Job Summary:

A full-time researcher (Ph.D.) with experience in designing, managing and executing health services research studies. Knowledge of health care systems and/or managed care is a plus. The successful candidate will identify researchable questions relevant to the current vision and business imperatives of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. and The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, conceptualize and design approaches to test these hypotheses, and prepare applications to extramural funders to support the studies. Proven skills in study design, implementation, statistical analysis and manuscript preparation.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Identify research questions & design studies.

• Write competitive grant proposals for funding.

• Oversee implementation of protocols & guide work.

• Stay on budget & advise.

• Write publishable manuscripts.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• Minimum four (4) years of scientific investigation work.

  Education

• Ph.D. in Epidemiology, public health or social sciences or eight (8) years of experience in a directly related field.

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

  License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

  Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of statistical methodology and analysis.

• Proficiency in SAS software - e.g. ability to guide programmer & validate output data.

• Strong data management capabilities using large administrative data sets.

• Ability to manage multiple research projects within agreed upon timeframes.

• Comfortable working independently as well as productively with internal and external study collaborators.

• Track record of successful grant awards.

• A bibliography of scientific presentations and publications in peer-reviewed journals.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• N/A.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Investigator, Research

LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia

REQNUMBER: 1270413

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.