Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and conduct interdisciplinary research and quality improvement projects related to motion analysis and clinical care.
- Develop new clinical service lines, technologies, business plans, and research initiatives in collaboration with system engineers and physical therapists.
- Prepare and submit grant proposals, including multi-site research projects.
- Manage project budgets and provide grant progress reporting.
- Design, execute, and interpret biomechanical and motion analysis research studies.
- Develop software tools and databases for motion data collection, processing, storage, and analysis.
- Perform and lead statistical analysis and interpretation of research and quality assurance data.
- Ensure compliance with institutional and organizational research policies, including obtaining IRB and organizational approvals for human subject research.
- Coordinate research efforts with Clinical Research Coordinators and other stakeholders.
- Publish research findings in peer-reviewed journals.
- Present research at scientific conferences and professional meetings.
- Deliver educational lectures and training to clinicians, fellows, scientists, and motion analysis staff.
- Participate in research-related committees and organizational initiatives.
- Review grant applications and scientific manuscripts.
- Promote advancements in motion analysis through professional collaboration and scholarship.
Required Qualifications
- PhD, MS or DPT Physical Therapy, Engineer, Bioengineering or related field Required
Preferred Qualifications
- 5+ years Motion Analysis Lab Experience
- 4+ years Research Experience
Skills Required
- PhD, MS, or DPT in Physical Therapy, Engineering, Bioengineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of motion analysis laboratory experience
- 4+ years of research experience
What We Do
Shriners Children’s is a nonprofit pediatric healthcare system providing specialized medical care through hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers, and outreach locations. Its mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality, family-centered care, regardless of a family’s ability to pay or insurance status. The organization also advances pediatric research and multidisciplinary education to improve children’s health, quality of life, and long-term outcomes.
