Description

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

The Research Analyst II will conduct rapid and in-depth evidence assessments covering a wide range of diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, and other clinical interventions for various decision makers (e.g., clinical practice guidelines panels and government agencies). The Research Analyst II will produce high-quality systematic reviews of moderate complexity by critically evaluating research methods and statistical findings of published studies utilizing established frameworks and tools (e.g., PICOTS framework, Risk of Bias instruments, and GRADE evidence rating system). The Research Analyst II required strong written and oral communication skills as they will produce evidence reports and present findings to various audiences.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

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

Essential Functions Statements(s)

• Conduct rapid and in-depth evidence assessments covering a wide range of diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, and other clinical interventions for various decision makers, including, but not limited to, clinical practice guideline panels, government agencies, payers, and health systems.
• Produce high-quality systematic reviews of moderate complexity in a deadline-driven environment. This includes, but not limited to:
  • Apply proficient understanding of established systematic review processes, from developing report scope and protocol, screening clinical literature, assessing study risk of bias and quality of the evidence, data extraction and preparing the final report.
  • Apply concepts of PICOTS (patient population, intervention, comparator, outcome, timing, and setting) analytic framework, use search results to select appropriate studies for inclusion, and abstract data from relevant studies.
  • Apply the appropriate methods for analyzing and interpreting data from clinical literature and assessing quality of the evidence using the GRADE (grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluations) or Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) system.
  • Document sources for all facts and information used in reports, utilizing internal citation system workflows to request and document resources used.
  • Incorporate peer review feedback to revise assessments, as needed, after internal and external review. Document responses to and from reviewers.
  • Participate in manuscript preparation, submission, and response to peer review comments.
  • Use internal workflow tools (e.g., SharePoint and MS Teams) to follow appropriate procedures for reporting documentation, drafting, peer review, revision, and final publication.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Train and mentor level I Research Analysts and Research Assistants.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Accountability Metrics

• Demonstrate improvement in process and methodological skills in conducting systematic review/evidence synthesis.
• Meet established deadlines for client deliverables.
• Participate in internal methods workshops and relevant online education courses recommended by management to advance skills in systematic review methodology and other relevant areas.
• Attend or contribute to relevant ECRI webinars, conferences, and trainings to grow/maintain knowledge base, as deemed necessary by the business.
• Communicate scientific evidence with strong written and verbal presentation skills.

Qualifications

Experience:

• 2 - 4 years’ experience in critically appraising published literature and performing systematic review work for guideline developers, health systems, government agencies, payers, or other decision makers.
• Detail-oriented with strong writing skills, coupled with familiarity with concepts of evidence-based medicine, systematic review, clinical study design, and analysis of diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic studies.
• Experience with PICOTS framework to formulate appropriate key questions; understanding of clinical trial designs and using tools to assess risk of bias in studies, clinical data analysis familiarity with applying systems such as GRADE or AHRQ to assess strength of evidence and draw conclusions.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative methods of synthesizing data and interpreting results of pooled analysis; experience with meta-analytic and other statistical software packages.
• Ability to write accurately and clearly for various audiences, including health plans and health systems, and accept and appropriately implement peer review critiques.
• Experience performing evidence synthesis and presenting research findings to clients, colleagues, or other audiences.
• Experience with writing grant and/or proposals in tight deadlines is preferred.

Education:

• Master’s degree in clinical research, life science, nursing, public health, and/or clinical-related discipline is required. Ph.D. and/or postdoctoral (postdoc) is preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 Suite of products
• Experience using data visualization software preferred.

Certifications and 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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