Clinical Informatician

2 months ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom EMIS Full time

Here at EMIS, we are excited to share that we are currently recruiting for a Clinical Informatician to join our collaborative Research and Analytics Clinical team on a permanent basis.


You will be joining our team who support a growth area of trial optimisation, real-world evidence. Using our technology, size and reach we are uniquely placed to facilitate clinical research for patient benefit at scale.


If you want to be part of a company where you are valued and what you do genuinely makes a difference, then apply today


Whilst this is a remote working position, there will be a requirement to work across any of our UK offices and visit your team on a quarterly basis.



What you’ll do:

Reporting into Chief Medical Officer for Data and Research, this role will use our EMIS-X data analytics platform to provide analysis and interpretation of the complex biomedical data captured in electronic health records, patient medication records, registries, and epidemiological observations. This is important work that provides a rich window into the complicated realities of patients and diseases; and can be used to support the many research activities in a variety of ways.


Other responsibilities include:

  • Develop, build and maintaining code lists and rules and their essential meta data to support the needs of internal and external customers to provide services search as research and decision support.
  • Contribute to the development and roadmap of products and services to support trial optimization and real-world evidence opportunities.
  • Actively participate in quality assurance processes to improve data quality and query accuracy.
  • Develop and maintain the master library of artefacts which includes code lists, rule sets, quality assurance documentation and other data objects.


Who you’ll be

You will be comfortable with accessing and interpreting complex medical records, utilising your analytical skills to extract targeted data to help identify cohorts of individuals suitable for research projects.


Ideally you’ll be a registered clinician and have a current registration with a professional UK governing body (for example the General Medical Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council, General Pharmaceutical Council or equivalent). And hold previous experience of working in a life sciences, academia, or NHS setting (ideally primary care), working in a clinical data environment.


You will have the ability to read and interpret clinical study protocols to extract inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as interpret the criteria to identify and build code sets in SNOMED CT using its hierarchy to return refined patient cohorts.


Other key skills:

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to meet agreed deadlines.
  • Experience of using SNOMED CT, READ codes
  • Experience of querying databases to extract information using structured query language (SQL)
  • Understanding of DM+D (Dictionary of Drugs and Medical devices), BNF (British National Formulary)


If this sounds like just what you are looking for, then apply now, we want to hear from you


What We’ll Give You

As well as a competitive salary, you will also receive a car allowance, 25 days holiday, Private Medical Insurance for you and your partner. Excellent employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, access to LinkedIn learning and other lifestyle discounts and much more


Our Vision and Your Impact

Our vision is to be the leading provider of innovative healthcare technology that ultimately improves people’s lives. Are you interested in becoming part of that vision?

Working with our customers, we are leading the way in the delivery of patient centred, connected, digitally enabled health and care services. Our customers and partners are using our solutions in all health and care settings, from GP surgeries and community care to high street pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, not for profit organisations and specialist services. Ranked in the top five HealthTech organisations in the UK, we are committed to developing the next generation of healthcare technology that will truly make a difference.


Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

At EMIS, we are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable culture where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work and to reach their full potential. This is a foundation stone of EMIS, anchoring the employee cycle from recruitment through to ongoing personal development and genuine, continuous two-way employee engagement, supported by our company values which determine everything we do.

EMIS is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We will always work to accommodate individual needs during your application journey. If you require any adjustments, please advise the talent team.