Health Informatics / Terminology SME
Black Canyon Consulting
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Description
Overview
Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is seeking a Health Informatics / Terminology SME to support NLM external UMLS. This part-time Subject Matter Expert (SME) position provides targeted health informatics and terminology expertise for technically focused UMLS user engagements. The SME helps NLM and the user-engagement team accurately understand and interpret findings involving UMLS, biomedical terminology, terminology modeling, interoperability, FHIR, APIs, mappings, and related Health IT use cases.
If you are interested in being a part of an organization that operates within the intersection of technology and health, please apply today!
Responsibilities
- Participate in selected interviews, listening sessions, and follow-up discussions where specialized UMLS, terminology, interoperability, or Health IT expertise is needed.
- Help formulate technically appropriate questions and clarify user workflows, dependencies, terminology models, mappings, interfaces, and data-exchange use cases.
- Interpret technically complex user feedback and help distinguish terminology, data-model, interoperability, API, mapping, and implementation considerations.
- Assist the engagement team in accurately documenting and synthesizing technical findings and identifying questions requiring additional NLM or stakeholder follow-up.
- Provide subject matter context as needed when evaluating potential UMLS improvement or modernization opportunities identified through user engagement.
Experience: Required Knowledge / Skills
- Demonstrated expertise in health informatics, biomedical terminology, terminology systems, interoperability, or a closely related field.
- Knowledge of UMLS and/or comparable biomedical terminology resources and their use in Health IT environments.
- Ability to communicate complex technical and terminology concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Knowledge / Skills
- Experience with terminology modeling, mappings, FHIR, APIs, controlled vocabularies, ontologies, or Health IT interoperability standards.
- Experience working with terminology consumers, developers, informaticians, data architects, researchers, or healthcare technology organizations.
Education
Advanced education in health informatics, biomedical informatics, information science, computer science, biomedical science, healthcare, or a related field, or equivalent specialized experience.
This position is remote-eligible.
Benefits and Salary
We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement. We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience.
If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!
Benefits
- health insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k)
- tuition reimbursement
About this role
Black Canyon Consulting is looking for a health informatics and terminology expert to work part-time with the National Library of Medicine on UMLS-related user engagements. You would participate in interviews and listening sessions with technical stakeholders, help shape questions around terminology systems, interoperability, FHIR, APIs, and data exchange, and then interpret the feedback to distinguish between terminology, data-model, and implementation considerations. The role centers on translating complex technical findings into clear documentation and identifying areas where UMLS itself might need improvement or modernization.
This is a good fit if you have solid grounding in health informatics, biomedical terminology systems, or Health IT interoperability—and ideally hands-on experience with UMLS, terminology modeling, FHIR, or work alongside developers and data architects. You'll need to communicate technical concepts clearly to mixed audiences and have either advanced education in a related field or equivalent specialized experience. The part-time, remote structure suits someone who can contribute focused expertise without a full-time commitment.
Black Canyon offers medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401k with employer contribution, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement, with salary based on your experience level.
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