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BIOSTATISTICIAN I
Job Title: BIOSTATISTICIAN I
Job Code: 2680
FLSA: N
Job Level: 10
Revised Date: 04/01/2022
Job Family: JF 05
Occupational Summary
Performs basic statistical analysis and programming for multi-site clinical trials and/or clinical research projects, with guidance and support. Assists lead statisticians in their work on clinical trials and/or clinical research projects.
Work Performed
Under guidance, generate basic analyses in accordance with statistical analysis plans, descriptive statistics and basic test statistics. Performs analysis of basic data requests, generating statistical modeling results and documenting summary of analyses to present them to requestors. Learn new statistical methods as needed and apply new skills to future projects.
Design with guidance data analysis set specifications. Write SAS and/or S-plus code, finding and correcting errors and validating output and results. Demonstrated understanding of clinical trial/project data collection processes and data sets, and shares knowledge with collaborators.
Serves in a supporting role for a clinical trial/project, with consultation or assistance as needed. Demonstrates understanding of how own trial/project-related tasks contribute to the role of the statistics team on the trial/project. Attends trial/project team meetings when appropriate and participates in the statistical team responsible for designing and validating analysis data sets, programs, and statistical output products (tables, listings, figures). Adheres to standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the functional department as they apply to documentation and validation of clinical research statistics
Accomplish project responsibilities with supervision or regular support as well as collaborate and communicate effectively with others. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Work requires a Bachelor's degree in (bio)statistics or related field.
Experience
No experience required beyond that obtained through education.
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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