# Health Informatics / Terminology SME at Black Canyon Consulting

- Company: Black Canyon Consulting
- Status: Open
- Workplace: On-site
- Location: Bethesda, Maryland
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Data
- Employment: Part-time
- Posted: 2026-10-20
- Skills: UMLS, biomedical terminology
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/blackcanyonconsulting/jobs/8039520003

## Description

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, 

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