Tempus

Clinical Terminologist

Tempus$67K — $95K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years experience with standard medical terminologies (ICD-CM-9/10, SNOMED CT, etc.)
  • Familiarity with UMLS and NCIm
  • Experience in developing and maintaining clinical ontology models
  • Hands-on experience with real-world data from EHRs and lab systems
  • Proficient with ELT tools for data throughput
  • Knowledge of SQL, Python, and Semantic Web Technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL)
  • Awareness of healthcare standards like HL7 and FHIR.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance terminology services company-wide.
  • Maintain and extend ontology solutions used by the organization.
  • Standardize clinical concepts from diverse data sources including Tempus data and EHRs.
  • Manage the quality control and adjudication of new clinical concepts.
  • Support quality assurance and process improvements proactively.
  • Monitor production processes and suggest enhancements.

Benefits

  • Incentive compensation options
  • Restricted stock units
  • Comprehensive medical benefits
  • Additional health-related perks depending on position.
Full Job Description
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.


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.


Nice-to-haves:
  • Clinical background (PA, NP, RN, etc.).
  • Experience with real world data analysis in Python or sql.
  • Participation in professional organizations (e.g., OHDSI, AMIA).
  • Awareness of OMOP Common Data Model


Pay Range: $67,000 - $95,000 USD

The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

About Tempus

Tempus is a technology company that has built an operating system to battle cancer. The company enables physicians to deliver personalized cancer care for patients through its interactive analytical and machine learning platform. Tempus provides genomic sequencing services and analyzes molecular and therapeutic data to empower physicians to make real-time, data-driven decisions. The company also offers research services to enable discovery of new therapeutic targets and clinical services that support clinical trial design and monitoring. Tempus was founded in 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky and has raised over $8 billion in funding to date.
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Size
1,001 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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