Specialist: Clinical Research Protocols at Road Accident Fund

Key Performance Areas

Organize and Manage Health Information Data and Ensure its Quality, Accuracy, Accessibility and Security

• Search and review data in adherence to requirements of the clinical research team.
• Search applicable databases for information and ensure that data used is accurate and up to date.
• Develop health management information system (configuration and data structures) aligned to the objectives of the team.
• Ensure rigor of literature accessed across all research projects.
• Develop and implement SOPs for data searches and access.

Maintenance, Collection and Analysis of Data

• Develop processes that ensure data accessibility, analysis and storage.
• Ensure that databases are up to date and ensure training and understanding of appropriate databases by the clinical research team.
• Filter search results according to specifications.
• Define the data management framework compromising of search criteria, turn- around times for data requests and quality assurance.
• Plan, manages and requests resources for assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, specifications and documentation in line with SOP requirements.

Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit regulation reports as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Develop reports/ policies/ procedures and guide the process through the alignment of the documents to the overall RAF’s Strategy.
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.

Stakeholder Management

• Provide data management expertise within the team.
• Work as a member of a holistic protocol development team.
• Constructively engage and liaise with team members in the protocol development team towards achieving collective goals.
• Stay abreast of new scientific developments and expand the network of collaborative partners by attending workshops, technical working groups and academic engagements.
• Provide regular training to staff on clinical topics within the team as well as within other teams in the organization.
• Work closely with ICT to ensure that the infrastructure is compatible across all relevant data points.

Administrative and Report Writing

• Compile monthly reports on data searches, utilization, contribution to protocol development and clinical query resolution 
• Collection of relevant statistics to inform future decisions
• Ensure processes are in place to have accurate and timeous information on databases and data management.
• Run data cleaning and status reports.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma in Health Sciences Nursing, Pharmacy related qualification.
• Valid registration with the relevant Statutory body (SANC, SAPC, HPCSA etc).
• Certification in evidence-based medicine and/or treatment protocol development will be an added advantage.
• Relevant 5 - 7 years’ experience in a Managed Healthcare environment or similar in data sourcing, collection and navigation.
• Experience working with treatment protocols and guidelines.
• With experience working with medical databases, navigating large data quantities and data outputs.
• With experience working with ICD 10 codes, CPT codes, NAPPI codes Experience in Functional Capacity Evaluation and associated reports and tariffs applicable.
• With experience working with coding systems (ICD 10, CPT and NAPPI codes).