Medical Data Specialist (m/f/x)

KTA; Heidelberg; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

30 days vacation

Remote work pro-rata

Job ticket, fitness and childcare subs

Company pension and benefits

Job summary

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS gGmbH) seeks a Medical Data Specialist (m/f/x) 50% part time to define and standardise health research data. You will map metadata and data dictionaries across studies, collaborate with NFDI4Health user communities, and support users via the helpdesk and trainings.

You will work in an interdisciplinary team of data stewards and software developers, contributing to formats, terminologies, and documentation.

Qualifications

• University degree in medical informatics, bioinformatics, or related field.
• Interest in supporting users of the NFDI4Health infrastructure as data steward.
• Experience with metadata modelling and mapping data structures in health.
• Knowledge of medical data standards and terminologies (HL7 FHIR, CDISC ODM, SNOMED CT, ICD-10, LOINC).
• Experience with medical databases and mapping tools preferred.
• Very good communication skills in English and German.

Responsibilities

• Develop standards for data and metadata with NFDI4Health user communities.
• Analyze user needs and translate into standardization requirements.
• Provide user support via the NFDI4Health helpdesk and direct contacts.
• Contribute to trainings, meetings, and conferences in collaboration with peers.
• Collaborate with data stewards at HITS and partner institutions.
• Work with software developers to implement tools and services.
• Drive standardisation of health studies, docs, data, and terminologies.

Skills

Metadata modelling

Data mapping

Medical data standards

Terminologies/ontologies

Medical databases experience

English and German communication

User support mindset

Education

University degree in medical informatics or related field

Tools

Metadata mapping tools

Health data platforms

Job description

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies , HITS gGmbH, was established 2010 by SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940-2015) and the Klaus Tschira foundation as a private, non-profit research institute. It conducts basic research in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science with a focus on the processing, structuring, and analyzing of large amounts of complex data and the development of computational methods and software. The research fields range from molecular biology to astrophysics.
An essential characteristic of the Institute is interdisciplinarity, implemented in numerous cross-group and cross-disciplinary projects. The base funding of HITS is provided by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

The SDBV group , a core partner in the German National Research Data Infrastructure for Personal Health Data ( NFDI4Health ), is looking for a

Medical Data Specialist (m/f/x)
50% part time

Your role

Working closely with project partners across Germany, you will be responsible for conceptualising, refining, mapping and establishing metadata models and data dictionaries for research data from health studies, as well as defining standardisation requirements for the services and tools developed in NFDI4Health.

Your responsibilities include:

• Working closely with the NFDI4Health user communities to develop standards for data and metadata.
• Analyzing the users’ needs and translate them into standardization requirements
• Providing user support via the NFDI4Health helpdesk and direct user contacts
• Contributing to user trainings, project meetings and scientific conferences in close collaboration with peers within and beyond NFDI4Health
• Actively participating in an interdisciplinary team of data stewards at HITS’ partner institutions
• Working closely with software developers to implement tools and services
• Drive and contribute to the standardization of health studies, their documentation, and their data, as well as the corresponding formats, terminologies and metadata

What qualifies you for this job

• University degree in medical informatics, bioinformatics (or another medical/life science field), or in medical documentation, data science, computer science or equivalent
• Interest in supporting users of the NFDI4Health infrastructure as data steward for (meta-)data
• Experience with metadata modelling and mapping data structures in in the health domain as well as with structuring and/or analyzing corresponding data and metadata
• Ideally knowledge about medical (meta-)data standards and formats (HL7 FHIR, CDISC ODM, etc.) and terminologies/ontologies (e.g., SNOMED CT, ICD-10, LOINC, etc.)
• Ideally previous experience with medical databases and mapping tools for metadata
• Very good communication skills in English and German

We offer

You will work in a dynamic team composed of data scientists with a background in biology and biochemistry, as well as software developers and computer scientists, in close collaboration with project partners in Germany and Europe. The SDBV group of HITS is strategically situated in the "Mathematikon" complex, adjacent to the renowned Heidelberg University and University Hospital.

As an organisation affiliated with the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS), we offer a wide range of benefits:

• We offer a competitive salary based on qualifications and professional experience. Since this position is externally funded, the salary range is between 48.000,- and 60.000,- EUR p.a.
• Work-life integration: Flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation, additional company holidays, and the option to work remotely on a pro-rata basis.
• Job ticket, fitness and childcare subsidies, capital-forming benefits, company pension plan, health screen vouchers, and other attractive benefits.
• Free car park and bicycle parking spaces with charging facilities.
• Varied and subsidised meals in our in-house restaurant with free drinks and a coffee and tea bar.

For any additional information regarding the position please contact PD Dr. Wolfgang Müller.

The 50%-position is fixed-term and ends on 31 December 2028.

HITS gGmbH is committed to equal opportunity. We are convinced that our work benefits from inclusion and diversity.