Health Informatics / Terminology SME

Black Canyon Consulting•Bethesda, MD

2d•Remote

About The Position

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is seeking a Health Informatics / Terminology Subject Matter Expert to support NLM external UMLS. This part-time role 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. The position is remote-eligible.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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.
Advanced education in health informatics, biomedical informatics, information science, computer science, biomedical science, healthcare, or a related field, or equivalent specialized experience.

Responsibilities

Participate in selected interviews, listening sessions, and follow-up discussions requiring specialized UMLS, terminology, interoperability, or Health IT expertise.
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 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 when evaluating potential UMLS improvement or modernization opportunities identified through user engagement.