The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is recruiting for the position, Vice President, Research.

This position reports to the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. AAPA is the national voice for physician assistants (PAs) in all medical and surgical specialties. Today there are over 76,000 practicing PAs in the United States and approximately 12,000 students in 145 PA programs. Approximately 42,000 PAs are members of AAPA; included in this membership number are 8,800 PA students. AAPA has an annual operating budget of approximately $17 million and a staff of 86. Our office is located in Alexandria, Virginia. In this position, you will play a critical role in advocating for and supporting the PA Profession through data analysis and research. We are looking for a health services researcher with a minimum of 10 years experience conducting research on a broad range of health policy topics. You must have extensive experience in designing and conducting healthcare research using primary and secondary data collection and analytical techniques. This includes developing survey instruments, ongoing data collection, and analysis of information related to the Physician Assistant profession obtained from a variety of sources, including the AAPA census, educational institutions, state provided data, and supplemental ad hoc surveys. You will interface with members to support research and analysis on the profession and the profession’s impact on in the health care arena. In addition, you will prepare research reports and articles for dissemination via the internet and publications such as the PA Professional, the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and other peer reviewed journals. You will provide data and analysis on PAs for AAPA staff to use for a variety of purposes, such as: lobbying for changes in PA practice laws; promoting the profession to physician organizations, health care institutions, and employers; changing insurance company policies to cover services provided by PAs; and assisting individual members to remove practice barriers.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Master’s degree with minimum of 10 years professional experience with a publication track record in health services research, statistics or relevant field related to healthcare; Ph.D. preferred.

• Advanced knowledge of survey research methods, survey design, data processing, statistics, and computer applications

• Experience working with a variety of information systems and data files, including large and complex files: analyzing structure, using and creating file layouts, transforming raw data into finished products.

• Excellent writing and speaking ability including excellent interpersonal skills

• Detailed- and results-oriented, well organized, flexible, ability to prioritize and work on many project concurrently.

• Available to do some travel and work some weekends. We offer a very competitive benefits package.

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