Annotation Specialist, Medical Images (Part-time Contractor)

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About the company

At Covera, we're committed to ensuring high-quality healthcare is more than just a promise. That's why we're leading the way in the emerging science of quality, and connecting providers and payers in their shared quest to improve patient outcomes and care quality. By tackling this challenge, we have the ability to impact millions of lives by raising the standard of care nationwide.

Our initial focus is radiology, where an early and accurate diagnosis has a profound impact on the rest of a patient's care journey. Through our work, which uses clinically-validated science-based tools, we're helping doctors enhance their care, ensuring patients get the right diagnosis, and enabling the healthcare system to support quality improvement at scale.

Through our clinical intelligence platform, we have launched programs that help people access the most effective care and provide doctors with AI-powered quality insights and tools to enhance their care. Today, Covera is partnered with leading employers, payers and healthcare organizations across the US, including Walmart and Microsoft. And, with a pipeline representing over 25% of insured Americans, we are in the early stages of improving care quality for all patients across the globe.

In August 2021, we raised a $25M Series C financing round with Insight Partners, a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth companies driving transformative change in their industries.

This position is a remote position for 10 - 20 hours per week, via a secure web browser at flexible hours. You will be provided with a computer and expected to attend a virtual training session. 

About the role

We are looking for detail and visual-oriented individuals to join us in our goal to improve the quality of care for patients in communities across the nation. As an Image Annotator, you will be responsible for quality-reviewing and annotating radiology images for key pathologies. You will work with a growing multidisciplinary team of talented clinical researchers, data scientists, statisticians that works at the intersection of clinical knowledge and advanced data science. The ideal candidate for this role is a visual learner, has great attention to detail, and is comfortable conducting repetitive work with medical image data.  

You will be expected to:

  • Utilizing your experience with art and design, use our editing interface to annotate and QA existing labels of medical images with appropriate, pre-defined tags that you will learn during your training and onboarding process
  • Collaborate with the data science team to help improve the annotation interface and contribute your ideas to improve the annotation process 
  • Learn basic machine learning knowledge to better understand how annotations are used, allowing you to make more judgement calls on edge cases that may come up during labeling

Requirements:

  • A student studying Medicine, preferably with interest / experience in radiology (E.g., Radiology Technologist Training, Medical Student, PA Student). A visual learner who works with precision with large quantities of images
  • Detail oriented, quality-focused, and meticulous
  • Ability to work autonomously and meet bi-weekly deadlines
  • Strong computer skills with proficiency in Google Docs, Google Sheets. Candidates with Adobe Illustrator / related graphics editing tool proficiency is preferred
  • High School Diploma or above

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule, can work remotely or on-site following a mandatory on-site training
  • Frequent team outings and events 
  • Bright, open office located in the Hudson Square area of Lower Manhattan
  • Kitchen stocked with snacks, espresso and cold brew
  • Work with a group of passionate, fun, focused team passionate about changing healthcare
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