Clinical Annotation Specialist (100% Remote)

Our Customer is a corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 1995, their goal was to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an open approach. Working with the top medical professionals, they continue to develop new, minimally invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve complex healthcare challenges around the world.

We are seeking a Clinical Annotation Specialist on a contract basis to support our Customer's business needs. This role contributes broadly to the Advanced Product Development team which is responsible for advanced analytics and new technology development focused on the advancement of data and digital technology for next-generation robotic surgery platforms. This contribution is mainly in the form of providing ground truth annotation of surgical data.

The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy, focused, team environment, be able to communicate effectively with engineering and health professionals, and have a commitment to high-quality research and product development. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required. In addition to all of these qualities, a successful candidate understands the impact this position has on the greater medical community and is transparent about mistakes, concerns, and sharing information in order to enable the team to resolve issues and further develop the best end product. Successful candidates initiate a conversation to develop their ideas and work confidently to include others and organize small teams to make good ideas better.

What you’ll do:

• Annotation of surgical videos which entails documentation of ground truth and labeling of critical events in the surgical procedure (80% of the time)
• Use custom software to label elements in medical images and videos to support state-of-the-art computer vision efforts.
• Participate in training (learning and teaching) for surgical procedures in order to understand techniques and workflow.
• Side Projects that incorporate collaboration with technical teams to support sprints and project-related goals, contribute to the clinical context, generate data for machine learning model development, and support clinical research (20% of the time)
• Collaborate with technical teams to support sprints and project-related goals, contribute to the clinical context, generate data for machine learning model development, and support clinical research.
• Assist in optimization of Agile annotation assignments and workflows.

Must-Haves:

• Basic understanding of human anatomy
• Strong interest and ability to learn about surgical workflows and anatomy across many surgical specialties
• Interest in learning and the ability to effectively advocate for their own learning needs
• Aptitude for troubleshooting and problem-solving
• Experience communicating with surgeons and/or staff is desired
• Excellent attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication
• Effective collaborator and act in the interest of the team
• Good judgment in the characterization of work challenges and when to raise concerns – experience with JIRA/ Bug reporting
• Ability to manage time effectively across multiple projects with differing priorities
• Discipline and ability to work effectively from home and coordinate with team members across time zones
• Ability to work remotely including a full day of sitting at a desk learning independently or with a group, watching and annotating surgical videos, and meeting over zoom

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Professional Writing, English, Biology/Medicine/Engineering Sciences, or equivalent preferred

Hours & Location:

• M-F, 40 hours/week. This role will be 100% Remote.

All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States and are required to have US residency at the time of application.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.