Details
Posted: 16-Nov-23
Location: New York, New York
Salary: Open
Categories:
Operations
Pay Range
$107,400.00-$171,800.00
Company Overview
The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world's most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.
Vaccination for COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) is mandatory for all MSK staff. Staff are considered fully vaccinated upon completion of a primary vaccination series for COVID-19 (i.e., one dose of a single dose vaccine or a final dose of a multi-dose vaccine series). Exceptions from the COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) vaccine requirements are permitted for those who request and receive an approved medical, religious, or fully remote exemption. Requests for exemption can take up to two weeks to review. Vaccination or an approved exemption is required to start work.
Job Description
Are you interested in joining our fight against cancer? Join our team! We are seeking an experienced Health Terminologist/Ontologist to join the Metadata Management Team within the Division of Data and Analytics at MSK.
You Are:
- Passionate about supporting clinicians and researchers in their efforts to provide the best care for cancer patients and conduct research to conquer cancer
- A strong believer in reproducible interoperable data that enables the generation of evidence and supports decision-making
- Eager to be a part of the team of close collaborators who are passionate about their work and challenge the status quo
You Will:
- Support day-to-day development and maintenance of clinical terminologies enabling MSK data standardization and interoperability
- Work directly with domain specialists, clinicians, and researchers on standardization of MSK data
- Develop knowledge and data models, as well as contribute to tools and pipelines that support MSK terminology and knowledge management services
- Develop comprehensive documentation and content versioning
You Have:
- 2-5+ years proven track record developing and maintaining clinical terminology services and standardizing clinical content in healthcare
- Knowledge of relational databases and integrating clinical data into a standard platform (i2b2, OMOP)
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience with terminologies, semantic web standards, and oncology data, development, and authoring
- Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics, related field, or equivalent experience
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Pay Range: $107,400.00-$171,800.00
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Closing
MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.
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