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The Opportunity

• Share your clinical terminology expertise to make a difference in e-health
• Bring your knowledge of FHIR, SNOMED, AMT to work
• Join CSIRO’s AEHRC! A truly collaborative, flexible and inclusive workplace and make improvements to healthcare

The Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) is CSIRO’s national digital health research program, enabling the digital transformation of healthcare to improve services and clinical treatment for Australians and beyond.

We are actively seeking Clinical Terminologists to join our AEHRC team at CSIRO and there are currently three opportunities to pick from.

As a Clinical Terminologist, you’ll be responsible for creating, standardising and maintaining the SNOMED CT Australian extension, Australian Medicines Terminology (AMT) and other terminology content for use, and to facilitate the safe and accurate exchange of information across the health sector.

If you have expertise in clinical terminology, primarily AMT or SNOMED CT experience, or have expertise in FHIR terminology resources and SNOMED CT experience and are enthusiastic about making a hands-on contribution to delivering solutions that can be used across multiple projects in an increasingly information-based industry, then do not hesitate to apply.

These opportunities come with a high degree of flexibility in working arrangements from home and office and have the option to be either Sydney or Brisbane based.

The common duties across the three positions are listed below. There are slightly different selection criteria for each position. Review the attached position description of each of the positions on this job advert before applying.

Your duties will include:

• Applying understanding of clinical practice and language to SNOMED CT and other terminology development and modelling requirements to meet the needs of our stakeholders and customers.
• Developing and maintaining terminology reference sets and value sets and accurately model clinical terms and concepts to support research and development projects.
• Assisting stakeholders and customers in the integration of terminology and clinical information structures.
• Undertaking mapping activities and documentation for specific projects.
• Developing and maintaining support documentation and clearly communicating complex terminology to our collaborators and customers.
• Understanding and participating in local and international discussions regarding the direction of terminology development and implementation.
• Working with clients and CSIRO researchers and software engineers in developing clinical terminology, software, and solutions to tackle issues in the collection, integration and analysis of clinical and other health data.

Location: Brisbane QLD or Sydney NSW
Salary: AU$89k - AU$101k plus up to 15.4% superannuation
* Reference, Tenure and position description is attached in the section below.

To be considered you will need:

• Detailed understanding of SNOMED CT and/or AMT, with experience in authoring, modelling and peer reviewing clinical and medicines content for inclusion in terminology products.
• Detailed understanding of clinical terminologies design principles, structures and their use cases, good code system design and concept permanence.
• Experience working in the area of health data standards and clinical terminologies like SNOMED CT, with significant and wide-ranging links to the health data standards and terminologies communities.   
• Ability to use SNOMED CT terminology knowledge and understanding of stakeholders' requirements to make difficult decisions and take responsibility and accountability for those decisions.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently to meet deadlines as well as working cooperatively with others in a high functioning team to meet team objectives

For full details about the job reference and associated role please review the *three Position Description below.

• 84681 (NCTS AMT Clinical Terminologist) - Indefinite / Full-time
• 87041 (NCTS FHIR Terminologist) – Specified term of up to 2 years/ Full-time
• 87102 (NCTS SNOMED CT Clinical Terminologist) - Specified term of up to 2 years/ Full-time

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/ New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only. Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

30 April 2023, 11:00pm AEST/AEDT