Remote Public Health Terminologist/Vocabulary Specialist

Post Date

Jun 18, 2024

Location

Atlanta,
Georgia

ZIP/Postal Code

30346
US
Jun 27, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Managerial / Professional

Req #

ATL-712530

Pay Rate

$31 - $47 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Public Health Vocabulary Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will work with the public health customers to implement HL7 guides for various programs, publish vocabulary content through proprietary application, and support internal and external users through their mailboxes using a ticketing system.

Identify existing medical vocabulary and terminology options (e.g., LOINC, SNOMED, RXNORM) which could be used to support data elements in the Message Mapping Guides
Provide expertise in SNOMED, LOINC, ICD, UCUM, HL7 value sets and other EHR-related standards
Interact with Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), such as LOINC and SNOMED to standardize data elements and values in the Message Mapping Guide that does not currently exist in their code systems but can be beneficial to other users outside of public health
Identify or develop vocabulary options for harmonizing similar data elements across national notifiable conditions/diseases and provide advice to public health program staff in terms of how best to harmonize and standardize data elements across national notifiable conditions
Create Best Practices for vocabulary work applied to Message Mapping Guide development
Create Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that describe in detail how vocabulary work is performed for Message Mapping Guide development
Interact with public health programs and partners to maintain standardized vocabulary content needed for electronic messages and systems
Map new vocabulary in Message Mapping Guides to legacy data elements
Develop and update standardized vocabulary content needed for electronic messages and systems
Manage internal/external customer requests via mailboxes to keep track of work and follow SOPs

Pay rate $35-41/hr

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Required Skills & Experience

Minimum of one year of clinical/medical work experience
Experience with business requirement capture / requirements analysis
Working knowledge and experience applying clinical reference terminologies and coding schemes (i.e.,SNOMED, RxNorm, LOINC, ICD9, CPT).

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

BS/BA degree in related field
Experience with HL7 messaging structure
Experience with Service Now ticketing system or equivalent

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.