Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · 20 hours ago
Clinical Data Management Specialist
Philadelphia, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$74K/yr - $95K/yr
1+ years expChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is dedicated to advancing pediatric care and offers a collaborative environment for its employees. The Clinical Data Management Specialist will develop and maintain data collection tools and governance processes for clinical data sets, ensuring accuracy and compliance with established standards.
Child CareHealth CareHospitalMedicalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Work closely with clinicians and administrative staff to understand their specific needs and quickly and independently translate these into specific deliverables (e.g. forms, queries, and reports)
Build and maintain data dictionaries for patient cohorts, specialty care divisions, and study databases
Designs CRFs, databases, and clinical database structures for data acquisition and responsible for the development and implementation of new/expanded databases (database design specifications, validation specifications, report specifications, bug fixes/enhancements, test scripts, etc.)
Responsible for the development and maintenance of data standards, policies, and data collection procedures (standard operating procedures) related to data management activities
Performs regular queries and reports to efficiently identify outstanding-inaccurate data collection (e.g. assesses and reports on data outlier values and null fields)
Defines data handling conventions for clinical data registries: edit checks, quality acceptance, and auditing criteria for data elements as well as procedures for handling exceptions for violations to the various clinical registry data standards
Participate in improving organizational performance through recommending areas or approaches for improvement activities, performing new procedures, collecting data and providing input to department discussions
Work closely with clinical champions and data registry owners to ensure that data collection staff resolve errors in timely and accurate fashion (e.g. this often includes escalation (policing) or follow-up of requests to supervisors or clinical leaders)
Follow policies and procedures governing the handling of confidential information as defined by CHOP and applicable laws and regulations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree Required
At least one (1) year data management experience Required
Possesses strong computer and word processing, spreadsheet statistical, and database software application skills (Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, Business Objects, SQL, SAS or SPSS)
Have a working knowledge of tools to build simple databases and electronic data collection tools
Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Preferred
At least one (1) year data management experience in healthcare environment
Benefits
Fair and transparent pay practices
Factors such as skills and experience could result in an offer above the salary range noted in this job posting
Company
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Since its start in 1855 as the nation's first hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been the birthplace for many dramatic firsts in pediatric medicine.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$33.35MKey Investors
UnitedHealthcare Community PlanNational Cancer InstituteBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2025-12-10Grant· $1.7M
2025-09-29Grant· $1M
2025-06-18Grant· $1M
Leadership Team
Ron Keren
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Adam Resnick
Director of the Center for Data Driven Discovery in Biomedicine (D3b)
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