Medical Subject Matter Expert I - NIDHC

• Hands-On Clinical Program Development: Directly author, build, and support deployment of evidence-based clinical protocols, medical guidelines, and standards of care. Serve as a primary and collaborative technical producer for the PBT program and 13+ other designated EMS and crash prevention tasks.
• Translation of Technical Data: Translate epidemiological, vehicle crash, and trauma registry data into finalized, actionable training curricula, operational blueprints, and national policy recommendations.
• Prehospital Blood Transfusion (PBT) Implementation Support: Provide experienced technical assistance to implementation partners who are establishing new prehospital blood programs. Assist with the design and troubleshooting of cold-chain logistics, blood bank validation protocols, regulatory compliance workflows, and training matrices for first responders and EMS agencies, where necessary.
• Scientific Content Generation: Author technical white papers, peer-reviewed manuscripts, executive briefings, and clinical decision-support tools. Ensure all written deliverables meet the highest standards of accuracy and scientific rigor.
• Field-Level Technical Support : Where appropriate, apply subject matter expertise to provide technical support to EMS/Fire departments, hospital trauma centers, and blood bank administrators to integrate and operationalize protocols, establish metrics, and validate field capability benchmarks.
• Data Quality and Surveillance Metrics: Design and guide execution of frameworks for clinical effectiveness measurement across crash interventions. Monitor trauma data integrity to iterate and optimize protocols in real-time.
• Interagency Collaboration: Serve as the technical, peer-to-peer counterpart to clinicians and scientists across the Departments of War, Transportation and Health and Human Services, and academic medical centers to ensure technical alignment on shared tasks.
• Review and Validation: Review and validate medical and scientific content in reports, plans, concept papers, and briefings to ensure technical accuracy and clinical relevance.
• Planning and Coordination: Support medical and operational planning for major initiatives, exercises, and response efforts, ensuring appropriate medical considerations are incorporated into plans and coordination activities.
• Other Duties as Assigned: May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance and participation in required training for the role.

Join the HJF Team!

HJF is seeking a Medical Subject Matter Expert I to leverage medical and scientific subject matter expertise to provide support for one or more functional areas. These support activities may include such activities as scientific pursuits, research investigations, business development proposal writing and education and training support of technical/medical content areas.

This position will be in support of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation (NIDHC).

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing military medicine. We serve military, medical, academic and government clients by administering, managing and supporting preeminent scientific programs that benefit members of the armed forces and civilians alike. Since its founding in 1983, HJF has served as a vital link between the military medical community and its federal and private partners. HJF's support and administrative capabilities allow military medical researchers and clinicians to maintain their scientific focus and accomplish their research goals.