LAC Federal is seeking Biomedical Indexer to support a major biomedical library in the Washington, DC, metro area. The Biomedical Indexer will support indexing quality control. This is a part time remote position (20 hours a week). This position will require passing a background check and obtaining credentials to access the library's systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
In support of MeSH indexing quality control and clean-up, the staff will:
- Construct PubMed searches to identify citations with missing or incorrect publication types or other headings.
- Review lists of citations identified as potentially requiring specific indexing corrections.
- Submit lists of affected PMIDs (PubMed unique identifiers) as batch correction requests
- Manually make corrections in PMDM (PubMed Data Management System)
- Work to support quality assurance, systems management, and/or data analysis for the section, which may include but not limited to:
- Importing data from spreadsheets into SharePoint tables
- Creating PubMed queries for comprehensive retrieval of specific concepts and annotating the results, to generate training data for Machine Learning
- Collecting and integrating data from Jira, SharePoint, and other sources; using it to create tables and charts.
- Attend meetings with internal and client staff to plan tasks.
- Provide information and contribute to monthly and annual reporting requirements.
- Strong communication skills including ability to collaborate with management, technical and scientific staff to accomplish projects and tasks.
- Ability to quickly and independently educate oneself on unfamiliar biomedical concepts and terminology.
Requirements
MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, biomedical science, or a related field and 5+ years of experience with biomedical vocabulary, principles, and facts
OR
- High school diploma and 9+ years of experience with biomedical vocabulary, principles, and facts
AND
- 3+ years of experience with reading and summarizing formal biomedical literature on diverse biomedical topics such as anatomy, physiology, psychology, genetics, biochemistry, and health care practices.
- 3+ years of experience analyzing and organizing biomedical vocabulary according to the relationships between the terms.
- 3+ years of experience with a biomedical database (preferably PubMed)
- 3+ years of experience annotating scientific citations with appropriate terms from a controlled vocabulary (preferably MeSH)
- 3+ years' experience in constructing complex queries (preferably in PubMed) using advanced search features, including Boolean operators, search fields and search filters.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Use and administration of Jira, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams
- Scripting for data analysis, preferably in Python or R
- Mid-level data analysis in Excel, such as:
- Importing and exporting text and csv files
- Pivot tables
- Formulas
- Charts
- Conditional formatting
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
