University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 

Department: School of Medicine, ACCORDS

Job Title: Research Services Information Sciences Professional (Open Rank – Intermediate to Senior Qualitative Analyst)

Position #:00852401 – Requisition #:40871

Job Summary:

The Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS) has an opening for a full-time Research Services Information Science Professional who has experience with qualitative research methods. This Qualitative Analyst position is within the Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Core (QM2) at ACCORDS. ACCORDS has a portfolio of research studies focused on health services research or implementation science that engage diverse patient populations, healthcare providers, and community stakeholders. This position will work on practice- and community-based research projects and will provide research support by assisting with qualitative data collection, coding, tool development, regulatory needs, analysis, and reporting. The position may also involve assisting with general project needs, such as staffing, budget management, and other duties as determined by study Principal Investigators. The ideal candidate will have experience and training in qualitative research data collection, coding and analysis, working on teams, and experience with developing and submitting institutional review board protocols for pragmatic trials or health services research studies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day activities related to the implementation of research protocols, including engaging with stakeholder groups, conducting and leading in-depth interviews or focus groups with various groups (patients, parents/family members, adolescents, providers, and community members) and coordinating and attending meetings with project investigators and staff 

• Lead/manage tasks for qualitative data collection for basic methods (interviews and focus groups), such as recruitment, participant consenting and payment under frequent guidance of PI and Qualitative Methodologist 

• Develop and maintain Institutional Review Board applications, amendments, and continuing review documents for qualitative aims on study projects

• Develop and maintain qualitative datasets, including entering, tracking, cleaning and preparing transcripts for analyses 

• Co-leading with methodologist, managing, and conducting rigorous team-based coding efforts including coding of transcripts, and codebook development; these efforts may involve training coding team members

• Running queries and reports in qualitative data management software (Atlas.ti) and supporting qualitative analysis (ex. query summary planning, compiling query summaries/matrix summaries, etc.), under significant guidance of the PI and Qualitative Methodologist

• May develop, pilot, and employ a variety of data collection instruments and interview and focus group guides with the study team

Additional Key Responsibilities for Senior Professionals:

• Assist and train junior Core team members

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