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March 11, 2010
Associate Outcomes Researcher
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
The Company
An organization that touches nearly all aspects of cancer care from research, specialty pharmacy and drug distribution to billing and reimbursement, electronic medical records, continuing education and the use of evidence-based medicine pathways. Headquartered in Houston, Texas this firm works closely with providers, payers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufactures and legislators to increase patient access to, and advance the delivery of, high quality cancer care in America. .
Scope of the Job
The Biopharmaceutical Solutions Group has an exciting career opportunity for an Outcomes Researcher. This position is located at the corporate headquarters located in Houston, Texas. You will be responsible for study design, analysis, reporting, and presenting pharmacoeconomic and disease management information at the request of internal and external customers.
You will provide hematology/oncology clinical analysis expertise to pharmaceutical manufacturers, managed care, internal departments, physicians, and clinical leadership. Additional responsibilities include conducting pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research and developing models for cancer treatment alternatives. You will support and adhere to the company compliance program, to include the Code of Ethics and Business Standards.
Responsibilities
- You will work closely with customers to identify and refine study concepts.
- You will write proposals, protocols, and establish effective timelines for delivery of studies.
- You will research and perform critical and statistical analysis of medical and scientific evidence as the basis for disease management guidelines, P&T Committee actions, and pharmacoeconomic comparisons of cancer therapies and regimens.
- You will develop pharmacoeconomic models for cancer treatment alternatives for use in pay for performance, case rating, capitation forecasts, and cost of goods sold impact analyses.
- You will conduct and publish the results of outcomes research.
- You will design data layout for each study based on required data elements.
- You will obtain raw data from available data sources, analyze the data to answer questions posed by internal and external customers, and audit the data contents for accuracy and validity.
- You will format the output of data analysis for customer readiness, including reports, presentations, and manuscripts.
Candidate Requirements
- Masters degree in Pharmacy, Public Health, Healthcare Economics or related clinical discipline, PharmD or PhD preferred.
- Outcomes research and pharmacoeconomic training plus two to five years of experience in writing and completing studies.
- Oncology and Pharmaceutical experience preferred. Advanced experience in data base, SAS, and Excel is helpful.
Contact
Tracy Wolfe
Zingaro & Company
twolfe@zingaro.com
(512) 327-7277
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