Spine Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Inova Neuroscience Research is looking for a dedicated Spine Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the Team. This full-time role will be day-shift working Monday – Friday located in Alexandria, VA.

The Spine Postdoctoral Research Fellow is responsible for Career Planning and Professional Development Discipline-specific conceptual knowledge and research skill development. Trains others, attends and gives seminar-type presentations, learns new lab and informatic-based techniques, performs required research protocol maintenance, serves on internal and external committees, and presents and publishes research and related findings.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
  

Spine Postdoctoral Research Fellow Responsibilities:

• Participates in various educational workshops such as developing grant applications, preparing research publications, and writing research proposals.
• Gives presentations at appropriate meetings, conferences, and seminars. Participates in Inova research seminars including presenting research findings and obtaining feedback from colleagues and peers.
• Selects a specific research project and conducts that project semi-independently, but under the mentorship of Inova staff, as well as with collaborating mentors.
• Assists leaders and other investigators in preparing analytical methods/results for publication in professional journals and presentations at professional meetings.
• Assists in the development of grant applications for service line projects.
• Contributes to large projects and/or leads smaller research projects.
• Meets regularly with mentor(s), research managers, and academic advisors to discuss progress on research projects and identify and resolve any difficulties carrying out their work.
• Protects and promotes technologies and products through appropriate use of patents, internal and external publications, conference presentations, and trade secrets.
• Performs medical duties as assigned and relevant to credentials and research study needs
May perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: MD, PhD or equivalent degree
• Experience: 1 year of human, translational and basic research-oriented experience
• Certification: BLS for MD candidates only.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited medical school preferred.

• Strong interest in spine research and academic medicine preferred.