Decision Scientist, Clinical Informatics

CVS Health

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Work type
Remote
Location
NYTXMANCFLNJCTRICATN
Salary
$64,890–$158,620 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
18 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Jan 1, 2027

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Below market

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About CVS Health

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy

CVS Health currently has 119 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,605–$260,590 across 115 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Decision Scientist, Clinical Informatics

The Decision Scientist - Clinical Informatics (Clinical Data Standards) joins the Analytics & Behavior Change team to activate clinical data repositories and improve healthcare outcomes. This role serves as a bridge between clinical data assets and downstream consumers like data scientists and business partners. Key responsibilities include building a clinical data feature store, developing validated data assets such as tables and views, and creating comprehensive documentation including data dictionaries and lineage. The position requires expertise in clinical data standards like HL7, FHIR, ICD-10, SNOMED-CT, LOINC, CPT, NDC, and RxNorm. Candidates must use SQL and Google Cloud Platform tools like BigQuery to manage large-scale healthcare datasets. The work involves translating complex clinical concepts into analytical frameworks while ensuring compliance with HIPAA and internal data stewardship policies.

What you'll do

  • Build the clinical data feature store by establishing standards, documentation, and best practices for downstream analytics.
  • Develop validated and reusable data assets including tables, views, and features for analysts and data scientists.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive data documentation such as data dictionaries, lineage, and business logic.
  • Build queries, dashboards, and visualizations to communicate data quality metrics and clinical insights to stakeholders.
  • Translate complex clinical concepts into analytical frameworks for business partners.
  • Collaborate with data engineering teams to inform data pipeline development and clinical data ingestion.
  • Ensure compliance with HIPAA, data privacy regulations, and internal data stewardship policies.
  • Maintain expertise in clinical data standards including HL7, FHIR, ICD-10, and SNOMED-CT.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of relevant experience in clinical informatics, healthcare analytics, or clinical data management.
  • Familiarity with clinical data types and structures, including CCD data, lab results, clinical notes, and administrative healthcare data.
  • Knowledge of clinical coding systems and terminologies, such as ICD-10, CPT, HCPCS, SNOMED-CT, LOINC, NDC, and RxNorm.
  • Proficiency with SQL and experience working with large-scale healthcare datasets.
  • Familiarity using cloud-based data platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP) tools including BigQuery (preferred).
  • Understanding of data quality principles, including validation, profiling, and monitoring of healthcare data.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to explain complex clinical data concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree in health informatics, Public Health, Nursing, Health Information Management, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.

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