Req ID: RQ189955

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1)

Job Family: Functional Experts

Skills:

ICD-10 Procedure Coding System,ICD Coding,LOINC,RxNorm,SNOMED CT

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Public Health Vocabulary Specialist to join our CDC team in support of the Public Health Information Network Vocabulary Access and Distribution System (PHIN VADS) project. In this role, you will work with the CDC customers to implement HL7 guides for various CDC programs, publish vocabulary content through proprietary application, and support internal and external users through their CDC mailboxes using a ticketing system.

Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

HOW A PUBLIC HEALTH VOCABULARY SPECIALIST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• 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 CDC 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 CDC 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

• Deploy vocabulary content using proprietary application (UAF) for PHIN VADS system

• Manage internal/external customer requests via mailboxes to keep track of work and follow SOPs

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: BA/BS or equivalent

• Required Experience: Minimum of five years of related experience

• Required Technical Skills:

• Minimum of five years 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).

Security Clearance: Must have an active CDC Public Trust

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to initiate joint design and development efforts and collaborate with stakeholders to review business, technical and data requirements, and ensure data accuracy and quality

• Must be able to effectively communicate with stakeholders and team

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with HL7 messaging structure

• Experience with Service Now ticketing system or equivalent

Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

● 401K with company match

● Comprehensive health and wellness packages

● Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career

● Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications

● Cutting-edge technology you can learn from

● Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $69,722 - $94,300. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.