Remote Medical Director, Clinical Informatics & CDS

Sacbar; Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 373,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from anywhere in the U.S.

Job summary

Optum seeks a Medical Director of Clinical Informatics to lead CDS content authoring for EHR-embedded applications. You will translate guidelines into structured logic and ensure alignment with clinical ontologies and interoperability standards.

Remote work is allowed from anywhere in the U.S.; Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. hires require four days in the office. Collaborate with clinical experts and product teams to optimize content development and apply AI safeguards.

Qualifications

• MD/DO/MBBS medical graduate required.
• 5+ years in Clinical Informatics.
• 2+ years of CDS experience.
• Experience with evidence-based medicine frameworks.
• Experience with FHIR and AI in informatics.

Responsibilities

• Author, maintain, and QA CDS content.
• Translate guidelines into structured logical representations.
• Collaborate with reviewers to ensure clinical accuracy and evidence.
• Work with terminologists to map concepts to industry terminologies.
• Partner with engineers to implement content structure and algorithms.

Skills

Clinical collaboration

Leadership

AI in healthcare

Clinical terminology

Education

Medical Degree MD/DO/MBBS

Tools

FHIR

AI/LLM in informatics

Clinical terminology platforms

Job description

Optum seeks a Medical Director of Clinical Informatics to lead CDS content authoring for EHR-embedded applications. You will translate guidelines into structured logic and ensure alignment with clinical ontologies and interoperability standards.

Remote work is allowed from anywhere in the U.S.; Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. hires require four days in the office. Collaborate with clinical experts and product teams to optimize content development and apply AI safeguards.