larger community. Provide trauma informed care and promote a person-centered, skills-based collaborative philosophy. The milieu counselor participates in a process of continuous learning and demonstrates openness to evolving philosophies of practice, including restraint and seclusion prevention.
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This position is to support research being conducted in the laboratory of Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, Professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute. Dr. Khvorova's lab focuses on the chemical biology of therapeutic RNAs.
Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Laboratory Technician I, performs a variety of specimen preparatory techniques, dry lab data collection, and routine laboratory maintenance.
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The Office of Clinical Affairs (OCA) is responsible for establishing and monitoring a pro-active system of clinical integrity and accountability, which assures the delivery and purchase of clinically effective, high quality, equitable and cost efficient healthcare for members enrolled in MassHealth. MassHealth is the Massachusetts Medicaid program administered by the Office of Medicaid within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS).
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) serves as the Medical Director for MassHealth and Executive Leader of OCA, exercising medical and clinical oversight of all the healthcare services MassHealth provides. This position has accountability for medical policy/medical review, appeals, quality, clinical development of medical cost reduction initiatives and serving as the spokesperson for MassHealth on clinical aspects. The CMO will work with MassHealth to execute the clinical transformation strategy. This individual ensures the development and implementation of clinical policies, standards, and practices consistent with sound medical practice that affects the MassHealth members as well as the provider and advocacy communities. The MassHealth CMO oversees all clinical aspects of the operation and management of the OCA. In this role, she/he is responsible for building consensus with the Associate Medical Directors, the Medical Director Working Group and the Drug Utilization Review Board. She/he serves as the chief medical advisor to the Medicaid Director, and through the staff of OCA as the Medical Director for MassHealth’s Primary Care Clinician Plan. The MassHealth CMO, directly and through the staff of OCA, serves as a clinical resource to the entire MassHealth program and its staff. The MassHealth CMO will also serve as the Director and Executive Leader of OCA. All final medical decision-making for MassHealth ultimately resides under the purview of the CMO, in consultation with the Medicaid Director in the Office of Medicaid.
The MassHealth CMO also serves in a leadership role in Commonwealth Medicine/University of Massachusetts Medical School (CWM/UMMS). She/he serves as the primary clinical liaison between the Office of Medicaid and CWM -, and as a member of the leadership team of CWM. Based on interest and availability, the MassHealth CMO may participate in the academic and research activities of UMMS.
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School is seeking a Night and Weekend Hospitalist with a career interest in Public Sector Psychiatry for a position at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital (WRCH). WRCH, is a state-of-art inpatient and rehabilitation facility that opened in October of 2012. It is a short walk from the Medical School where research and teaching opportunities are easy to accommodate and are actively encouraged. This public psychiatric hospital is unique with a person-centered, recovery-focus as a fundamental operative principle.
There are excellent state benefits with a pension plan. There are 13 paid holidays, 4 weeks of paid vacation, three paid conference days, 2 paid personal days,
WRCH is a Department of Mental Health Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry is contracted to provide the Professional Services.
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Under the direct supervision of a Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Lab Tech II performs and interprets routine and highly complex experiments.
Position will use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing methods to create and study cell culture and mouse models of human genetic diseases.
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Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Laboratory Technician I, performs a variety of specimen preparatory techniques, dry lab data collection, and routine laboratory maintenance.
This position will use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing methods to create and study cell culture and mouse models of human genetic diseases.
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Under the direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Associate I performs a variety of complex research experiments.
Position will use CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing methods to create and study cell culture and mouse models of human genetic diseases
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Under the general supervision of the Building Equipment & Maintenance Manager or designee, the Sr. Facilities Specialist-Mechanic is responsible for the repair, maintenance, troubleshooting, installation, monitoring and operation of all building systems and equipment. Maintains records, installs, repairs, modifies and maintains mechanical systems and equipment.
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Under the general direction of the Associate Director, or designee, this position serves a crucial role in combating fraud, waste and abuse within the Medicaid program. This position provides clinical direction of cases/providers to identify potential aberrant billing patterns and performs all activities related to investigation of potential fraud, waste and abuse. In collaboration with colleagues, this position will perform clinical reviews based on federal and state regulations and be responsible to support findings and recovery efforts.
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The laboratory of Dr Jason Shohet in the Department of Pediatrics seeks an experienced Research Associate to join his group investigating the molecular mechanisms mediating neuroblastoma. The preferred candidate will have proven experience in mammalian cell culture and cell-based assays, molecular biology techniques, and in vivo mouse tumor models. Familiarity with computer based imaging software and statistical analysis programs such as GraphPad Prism a plus.
Under the direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Associate I performs a variety of complex research experiments.
