Fast Facts

We are seeking Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars to work as AI Trainers on a flexible, contract basis in a research project evaluating AI models in the healthcare field.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include developing prompts for AI models, evaluating AI responses, and providing structured feedback based on your professional healthcare experience.

Skills: Candidates should have at least 4 years of professional experience in health information technology or medical registration.

Qualifications: Experience with healthcare systems, data management, and medical coding is preferred, along with the ability to work independently and asynchronously.

Location: This position is remote and can be done from anywhere, with a specific mention of San Francisco, California.

Compensation: $75 - $75 / Hourly

Overview

Handshake is recruiting Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrar Professionals to contribute to an hourly, temporary AI research project—but there’s no AI experience needed. In this program, you’ll leverage your professional experience to evaluate what AI models produce in your field, assess content related to your field of work, and deliver clear, structured feedback that strengthens the model’s understanding of your workplace tasks and language. The Handshake AI opportunity runs year-round, with project opportunities opening periodically across different areas of expertise.

Details

• The position is remote and asynchronous; work independently from wherever you are.
• The hours are flexible, with no minimum commitment, but most average 5-20 hrs
• The work includes developing prompts for AI models that reflect your field, and then evaluating responses.
• You’ll learn new skills and contribute to how AI is used in your field
• Your placement into a project will be dependent on project availability—if you apply now and can’t work on this project, more will be available soon.

Qualifications

• You have at least 4 years of professional experience in one or more of the following types of work.
• The examples below reflect the types of real-world responsibilities that you might have had in your role that will give you the context needed to evaluate and train high-quality AI models
• Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
• Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.
• Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.
• Develop in-service educational materials.
• Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.
• Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.
• Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.
• Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.
• Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.
• Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
• Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users.
• Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
• Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings.
• Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
• Train medical records staff.
• Write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications.
• You’re able to participate in asynchronous work in partnership with leading AI labs.

Application Process

• Create a Handshake account
• Upload your resume and verify your identity
• Get matched and onboarded into relevant projects
• Start working and earning

Work authorization information

F-1 students who are eligible for CPT or OPT may be eligible for projects on Handshake AI. Work with your Designated School Official to determine your eligibility. If your school requires a CPT course, Handshake AI may not meet your school’s requirements. STEM OPT is not supported. See our Help Center article for more information on what types of work authorizations are supported on Handshake AI.