Children's National Hospital

Key Responsibilities

• • responsible for the overall operation and administration of a research laboratory
• • employment and training of personnel who are competent to perform research procedures, record and report test results promptly, accurately and proficiently, and for assuring compliance with the applicable regulations
• • operations of a research laboratory including basic and applied research projects, quality improvement projects within the lab, and the development of new research objectives, technologies and therapies that ultimately improve patient care
• • encourages team members to use the scientific method to push the boundaries of human knowledge and develop new treatments and technologies
• • serve as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders
• • responsible for identifying new sources of revenue for the program, including grant funding, philanthropy, or manufacturing service contracts
• • represent the research program, and institution in a professional way and participate regionally, nationally and internationally in a manner that demonstrates the expertise, research, and novel researches and therapies available in the hospital
• • Partners in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization
• • Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural/ ethnic differences
• • Demonstrates personal and professional integrity
• • Maintains confidentiality at all times
• • Anticipates and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
• • Demonstrates collaborative and respectful behavior
• • Partners with all team members to achieve goals
• • Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
• • Contributes to a positive work environment
• • Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to change
• • Identifies opportunities to improve research, clinical and administrative processes
• • Makes appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
• • Consistently meets budget targets
• • Searches for less costly ways of doing things and uses resources efficiently
• • Speaks up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• • Continuously validates and verifies information needed for decision making or documentation
• • Stops in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• • Demonstrates accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• • Actively promotes safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• • Attends carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
• • Ensures compliance with biomedical laboratory safety standards
• • Conducts research of significant scientific value in the basic and/or translational science area(s) relevant to his/her practice specialty
• • Participates in reviewing manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals
• • Publishes in peer-reviewed, scientific, quality and management journals
• • Submits applications for grants or contracts for funding of research projects
• • Participates in research committees, workshop special interest groups
• • Consistently demonstrates adherence with the standards for the ethical and responsible conduct of research
• • Plans, conducts, and manages research projects within the federal and institutional regulations and policies
• • Responsible for appropriate use of research funds
• • Supervises, trains and mentors staff, students and junior faculty
• • Mentors, graduate/post-doctoral students and faculty
• • Participates in educational programs and teaching assignments