WHY CHOOSE ECRI?

ECRI is an inspiring place to work. We share a common mission to help healthcare organizations make smart, compassionate, and ethical decisions for patients. Consider these additional benefits of joining the ECRI team:

• Industry leadership: We have a long history and proven reputation in patient safety and medical technology research.
• On-the-job-learning: You will have the opportunity to work with specialists across medical science, patient care, healthcare management, and technology.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and disability coverage.
• Retirement Savings: Our employees can participate in an employer-matching 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan.
• Additional benefits: ECRI offers additional benefits to our employees, including paid time off and holiday pay, paid leave for parents, tuition assistance, employee assistance program, access to LinkedIn Learning, and other voluntary benefit programs (e.g. accident insurance, identify theft insurance, flexible spending accounts).
• Volunteer Program: ECRI Cares, our employee volunteer program, provides a framework for us to work together and make a difference in the lives of others. All employees are provided 16 hours annually of paid time to volunteer at preapproved ECRI Cares charities during normal business hours.

ABOUT ECRI

At ECRI, our passion for safe, effective, and efficient care is ingrained into the fabric of who we are and why we are here. For more than 50 years, the people of ECRI have been unyielding in their work to protect patients from unsafe and ineffective medical technologies and practices. Now, with the acquisition of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), we have created one of the largest healthcare quality and safety entities in the world.

As a non-profit, independent organization, we utilize an unbiased, evidence-based approach to develop guidance, and maintain our principles of integrity and transparent work. Our ethical standards have led us to adopt the industry's strictest conflict-of-interest policies, and they are why tens of thousands of healthcare leaders worldwide rely on ECRI to guide their clinical, operational, and strategic decisions across all sites of care.

The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare

ECRI is proud to serve the healthcare industry, from providers and insurers to government agencies, and medical associations. Our areas of focus include:

• Patient Safety: empowering leaders to eliminate patient harm through the dissemination of best practices, guidance, benchmarking, and recommendations.
• Evidence-Based Medicine: providing clinical evidence to inform and support decisions on the effectiveness of medical technologies, procedures, genetic tests, and clinical practice guidelines.
• Technology Decision Support: arming hospital systems with unbiased insights, so they can optimize their supply chain.

ECRI is the only organization worldwide to conduct independent medical device evaluations, with labs located in North America and Asia Pacific. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

At ECRI, our passion for the truth drives us to go further and dig deeper in our pursuit to advance effective, evidence-based healthcare globally.

The success of our organization relies on the kind of creative thinking that can only result from a diverse team of individuals. ECRI is proud to be an employer of choice with an inclusive environment for all employees. As part of this goal and in compliance with various laws and regulations, ECRI provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees.

It's what makes ECRI unique, and why we are the most trusted voice in healthcare.

POSITION SUMMARY

ECRI is seeking an experienced Human Factors Engineer (the Engineer) to work as part of a dynamic, diverse, collaborative group focused upon applying human factors engineering to improve healthcare safety. Human Factors Engineering (HFE) is a cornerstone of ECRI's future strategic goals and is currently being integrated into a number of new and existing product and service lines. The Engineer will have the unique opportunity to contribute to the development and continuous improvement of impactful ECRI HFE educational and consulting offerings, helping to expand a new market; deliver operational excellence for our clients; provide HFE-specific education, workshops, and training; and drive a reduction in preventable harm by working on patient safety initiatives.

Success in this role will be measured through contributions to projects focused on patient safety, customer satisfaction, and driving revenue to achieve the ECRI mission. A successful candidate will embody excellent judgment, identify risks or issues early and will be highly collaborative, able to work as part of a diverse team of internal and external partners. The Engineer must be results driven and have a proven track record of executing and producing high quality deliverables, and will be expected to maintain an active working knowledge of worldwide human factors literature and standards.

Most importantly, the Engineer must have a growth-mindset that brings people together and delivers excellence to ECRI's clients. Demonstrated team-work and collaborative problem solving experience are required. Technical knowledge around ECRI offerings is preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:
To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactory. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions Statement(s):

Human Factors Engineering-Focused Service Offering(s):

• Develop a general approach to identifying issues with medical equipment and devices that ECRI is evaluating.
• Lead, review and provide guidance on Human Factors assessments.
• Provide judgements, conclusions and recommendations based on the findings of studies.
• Support human factors education, training and potential specialized certificates.
• Assist in development and execution of clinically informed human factors workflow solutions which enable and promote patient safety and reduce preventable harm.
• Embed human factors engineering (HFE) and safety science into consulting projects, risk assessments, and clinical operations for our clients' engagements.
• Collect and analyze relevant data from field studies or aggregation across client engagements in order to glean insights and recommend improvements for safety and clinical operations.
• Act as HFE subject matter expert on sales and business development calls.

HFE team:

• Work collaboratively as part of an HFE team.
• Collaborate with other ECRI departments to develop new initiatives and service lines which are primarily focused on patient safety and reduction of preventable harm.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties, as assigned.

Accountability Metric(s):

• Attract, develop, retain and engage talent.
• Meet annual department goals for Human Factors Engineering.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years experience working in healthcare.
• Knowledge of Human Factors Engineering methods and deliverables.
• Knowledge of user-centered design principles and usability best practices.
• Real-world experience creating experimental designs, utilizing scientific methods and conducting human factors studies and end-user interviews.
• Ability to provide consultative services to healthcare and related clinical teams.
• Ability to develop and deliver learning and education materials.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Education:

• Master's degree in human factors engineering and/or HFE-related discipline is required.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Suite of products (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Certifications & Licenses:

• N/A

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position operates in a remote environment and requires the individual to remain in a stationary position, whether sitting or standing, before a desk or other fixed workspace, most of their workday. In addition, this position requires the individual to occasionally move about their workspace to access and inspect work-related materials, such as file cabinets with physical files and standard office equipment. This position requires the ability to operate standard office equipment, including, but not limited to, a laptop, keyboard, mouse, webcam, and phone, as well as effectively communicate information and ideas to a wide variety of audiences in written and oral form.

ADA Statement

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.

EEO Statement

ECRI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. We value diversity and believe that a diverse workforce enhances our ability to succeed. ECRI complies with applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment and prohibits any form of discrimination or harassment based on these protected characteristics.

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