Clinical Terminologist (Contract)

The role

The Clinical Terminologist will help standardize data sourced from different health systems. This involves identifying, creating, or validating mapping between medical terms from various healthcare systems to standardized Terminologies and extending them.

What you will do

• Identify, create, or validate mapping between medical terms from various healthcare systems to standardized Terminologies and extend them.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, project manager, and modeling team.
• Actively participate in efforts to enhance data management process.
• Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Perform data checks and edits to ensure quality.
• Comprehend guidelines to maintain effective data standards.

Required qualifications

• Education in Medicine or related fields (Nursing, Pharmacy, Clinical laboratory science, Medical Informatics, Medical Research, medical coding, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in the field.
• 1+ year of practical application in clinical terminologies: SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC
• One of the following but not limited to these certifications : Certified Professional Coder (CPC) – AAPC, Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) – AHIMA, Certified Coding Associate (CCA) – AHIMA, Registere
• Understanding of Electronic Medical Records, including but not limited to reading medical charts, medication lists, lab reports, SOAP notes, procedure notes, etc.
• Understanding of vast medical terms and frequently used abbreviations.
• Ability to provide subject matter expertise in one or more areas within data management.
• Effective communication skills, project management with minimal supervision
• Cross-functional team collaboration (engineering, project manager, modeling team) to deliver constant improvement in data pipeline.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Excel, Word).

Nice to have

• Experience in clinical terminology mapping using SNOMED CT, LOINC and RxNorm.
• Experience in annotating training data for machine learning models.

About the company

Truveta transforms healthcare into intelligence. Built with and owned by US health systems, Truveta powers breakthrough discoveries, auditable data fit for regulatory submissions, and AI that improves patient care.