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Black Canyon Consulting

Health Informatics / Terminology SME

Bethesda, Maryland

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Seniority
Mid level
Country
US
Work mode
Remote-friendly
First seen by hirly
21 Oct 2026

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Overview

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

If you are interested in being a part of an organization that operates within the intersection of technology and health, please apply today!

Responsibilities

Participate in selected interviews, listening sessions, and follow-up discussions where specialized UMLS, terminology, interoperability, or Health IT expertise is needed.

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 help 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 as needed when evaluating potential UMLS improvement or modernization opportunities identified through user engagement.

Experience: Required Knowledge / Skills

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.

Preferred Knowledge / Skills

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.

Education

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

This position is remote-eligible.

Benefits and Salary

We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement. We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience.

If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!

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