Clinical Terminologist — Real-World Data & Ontology

Tempus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 67,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus' RWD Clinical Informatics and Terminology team seeks a Clinical Terminologist who enjoys working with large, complex datasets to operationalize and QC the adoption of standard clinical terminologies into Tempus data pipelines. You will standardize concepts from EHRs, lab systems, claims, and abstraction efforts.

Collaborating with cross‑functional teams, you will maintain ontology models, monitor quality control pipelines, and drive improvements in data interoperability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years working with standard medical terminologies (e.g., ICD-CM-9/10, SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC, CPT).
• Working knowledge of UMLS and familiarity with NCIm.
• Experience developing and maintaining clinical ontologic models.
• Experience working with real world data from various sources (e.g., EHRs, lab systems, claims, and abstraction or curation).
• Experience working with ELT tools to maintain high volume, high velocity data through-put pipelines.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, and Semantic Web Technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL) Awareness of healthcare information standards, such as HL7 and FHIR for data exchange and interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage and update terminology services made available across the company.
• Maintain and extend modeled ontology solutions used throughout the company.
• Standardize clinical concepts from a variety of sources, including Tempus curated data, EHR integrations, and lab systems.
• Manage the adjudication of, and quality control pipelines for, new clinical concepts and domains.
• Proactively monitor and support quality assurance and process improvement initiatives.
• Monitor performance of production processes and recommend areas for improvement.

Skills

Terminology standardization

Data quality & QC

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SQL

Python

Semantic Web (RDF / OWL / SPARQL)

UMLS

HL7 / FHIR

ELT tools

Job description

Tempus' RWD Clinical Informatics and Terminology team seeks a Clinical Terminologist who enjoys working with large, complex datasets to operationalize and QC the adoption of standard clinical terminologies into Tempus data pipelines. You will standardize concepts from EHRs, lab systems, claims, and abstraction efforts.

Collaborating with cross‑functional teams, you will maintain ontology models, monitor quality control pipelines, and drive improvements in data interoperability.