Clinical Data Managers

Also Called: Clinical Data Management Associate Director (CDM Associate Director), Clinical Data Management Manager (CDM Manager), Clinical Data Manager

Bachelor's Degree

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$61,070

Entry Salary

Bright

Job outlook

What Clinical Data Managers do

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

  • Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
  • Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
  • Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
Industry Areas:

Information Technology

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Work Context

  • Electronic Mail
  • Spend Time Sitting
  • Telephone
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
  • Work With Work Group or Team

Tools

  • Mobile phones
  • Notebook computers
  • Portable data input terminals

Technology

Data base user interface and query software
Microsoft Access
Relational database software
Presentation software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Analytical or scientific software
IBM SPSS Statistics
SAS

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Listening
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Writing

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities
English language
Engineering and Technology
computers and electronics
Business
customer service
Math and Science
arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Education

  • 85% Bachelor's degree
  • 5% Associate's degree
  • 5% Post-baccalaureate certificate

Experience

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Data Entry Keyers

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

 Job Training Match

Medical Assistants

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

 Job Training Match

Court Reporters & Simultaneous Captioners

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

Clinical Data Managers Currently Selected

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Biostatisticians

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Advanced Technical Centers

    Miami, FL

  • Agnes Scott College

    Decatur, GA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

    • Conventional (Organizer)
    • Investigative (Thinker)

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Cooperation
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Persistence

Values

  • Achievement
  • Support
  • Independence

Abilities

  • Verbal
  • Ideas and Logic
  • Math

This is what Clinical Data Managers across the country typically make.

$29.36 / hour
$61,070 /year

Entry Level

$51.93 / hour
$108,020 /year

Median Level

$88.51 / hour
$184,090 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Bright

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