Clinical Coding Analyst

Job Overview
Manage single and multi-service projects, ensuring quality deliverables on time, within budget and to the customer’s satisfaction; Provide expert skills as part of a Clinical Data Management (CDM) team to provide quality data that meet customer needs.

Essential Functions

• Serve as internal or external point of contact on standalone coding studies or accounts
• Maintain post-coding dictionary up-versioning synonym and coding reconciliation to align coding to latest dictionary versions.
• Perform Dictionary up-versioning activities.
• Perform external verbatim coding of data from non-EDC sources in line with required coding dictionary versions.
• Perform comprehensive quality control procedures
• Perform Serious Adverse Event (SAE) coding reconciliation activities
• Collaborate with customers and develop solutions and action plans for issues, escalations and road blocks
• Proactively identify, solve quality issues and deliver projects as per agreed timeline
• Identify and implement processes and quality improvement initiatives in the DM and coding function
• Provide review and expert opinion in developing, revising, and maintaining standard core operating procedures and work instructions
• Develop and maintain good communications and working relationships with the CDM team and client stakeholders

Qualifications and experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent Pharmacy, dental, medical, nursing, life sciences or related field qualification or educational equivalent Pref
• 3/4 years of relevant experience in clinical trials within a similar function, including proven competence in managing the delivery of coding or/and other data management processes for multiple global projects, also including experience in handling complex customer negotiations and bid defense meeting.
• Thesaurus management experience
• Excellent knowledge of Medical Dictionaries used for coding (e.g. MedDRA, WHODD, ICD9, etc.).
• Excellent knowledge of Medical Terminology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, and Physiology required for many tasks.
• Advanced knowledge of data management processes and systems and advanced ability to apply this knowledge in practice.
• Excellent understanding of clinical drug development process (detail oriented).
• Good project management skills related to all phases of clinical studies.
• Excellent knowledge of operating procedures and work instructions and the ability to apply them in practice.
• Excellent English written and oral communication skills.

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