Clinical Terminologist (Contract)

Truveta; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Truveta is building a health data platform aimed at enabling researchers and clinicians to improve patient care. We are seeking a full-time Clinical Terminologist to standardize data across health systems, validating mappings between medical terms and standardized terminologies and extending them as needed.

The role requires experience with clinical terminologies (SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC), EMR familiarity, and strong collaboration with cross-functional teams. This is a hybrid U.S.

Qualifications

• Education in Medicine or related fields (Nursing, Pharmacy, Clinical laboratory science, Medical Informatics, Medical Research, medical coding, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in the field.
• 1+ year of practical application in clinical terminologies: SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC
• Certifications such as CPC, CCS, CCA, RHIT, RHIA, COC, CIC, CCS-P preferred
• Understanding of Electronic Medical Records and medical terminology
• Ability to provide subject matter expertise in data management
• Effective communication and project management with minimal supervision
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, PM, and modeling teams
• Develop and maintain project documentation
• Perform data checks to ensure quality
• Knowledge of data standards guidelines

Responsibilities

• Identify, create, or validate mappings between medical terms from various systems to standardized terminologies and extend them
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of terminology mappings across data pipelines
• Collaborate with engineering and clinical teams to improve data normalization processes
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of terminology mappings and standards
• Support data quality checks and validation activities
• Participate in process improvements for data management and terminology governance

Skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Project management

Education

Education in Medicine or related fields

Tools

SNOMED CT

RxNorm

LOINC

Job description

Truveta is the world’s first health provider led data platform with a vision of Saving Lives with Data. Our mission is to enable researchers to find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions about their care. Achieving Truveta’s ambitious vision requires an incredible team of talented and inspired people with a special combination of health, software and big data experience who share our company values.

Truveta was born in the Pacific Northwest, but we have employees who live across the country. Our team enjoys the flexibility of a hybrid model and working from anywhere.

For overall team productivity, we optimize meeting hours in the pacific time zone. We avoid scheduling recurring meetings that start after 3pm PT, however, ad hoc meetings occur between 8am-6pm Pacific time. #LI-remote

Who We Need

Truveta is rapidly building a talented and diverse team to tackle complex health and technical challenges. Beyond core capabilities, we are seeking problem solvers, passionate and collaborative teammates, and those willing to roll up their sleeves while making a difference. If you are interested in the opportunity to pursue purposeful work, join a mission-driven team, and build a rewarding career while having fun, Truveta may be the perfect fit for you.

This Opportunity

At Truveta, we believe that high data quality will play a critical role in accomplishing our mission towards saving lives with data. An important component of this work is data normalization in which the medical terminology linking, and terminology management are essential in building deep intelligence empowering the new generation of clinical research.

We are looking for a full-time contract Clinical Terminologist who will help to standardize the data sourced from different health systems. The responsibilities include identifying, creating, or validating mapping between medical terms from various healthcare system to standardized Terminologies and extending them.

Key Qualifications

• Education in Medicine or related fields (Nursing, Pharmacy, Clinical laboratory science, Medical Informatics, Medical Research, medical coding, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience in the field.
• 1+ year of practical application in clinical terminologies: SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC
• One of the following but not limited to these certifications : Certified Professional Coder (CPC) – AAPC, Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) – AHIMA, Certified Coding Associate (CCA) – AHIMA, Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Outpatient Coder (COC), Certified Inpatient Coder (CIC), Certified Coding Specialist (CCS), Certified Coding Specialist – Physician (CCS-P)
• Understanding of Electronic Medical Records, including but not limited to reading medical charts, medication lists, lab reports, SOAP notes, procedure notes, etc.
• Understanding of vast medical terms and frequently used abbreviations.
• Ability to provide subject matter expertise in one or more areas within data management.
• Effective communication skills, project management with minimal supervision
• Cross-functional team collaboration (engineering, project manager, modeling team) to deliver constant improvement in data pipeline.
• Actively participate in efforts to enhance data management process as needed.
• Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Perform data checks and edits to ensure quality.
• Comprehension of guidelines to maintain effective data standards.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Excel, Word).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in clinical terminology mapping using SNOMED CT, LOINC and RxNorm.
• Experience in annotating training data for machine learning models.

Why Truveta?

Be a part of building something special. Now is the perfect time to join Truveta. We have strong, established leadership with decades of success. We are well-funded. We are building a culture that prioritizes people and their passions across personal, professional and everything in between. Join us as we build an amazing company together.

The hourly rate for this position is $30-$40 per hour. The pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target. Pay is based on several factors including location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

Truveta is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and empowering workplace. We believe that having employees, interns, and contractors with diverse backgrounds enables Truveta to better meet our mission and serve patients and health communities around the world. We recognize that opportunities in technology historically excluded and continue to disproportionately exclude Black and Indigenous people, people of color, people from working class backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people. We strongly encourage individuals with these identities to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements.

Please note that all applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer as we are unable to sponsor work visas or permits (e.g. F-1 OPT, H1-B) at this time. We appreciate your interest in the position and encourage you to explore future opportunities with us.

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