The Research Projects Manager serves as project manager for clinical research studies, including but not limited to assisting in supervising a team of clinical research staff, including nurses and coordinators; communication of performance expectations; conducting performance evaluations; and monitors quality assurance standards and procedures within the team.
Position Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) and 5 years experience
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Position Shift:
First Shift
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* Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
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* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.
Additional Key Elements/ Responsibilities:
Manages the components of a clinical research project.
Communicates and models values and mission.
Establishes, supports, and promotes ownership of team/departmental goals. Works as a team to accomplish common departmental goals. Willingly accepts responsibility and performs expected and unexpected tasks. Willingly exerts extra effort when necessary to get the job done.
Exhibits strong leadership skills. Applies key concepts of facilitative leadership. Delegates tasks as appropriate and follows up to assure completion.
Effectively motivates team members. Listens and understands other team member's point of view. Considers suggestions from others. Creates and supports a climate of trust, openness and honest communication.
Recognizes areas of responsibility and takes charge of them. Takes ownership of problems brought to their attention. Follows through from analysis to problem resolution. Takes responsibility for mistakes and learns from them.
Ability to accept constructive criticism. Demonstrates a positive attitude in response to suggestions for improvement.
Assigns and reviews work; effectively prioritizes tasks and work assignments.
Delegates tasks as appropriate and follows up to assure completion.
Encourages appreciation and respect of diversity in workplace. Treats all team members as unique individuals with valuable resources and skills that enhance the team.
Plans, organizes, and completes projects in an efficient manner.
Ensure a safe, satisfying and enriching environment for employees and provides a qualified, competent staff
Assesses the composition of the team and identifies potential deficiencies. Develops and communicates team goals providing appropriate follow-up to assure resolution.
Creates an environment that encourages and supports self-development and learning through regular, immediate feedback. Thoroughly documents all conversations with teams to provide detail needed in future performance evaluations or counseling's.
Assures that each staff member's ability is regularly assessed in meeting the performance expectations stated in his/her job description. Assesses accomplishment of last year's goals and creation of next year's goals based upon individual and departmental goals.
Assures the development of staff members through orientation, training programs and work experience. Strives to develop individualized professional development plan to guide staff to success, focusing on areas needing growth.
Recommends personnel action, including hiring, promotions and terminations.
Counsels employees with regard to disciplinary actions taken in response to violations of institution/department policies.
Communicates in and across teams to maximize effectiveness, efficiency, and information sharing.
Analyzes situations/events, develops recommendations/plans and prepares presentations/conclusions.
Uses innovative thinking when developing alternative solutions.
Can distinguish critical needs/problems from less urgent ones. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks and issues.
Actively seeks customer feedback to improve processes, systems, and outcomes.
Initiates and contributes to the development and/or modification of departmental policies and procedures.
Collaborates with others to identify, develop and implement educational opportunities across the research community.
Nurtures a life-long learning environment.
Applies innovative thinking when developing alternative solutions.
Distinguishes critical needs/problems from less urgent ones.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is home to Vanderbilt University Hospital, The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and the Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital. These hospitals experienced more than 61,000 inpatient admissions during fiscal year 2015. Vanderbilt’s adult and pediatric clinics treated nearly 2 million patients during this same period. Vanderbilt University Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are recognized again this year by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals as among the nation’s best with 18 nationally ranked specialties. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is world renowned because of the innovation, work ethic and collegiality of its employees. From our health care advances to our compassionate care, Vanderbilt owes its accomplishments and reputation to staff and faculty who bring skill and drive and innovation to the medical center day after day. World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.As t...he largest employer in middle Tennessee, we welcome those who are interested in ongoing development in a caring, culturally sensitive and professional atmosphere. Most of us spend so much of our lives at work, we want to be part of maintaining a workplace in which people support one another and encourage reaching for excellence. Many high-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt because of the professional growth they experience and because of their appreciation of Vanderbilt’s benefits, public events and discussions, athletic opportunities, beautiful setting and, above all, sense of community and purpose.Vanderbilt and its employees share a set of mutual expectations that have been created with productivity, legality, fairness and safety always in mind. We believe that our investment in training and compensating employees multiplies in value when we enable individuals to deliver their best performance for the benefit of us all.
