Staff Clinician Resources

Communication

• Staff Clinician Listerv — Stay connected! Join the Staff Clinician Listserv, STAFFCLIN-L, by linking to http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=STAFFCLIN-L&A=1. You will receive important messages from the Staff Clinician Council and other members of the NIH Intramural community. This is a moderated list, and we send only those messages of importance to the wider Staff Clinician community.
• SCC Twitter Account — Follow our Twitter account for regular updates, at https://twitter.com/sccatnih. If you are an NIH Staff Clinician, investigator, or other NIH employee and want to promote a topic about accomplishments of an NIH Staff Clinician (yourself and/or others) from our Twitter account, use the form at https://forms.office.com/g/7ZwPjzC678 (accessible only within NIH network)

Orientation Information for New Hire Staff Clinicians (held in spring and fall each year)

• 1^st Staff Clinician Orientation: October 20, 2022
  • Seminar recording (video)
  • Orientation slides as PDF with links to specific recourses

Workshops and Presentations

• Professional Development Workshops:
  • NIH Staff Clinician Career Progression: Title Designations (video) (April 7, 2022)
  • Pathways to Staff Clinician Hospital & Clinical Research Leadership (video) (November 3, 2021)
• SCC Annual Town Halls
  • NIH Staff Clinician Annual Town Hall (video) (May 20, 2025)
  • NIH Staff Clinician Annual Town Hall (video) (May 16, 2024)
  • NIH Staff Clinician Annual Town Hall (video) (May 11, 2023)
    • 2K23 May 11 Slide Deck from SCC Town Hall HR Specific (PDF File)
    • 2K23 May 11 Slide Deck from SCC Town Hall (PDF File)
  • NIH Staff Clinician Annual Town Hall (video) (May 19, 2022)
• SCC Sponsored Grand Rounds
  • April 2023: “Professional Development for Clinicians and Recognizing Clinical Excellence” Scott M. Wright, MD; Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University SOM; Director, Miller- Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49243
  • April 2024: “The Faculty Affairs Files: Unraveling the Mysteries of Academic Medicine” Taison Bell, MD, MBA; Associate Professor of Medicine; Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Dept of Medicine, University of Virginia https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=54622
  • April 2025: “Caring: The Missing Ingredient in Healthcare Leadership” Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPed; Professor of Medicine; Vice Chair, Faculty Affairs, Dept of Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56696
• Human Resources Bootcamp
  • Staff Clinician HR Bootcamp (video) (October 26, 2023)
• ExCEL: Excellence through Clinical Education Lectureship (ExCEL) is a monthly series of clinically-focused educational lectures led by consult service or clinical specialists designed for clinical staff. Click here for more details. (NIH-only)

Professional Titles and Demographics

• Staff Clinician Level Designations: For everything related to Staff Clinicians and different title destinations (definitions and requirements), please refer to the recently updated Staff Clinician Sourcebook.
• Staff Clinician Survey Infograph: See the 4-page infograph from the 2021 NIH Staff Clinician Professional Development Survey.

SCC Governance

• Staff Clinician Council Bylaws: NIH Staff Clinician Council Bylaw, Jan 27, 2025 revised

Other Resources

• Career Development Plan: This Career Development Plan (CDP) is tailored for Staff Clinicians in the NIH IRP. The CDP document is a suggested resource for Staff Clinicians to map out their short and long term career goals. It is intended to be a fluid document and can be discussed with mentors and revised annually or as benefits the Staff Clinician. Download here!
• Identifying Resources: see "Identifying Resources as a Staff Clinician"
• Leadership Training Resources: see list of training sites and books
• Negotiating Authorship and Successful Collaboration: see "Authorship and Collaboration"