Biomedical Terminology Specialist

Location: Bethesda MD

Work Type: Hybrid Work ( Minimum 2 Days Onsite)

Required Clearance: Ability to obtain Public Trust

LCG Inc. provides insight into the impact of public programs that advance our society. For more than 20 years LCG Inc. has been a leading provider of technology-based consulting services biomedical research support grants management decision analytics software engineering and IT operations that enhance the transparency efficiency and empowerment of programs with health and science missions

Job Title: Biomedical Terminology Specialist

Job Overview: The Biomedical Terminology Specialist provides expert-level support in biomedical content development clinical terminology modeling and scientific documentation to support federal research and public health programs. This role involves working closely with interdisciplinary teams to analyze structure and standardize complex biomedical concepts and terminology for integration into national vocabularies ontologies and informatics systems. The ideal candidate brings domain expertise in biomedical or clinical fields and experience with terminology standards content modeling and semantic technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expertise

• Serve as a subject matter expert in areas such as pharmacology medicine public health biology molecular biology or related domains.
• Provide high-level domain-specific input into terminology creation classification and ontology modeling efforts.
• Analyze structure and validate complex biomedical content to ensure accurate representation in controlled vocabularies and semantic models.
• Contribute to efforts involving public health data standards clinical research content harmonization and biomedical informatics alignment.

Editorial and Content Development

• Design and maintain editorial standards for terminology development across key biomedical domains such as:
  • Drugs agents reagents carcinogens
  • Clinical procedures diagnostics treatments prevention and imaging
  • Diseases clinical findings abnormalities and molecular pathology
  • Genomics biomarkers population health and demographics
• Model new terminology content using appropriate formats (e.g. OWL RDFS) based on biomedical data standards.
• Review and curate terminology entries for accuracy completeness and semantic consistency.

Communication and Documentation

• Prepare technical reports documentation and white papers to summarize study findings terminology decisions and editorial changes.
• Develop executive-level briefings with visuals such as charts graphs and summaries tailored to non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in project planning meetings presenting findings and recommendations as needed.

Qualifications

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in biomedical clinical or public health research or related field.
• Advanced degree (MS PhD MD PharmD or advanced degree in nursing) in Nursing Pharmacology Public Health Medicine Biology Molecular Biology or a related field is required.
• Familiarity with national or international clinical vocabularies such as SNOMED CT LOINC RxNorm NCI Thesaurus (NCIt) or UMLS.
• Knowledge of ontology development environments (e.g. Protégé) and semantic web technologies (e.g. OWL RDF).
• Experience working with or contributing to biomedical informatics systems or research data repositories.
• Strong background in terminology development semantic modeling or ontology work within biomedical or healthcare environments.
• Experience creating or maintaining clinical vocabularies or working with biomedical data standards
• Strong analytical critical thinking and scientific writing skills.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Detail-oriented with a passion for data quality accuracy and standardization.
• Ability to communicate complex biomedical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Compensation and Benefits

The projected compensation range for this position is $90000 to $130000 per year benchmarked in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Salary at LCG is determined by various factors including but not limited to role location the combination of education/training knowledge skills competencies certifications and work experience.

LCG offers a competitive comprehensive benefits package which includes health insurance options (medical dental vision) life and disability insurance retirement plan contributions as well as paid leave federal holidays professional development and lifestyle benefits.

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