Tempus
Clinical Terminologist
$67K–$95K
Chicago +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Chicago
New York City - Experience
- 3+ years working with standard medical terminologies.
About the job
Operationalizes, quality-controls, and maintains clinical terminology services and ontology models across Tempus data pipelines.
What you'll do
- Manage and update terminology services and maintain and extend clinical ontology models.
- Standardize clinical concepts from curated data, EHR integrations, and lab systems; manage adjudication and quality-control pipelines for new concepts and domains.
- Monitor production processes and quality assurance, and recommend process improvements.
What they ask for
- 3+ years working with standard medical terminologies.
- Working knowledge of UMLS and familiarity with NCIm; experience developing and maintaining clinical ontologic models.
- Experience with real-world data from multiple sources and ELT tools for high-volume, high-velocity data pipelines.
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, Semantic Web Technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL), and awareness of HL7 and FHIR.
Nice to have
- 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
$67,000 - $95,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
ICD-CM-9/10, SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC, CPT, UMLS, NCIm, SQL
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