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Under the direction of the Director or designee, the Senior Software Engineer functions in all phases of applications development. This position is responsible for the analysis of user needs, software and database design, programming and life cycle development of all business and clinical applications. The Senior Software Engineer will work with other engineers in the design and development of software applications that support the demands of UMMS academic, research and business needs. They may also manage the evaluation and research of 3rd party software and conduct feasibility studies to determine appropriate solutions. Performs duties in a manner consistent with a complex, diverse, dynamic hardware and software environment and serves a complex medical/education community. This position requires an experienced developer that is in touch with new trends and is very familiar with rapid development. The position requires individuals to be detail oriented, organized, independent, responsible and accountable.
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Reporting directly to the Senior Director, the Director of Program Evaluation & Research is responsible for directing and managing a range of program evaluation and research projects activities within the Public & Private Health Solutions (PPHS) at Commonwealth Medicine (CWM) in the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). CWM, the Medical School’s public consulting division, offers a unique blend of academic excellence and health services and policy expertise. This combination allows us to provide health care solutions for the public sector and not-for profit organizations. Our services help Massachusetts and many other states, local health care agencies, and community-based organizations increase the value and quality of the health and social services that they provide and improve access and quality of care for at-risk populations.
This position will includes developing new evaluation/research projects/funding with potential clients, working with clients/funders to define evaluation/research questions, conceptualizing program elements, and designing, overseeing and mentoring research team, conducting quality control of team’s work, carrying out and summarizing findings of evaluation/research projects.
Qualified candidates may be eligible for a faculty appointment at the UMMS, at a rank commensurate with their accomplishments, and will be involved in educational and other academic activities.
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Under the general direction of the Director or designee, the Project Associate is responsible for supporting enterprise-wide projects. The Project Associate will assist the Director in leading and documenting project activities, and may lead sub-components of a project. The Project Associate is also responsible for planning and coordinating project related activities of small and medium size projects that will vary in scope including the management of resources in a matrix environment. The Project Associate will develop and implement projects while adhering to UMMS’s Project Management guidelines.
For the first year of this assignment, the Project Associate will be assigned to work at MassHealth with its Home and Community-Based Waivers Unit. This Unit administers ten home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver programs. These are specialized programs that support individuals—who otherwise would require long-term, facility-based care—to live in the community. The Project Associate will also collaborate on a regular basis with state agency staff from the HCBS waiver operating agencies: the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and the Department of Developmental Services. The HCBS Project Associate will:
- Prepare and maintain project tracking tools covering multiple projects within the HCBS Unit to identify competing deadlines and ensure timely completion of deliverables;
- Coordinate logistics (i.e., schedule meetings, reserve conference rooms, arrange conference calls, etc.), prepare agendas and other materials for, and participate in workgroup meetings;
- Draft a variety of types of documents and accurately coordinate edits from multiple colleagues;
- Work with staff in other MassHealth departments, including MassHealth Publications and Legal, to develop and distribute public-facing materials, including documents for public comment;
- Assist in issue-spotting throughout all phases of projects related to policy development and program implementation;
- Communicate and collaborate with colleagues in the HCBS Unit as well as from other departments and state agencies on a regular basis to support day-to-day operation of the ten HCBS waivers and the development and implementation of new policy and program initiatives.
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Under the general direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Associate II performs a variety of complex research experiments and is responsible for overseeing laboratory operations within the Department.
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Under the direct supervision of a Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Lab Tech II performs and interprets routine and highly complex experiments.
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Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Laboratory Technician I, performs a variety of specimen preparatory techniques, dry lab data collection, and routine laboratory maintenance.
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Under the direction of the Principal Investigator or designee, the Research Coordinator II is responsible for independently carrying out multiple complex and diverse research initiatives.
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The Psychotic Disorders Program in the department of Psychiatry is looking to hire a highly motivated and ambitious individual with clinical trial research management experience to manage the day-to-day operations of short term and multi-year research projects. The goal of our program is to develop innovative intervention strategies combining pharmacological and psychosocial approaches to treat schizophrenia symptoms, medical co-morbidity and co-occurring substance use, and ultimately to improve the quality of life in this patient population.
The Project Director will be responsible for the implementation of cutting edge clinical trial research projects, community outreach and global initiatives in psychiatry from inception to completion and manages and coordinates these activities. He/she will also monitor research staff activities to ensure safety and compliance to regulatory requirements. He/she will work under the direction of the PI on grant applications, budget development, data analysis, scientific writing and overall program development. Please visit our websitehttp://www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/psychotic-disorders-research-program/
UMass Medical School is committed to being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and recognizes the power of a diverse community. We encourage applications from protected veterans, individuals with disabilities and those with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds to consider UMass Medical School as their employer of choice.
Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled.