Clinical Informaticist

Clinical Informatics Specialist: Drug Knowledge & Terminology

Join a dedicated clinical informatics team responsible for developing drug information and patient-matching tools utilized by physicians, nurses, and other clinicians at the point of care. This remote contract position, spanning six to twelve months with an approximate commitment of thirty hours per week starting in January, focuses on maintaining high-quality clinical content and terminology standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and maintain drug indication content, ensuring accurate relationships between drugs, conditions, and patient factors.
• Map and normalize medications and clinical concepts using SNOMED CT and RxNorm standards.
• Contribute to the construction and refinement of knowledge graphs and concept hierarchies that support drug lookup and matching capabilities.
• Synthesize information from multiple clinical and drug references into a single, reliable, and consistent view.
• Collaborate with informatics, product, and engineering colleagues to translate clinical needs into structured content.
• Document decision-making processes and identify content gaps to ensure data integrity.

Required Qualifications

• A medical degree (MD/DO or equivalent), with USMLE passed where relevant to the candidate's location.
• Clinical background in family medicine or internal medicine.
• Working knowledge of SNOMED CT and RxNorm.
• Understanding of semantics, ontologies, and knowledge representation structures, including graphs, trees, and hierarchies.
• Strong knowledge of drug therapy and indications.
• Ability to work independently in a part-time contract capacity.

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience in clinical informatics, medical content creation, or terminology management.
• Experience with drug reference tools or clinical decision support systems.
• Familiarity with ICD-10 and LOINC standards.

Role Clarification

This position is strictly focused on clinical content and terminology work. It does not involve EHR build or configuration, nor does it include software development.

Location

This is a remote role open to candidates located on the US East Coast, in Europe, or in India.