Medical Coding Specilist / Clinical Coder II

Syneos Health, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 56,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Syneos Health in the United States is seeking a Medical Coding Specialist / Clinical Coder II to encode adverse events and medical history using MedDRA and WHOdrug, ensuring coding conventions are followed.

You will collaborate with Clinical Solutions teams, data management and medical monitors to deliver timely, high-quality data and support across drug development projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or related health science background.
• 2+ years of industry experience in pharmacovigilance, clinical research, and/or clinical data management.
• Experience with MedDRA and WHODD preferred.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology, clinical trials & coding.
• Excellent written and oral skills; ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to high quality work.

Responsibilities

• Encode terms reported as adverse events and medical history using standard dictionaries.
• Code in accordance with departmental conventions and SOPs.
• Generate queries for data clarification of potentially discrepant data.
• Collaborate with medical monitors, Clinical and Data Management teams to meet project timelines.
• Work with coding tools (Medidata RAVE Coder, TMS, Veeva).
• Assist in interdepartmental training of new staff as needed.

Skills

Medical terminology

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or related health science

Tools

Medidata RAVE Coder

TMS

Veeva

Job description

Description

Medical Coding Specilist / Clinical Coder II

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Job Summary

This position is responsible for encoding terms reported as adverse events and medical history as well as prior and concomitant medications using industry accepted dictionaries such as MedDRA and WHOdrug.

Summary Of The Essential Functions Of The Job

• Coding performed in accordance with departmental coding conventions and company SOPs.
• The coder will generate queries for clarification of potentially discrepant data.
• Ability to work in cross-functional team-oriented environments.
• Assist with data coding consistency reviews and SAE reconciliation, as needed.
• The Coder will collaborate with medical monitors, Clinical and Data Management team members, as required, to ensure the timely processing of coding, according to project timelines.
• The coder should have working knowledge of coding tools (ie. Medidata RAVE Coder, TMS, Veeva, etc.)
• Assist in interdepartmental training of new staff as needed.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree or related health science background.
• Commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a 4 year degree.
• 2+ years industry experience in pharmacovigilance, clinical research, and/or clinical data management required.
• Experience with MedDRA and WHODD preferred.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology, clinical trials & coding is essential.
• Excellent written and oral skills and demonstrated ability to work both independently and within cross functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to high quality work"

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

$56,400.00 - $95,900.00

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

FSP Clinical Coder II