Medical Information Specialist

Reports to Director of Medical Informatics

Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Medical Information Specialist to join our Medical Informatics Group and collaborate with our software engineering and user interface design teams in developing Web-based applications integrating healthcare information for consumers, patients and medical professionals.

This position is perfect for a Nurse Informaticist or other medical professional with experience in medical informatics. Specific responsibilities include the following:

Responsibilities

• Organizing medical subjects and assigning appropriate concepts from medical terminologies; developing graphical representations of medical concept relationships; managing and transforming medical terminology.
• Ensuring accuracy, relevancy and completeness of Healthline's medical topic content as a member of our team.
• Researching healthcare topics of emerging professional and popular interest; extending our range of medical topics and expanding our topic content.
• Identifying ways of improving our products, product development, and content development processes; communicating these ideas effectively.

Requirements/Experience

• B.S. in Nursing.
• Advanced training and experience in medical informatics (preferred).
• Advanced competency with medical terminologies.
• Sufficient computer skills to be able to view and edit content through a spread sheet (MS Excel), a word processor (MS Word) or an internet browser.
• Superior interpersonal skills; enthusiasm and ability to collaborate with a wide range of co-workers from software engineering, user interface design, product development, marketing and management.
• Experience within the area of patient education and the design and creation of consumer educational materials.
• Working knowledge or prior experience in dealing with medical dictionaries such as for example MeSH, SNOMED (preferred).
• Working knowledge of health plan or clinical software systems (preferred).

About Healthline

Healthline Networks offers an innovative approach to meeting the needs of today's health information seeker. The company's unique consumer healthcare taxonomy, created in 1999 in collaboration with 1,100 medical specialists, powers a suite of intelligent health search, navigation and content services. Combining advanced search technology with deep medical expertise, Healthline and its business partners - a network of trusted destination sites that include publishers, portals, search engines, employers and health plans - help consumers navigate the complex world of healthcare information, empowering them to make more confident, informed decisions. Headquartered in San Francisco, Healthline is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Reed Elsevier Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and JHK Investments, LLC.