Database Manager• Maintains database results by setting and enforcing standards and controls.• Prepares for database expansion by studying plans and requirements.• Keeps senior technical management informed by preparing reports on system performance and problems.• Upgrades hardware and software by assessing transaction processing and database production options.• Maintains database performance by troubleshooting problems.• Secures database by developing policies, procedures, and controls.• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and maintaining personal networks.

Tempoarary Position• Analyze and abstract medical data related to eye injuries and diseases from electronic computable and non-computable and hard copy medical records from various Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) data sources. Enter abstracted data into the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury Vision Registry (DVEIVR) and the Veterans Affairs Eye Injury Data Store (VAIEDS) based on business rules, procedural requirements and individual judgment in applying those requirements.• Perform self-audits and peer reviews for regulatory compliance and verification of complete and accurate data abstraction based on medical and clinical understanding and judgment.• Collaborate with Clinical Staff Supervisor and Data Abstraction team in resolving issues and concerns identified.• Provide recommended corrective actions for data abstraction. Identify and document possible suggestions for improving the data abstraction process.• Work with Clinical Staff Supervisor and team to ensure clinical data integrity, to share findings, and coordinate corrective actions as necessary. Collaborate with team in resolving issues and concerns identified.• Analyze content of source documents (e.g., medical records, information systems) and abstract data considered appropriate for submission.• Ensure the complete and accurate abstraction, capture, and entry of patient information into the DVEIR and VAEIDS at a 98% or higher accuracy rate.• Manage submissions to the DVEIVR and VAEIDS based on knowledge and understanding of project requirements.• Validate and reconcile data from multiple sources as required.

Extensive data entry into CPDR multi-center national database, to include retrospective and prospective data collection. Sources of patient information will include handwritten, scanned or printed clinical forms to be maintained and kept secure in patient medical research charts. Performs systematic quality control and assurance measures per SOP to identify and reconcile data discrepancies with the guidance of clinical staff. Obtains Informed Consent from research subjects as permitted by site Institutional Review Board (IRB). Obtains missing data by interacting with clinical personnel, reviewing patient medical charts and/or electronic clinical databases, and patient follow-up. Responsible for safe and IRB-compliant handling of medical information and patient consent per guidelines set forth in CPDR's master research protocol. Interacts and maintains professional demeanor with members of CPDR scientific support branch, management staff, and others. Organizes and maintains patient research files according to CPDR's SOP. Generates QA/QC reports, prepares data query requests, assists with IRB protocol development and submission according to established procedures and guidelines. Establishes, evaluates and revises data collection processes to improve efforts of data collection at local site. Creates treatment-specific protocol packets for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer.. Provides assistance and training to the data entry personnel when new protocols begin or as new interface screens are added or modified. General administration/clerical duties such as research chart filing. Completes other duties as assigned.

Supervise and provide database management support in the Department of Informatics for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) site research team, its staff with clinical research and related activitiesAssists clinical users in database interaction as necessary, performing queries when necessary for clinical and research staffSupervise the activities of data entry in the Data Group division of InformaticsEnsure all trial documentation are complete and complies with research protocol and guidelinesDevelop and manage mechanisms and protocols for sharing data with cooperating researchers and projectsPlans, assigns, and coordinate efforts to ensure a smooth flow of work within the divisionPrepares production schedulesMaintains records of attendance and productionTrains new operators in the use of software and database proceduresMaintains data entry on datasets on special or difficult projectsAttends meetings; develops new work methods and procedures