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 healthcare professionals at the point of care. This remote contract position, spanning six to twelve months with an approximate commitment of thirty hours per week, begins in January.

Role Overview

You will assist in maintaining a comprehensive clinical knowledge base encompassing approximately 6,000 drug indications. Your clinical judgment will ensure that content remains accurate, consistent, and user-friendly. You will collaborate with terminology standards and knowledge structures to effectively connect drugs, conditions, and patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and maintain drug indication content, including the relationships between drugs, conditions, and patient factors
• Map and normalize medications and clinical concepts using SNOMED CT and RxNorm
• Contribute to the construction and refinement of knowledge graphs and concept hierarchies that support drug lookup and matching
• Integrate 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

Required Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Scope Clarification

This role focuses exclusively 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 position open to candidates located on the US East Coast, in Europe, or in India.