Staff Scientist, Neurology
Vanderbilt Health
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Staff Scientist, Neurology

Vanderbilt Health

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Posted:
February 13, 2021
Location:
Nashville, Tennessee
Salary:
Open
Discipline:
Academic / Research
Description

JOB SUMMARY:
The Staff Scientist assists the Principal Investigator with grant and manuscript preparation. Independently carry out and design highly sophisticated and independent experiments. Mentor and train graduate students and post doctoral fellow in developing their research projects.

Department Summary:

Welcome to the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center! As the Margaret and John Warner Professor and Chair of Neurological Education, it's an honor to introduce our faculty and staff, as well as the many areas of patient care, research, and education to which we dedicate our work. Vanderbilt is a collegial institution, and our department reflects this by fostering an environment of trust, transparency, inclusion, and collaboration. We are committed to developing new programs that incorporate novel technology and clinical innovation into the personalized care of our patients, while enabling our physicians and scientists to continue to make discoveries that change the way we understand and treat neurological disease. Our residency and fellowship programs are training the next generation of leading neurologists, who are improving and expanding Vanderbilt's impact and prestige nationwide. I am proud of all we have accomplished thus far, and I'm eager to witness what the future of the Department of Neurology will contribute to the world. I invite you to explore our website, meet our faculty, and learn more about the important initiatives underway in each of our subspecialty areas. .

Position Shift: Day Shift/Exempt Position

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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity -- of culture, thinking, learning and leading -- is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

VUMC Recent Accomplishments

Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:

* US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.

* Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.

* Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.

* The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.

* American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows

* Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.

* National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement

* Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Independently oversee research projects and perform near to totally independent research.
  • Supervise, plan, design and implement research projects
  • oEstablish highly complex protocol(s); define data collection, evaluation and analysis procedures
  • Exercise discretion and independent judgment to develop methods and procedures for operation of complex scientific equipment
  • Supervise set-up and operation of various scientific experiments involving complex apparatus and equipment
  • Contribute to research so as to merit serving as author or co-author on research publications, etc.
  • Assist principal investigator in writing research grants and contract proposals
  • Assists PI in manuscript preparation for scientific journals.
  • Present research findings as needed
  • Responsible for plan and coordination of literature and library searches and data collection programs
  • Develop reports of results, graphs, charts, tables, etc. of research findings
  • Supervise writing, reviewing and editing of various materials for publication
  • Provide supervisory responsibility to staff
  • Mentor and teach graduate students and post doctoral fellows in developing their projects and on specific techniques and protocols.
  • Train and supervise technical staff, medical and graduate students
  • Provide technical guidance to students, pos-doctoral fellows and faculty as required
  • May provide budget responsibility
  • Make recommendations to principal investigator regarding staff, supply and equipment needs for research projects
  • May monitor expenditures of funds
  • Maintain open communication between department and others
  • Open contact as needed with principal investigator, collaborating professionals, Purchasing, Human Resource Services, Space and Facilities Planning, asset management personnel, Environmental Health and Safety, Institutional Review Board staff, administrative staff relating to budget capabilities
  • Contact as required with sponsoring agencies and/or cooperating facilities (e.g. V.A.), collaborating professionals and vendors

Internal Number: 2012828
About Vanderbilt Health
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.
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