UCLA Health

Clinical Informatics Specialist

UCLA Health$100K — $218K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's degree (PhD preferred) in Biostatistics, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, or related field.
  • Experience with administrative healthcare claims data management, cleaning, and linkage of large datasets.
  • Proficient in statistical programming languages such as SAS, SQL, R, STATA, or Python.
  • Solid understanding of pharmacoepidemiologic study designs and causal inference methods.
  • Familiarity with drug coding and procedure codes (NDC, ATC, ICD, CPT).
  • Exceptional communication skills for scientific reporting and collaboration.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in statistical analysis and programming for research.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and analyze large datasets to support research.
  • Develop analytic files for observational studies.
  • Support advanced statistical analyses for healthcare research.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including clinicians and researchers.
  • Generate evidence to influence healthcare policy and clinical practice.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work environment with onsite and remote options.
  • Career growth opportunities within the Department of Medicine.
  • Engagement in innovative research focused on medication safety and healthcare outcomes.
  • Collaboration with leading experts in the field of pharmacoepidemiology.
Full Job Description
General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Posted Date

05/14/2026

Salary Range: $100161.36 - 218718 Annually

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

30632

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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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

Job Qualifications

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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.


As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.

About UCLA Health

UCLA Health is a world-renowned academic medical center located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises four hospitals, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and more than 200 primary and specialty care clinics. UCLA Health is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States. The health system employs over 20,000 people and serves as a major center for patient care, medical education, and research.
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