Clinical Informatics Specialist

Latent

  • San Francisco, California
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    The Clinical Specialist will play a critical role in data generation, annotation, and evaluation to improve Latent’s AI models, while also serving as a clinical subject matter expert (SME) to inform feature development, workflows, and internal tooling. Background in pharmacy practice, including formal training or certification as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, Physicians Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse or equivalent hands-on clinical experience.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Francisco, California
    Websitehttps://latenthealth.com/

    Description

    About Latent

    Latent is the enterprise pharmacy intelligence platform. Our clinical AI streamlines prior authorizations, appeals, and 340B compliance, so patients start therapy faster and care teams spend less time on paperwork.

    We raised an $80M Series A led by Spark Capital and Transformation Capital, with General Catalyst, McKesson Ventures, Conviction, and Y Combinator. 60+ health systems run on Latent, including Yale New Haven, Mount Sinai, UCSF, and Ochsner. We move fast, operate with high ownership, and build products that directly improve patient care.

    The Role

    Latent is seeking a Clinical Informatics Specialist to join our Engineering, Product, and Data (EPD) organization. This role sits directly within Product and is deeply embedded in product development.

    The Clinical Specialist will play a critical role in data generation, annotation, and evaluation to improve Latent’s AI models, while also serving as a clinical subject matter expert (SME) to inform feature development, workflows, and internal tooling.

    You will partner closely with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to ensure Latent’s products reflect real-world clinical practice and meet the highest standards of safety and accuracy.

    What You’ll Do

    AI Model Training & Evaluation

    • Analyze and review AI-generated content related to medications, prescriptions, drug interactions, contraindications, and patient education for clinical accuracy and clarity.

    • Generate, label, and curate high-quality training and evaluation datasets based on real-world pharmacy and medication-use scenarios.

    • Provide structured clinical feedback to improve model performance, reasoning quality, and edge-case handling.

    • Identify gaps in AI knowledge and propose targeted data or educational interventions to address them.

    Product Development & Clinical SME Support

    • Serve as a clinical subject matter expert for product and engineering teams during feature design and iteration.

    • Collaborate with product managers to translate clinical workflows into scalable product features.

    • Actively test Latent’s pharmacist and medication-focused tools, providing actionable feedback and proposing product enhancements.

    Quality, Safety & Compliance

    • Ensure AI outputs align with current clinical guidelines, pharmaceutical standards, and best practices.

    • Help define and enforce internal quality standards for clinical content used in training and evaluation.

    • Ensure all data generation and AI outputs adhere to regulatory, ethical, and privacy requirements relevant to pharmacy practice.

    Cross-Functional Collaboration

    • Partner with data scientists, ML engineers, and product managers to design clinically grounded training sets and evaluation frameworks.

    • Communicate complex clinical concepts clearly through written documentation and internal discussions.

    • Contribute to continuous improvement of Latent’s clinical intelligence processes and tooling.

    What We’re Looking For

    • Background in pharmacy practice, including formal training or certification as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician, Physicians Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Nurse or equivalent hands-on clinical experience.

    • Demonstrated experience working with medications, prescriptions, drug interactions, and pharmacy workflows in real-world settings.

    • Strong clinical judgment and attention to detail, with the ability to evaluate medication-related content for accuracy, safety, and clarity.

    • Ability to translate real-world clinical scenarios into structured data, annotations, or written feedback.

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially when explaining complex clinical concepts to non-clinical teammates.

    • Comfort collaborating closely with product, engineering, and data science teams in a fast-paced environment.

    • Passionate about healthcare access.

    Nice to Have

    • Familiarity with clinical guidelines, regulatory considerations, and patient safety frameworks.

    • Familiarity with prior authorizations, 340B, and medication assistance programs.

    • Prior experience with Epic and/or Cerner.

    • Prior experience with data annotation, model evaluation, or quality assurance for AI systems.

    Why Join Latent Health

    • Work on high-stakes problems with real impact on patient care

    • Significant ownership in a small, high-caliber team

    • Competitive compensation and meaningful equity

     

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