Clinical Informaticist / Clinical Informaticistess

Clinical Informaticist (Drug Knowledge & Terminology): Contract

Remote | 6 to 12 months | Starting January | ~30 hours per week

We are seeking a clinician to join our dynamic clinical informatics team, dedicated to developing drug information and patient-matching tools that empower physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals at the point of care.

About the Role

In this position, you will be instrumental in maintaining a comprehensive clinical knowledge base that encompasses around 6,000 drug indications. Your clinical expertise will ensure that the content remains accurate, consistent, and user-friendly. You will collaborate with terminology standards and knowledge structures to facilitate the connections between drugs, conditions, and patients.

What You'll Do

• Review and maintain drug indication content and the relationships between drugs, conditions, and patient factors.
• Map and normalize medications and clinical concepts utilizing SNOMED CT and RxNorm.
• Assist in building and refining knowledge graphs and concept hierarchies to enhance drug lookup and matching.
• Consolidate information from various clinical and drug references into one reliable and consistent view.
• Collaborate with informatics, product, and engineering teams to translate clinical needs into structured content.
• Document decisions and identify content gaps.

What We're Looking For

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

Nice to Have

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

Important Note

This role is focused on clinical content and terminology work; it does not involve EHR build or configuration, nor software development.

Location

Remote position. Open to candidates located on the US East Coast, in Europe, or in India.

Interested? Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.