Clinical Informatics Specialist

University of California - Los Angeles Health; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - Los Angeles Health is seeking a Clinical Informatics Specialist to join the Program in Pharmacoepidemiology within the Division of General Internal Medicine. You will work with large-scale claims and EHR data to study medication safety and effectiveness, informing policy and clinical practice.

The role emphasizes data management, advanced analyses, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to drive evidence-based healthcare decisions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Manage and analyze large healthcare datasets.
• Develop analytic files for observational studies.
• Support advanced statistical analyses.
• Collaborate with clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and researchers to generate evidence.

Skills

SAS

SQL

R

Python

STATA

Data management

Causal inference

Communications

Education

Master's degree in Biostatistics/Statistics/Bioinformatics/Epidemiology

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Python

Job description

Description

The Department of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Clinical Informatics Specialist to join the Program in Pharmacoepidemiology within the Division of General Internal Medicine. This exciting opportunity offers the chance to contribute to innovative, high-impact research focused on medication safety, effectiveness, and healthcare outcomes using large-scale healthcare claims and electronic health record data.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and programming skills, experience working with complex healthcare datasets, and a passion for leveraging real-world data to improve patient care and inform healthcare decision-making. Responsibilities include managing and analyzing large datasets, developing analytic files for observational research studies, supporting advanced statistical analyses, and collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and researchers to generate evidence that shapes healthcare policy, regulatory decisions, and clinical practice.

Annual range: $95,400-$208,300

Qualifications

Required:

• Master's degree (PhD preferred) In Biostatistics, Statistics,
  Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, or related field.
• Experience with administrative health care claims data required, i.e., data management, cleaning, and linkage of large healthcare datasets (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance datasets)
• Highly proficient in data management and statistical programming languages (SAS, SQL, R, STATA, or Python)
• Solid understanding of pharmacoepidemiologic study designs and causal inference methods for observational data analysis
• Familiarity with drug coding systems (NDC, ATC), diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD, CPT)
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills for scientific reporting and collaboration
• 3 years demonstrated experience with statistical analysis and programming for
  research. At least three years of experience required.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary research team
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other programmers/analysts working with other programming languages

Preferred:

• More than 5yrs of experience with programming in a health
  care environment preferred.