Job Overview

Job Title: Assistant Editor, BMJ Knowledge Centre

Contract: Permanent / Full-time

Salary: Competitive

Location: Noida, India / Hybrid 

Application Closing Date: 24th September 2023

BMJ Knowledge Centre has an exciting opportunity for an editorial role working on BMJ Best Practice, our popular online tool that helps doctors and other healthcare professionals to make the right diagnosis and management decisions. Best Practice is widely used in the NHS in the UK as well as by doctors in many other countries. The role sits within a friendly and supportive team that is responsible for ensuring the clinical content across a wide range of Best Practice medical conditions remains up to date and practical so that doctors can use it to improve outcomes for their patients. This is a great opening for someone with proven experience of working in an STM publishing environment who is looking to draw upon and further expand their medical editing skills. 

Responsibilities

• You will be involved in various stages of the publication process, including identifying relevant guidelines and journal papers for a topic and liaising with our expert medical contributors.  

• You will be responsible for reviewing and editing complex updates for a wide range of Best Practice clinical topics.

• You will be required to upload edits within our bespoke content management system. 

• You will assist with the commissioning process for Best Practice content.​

Skills and experience

• Proven editorial experience in an STM publishing environment is essential.

• Experience of commissioning and editing medical or scientific content would be an advantage.

• Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to engage with complex medical content.

• Confidence in communicating with external clinical experts.

• Proven ability to work under pressure to deadlines and to confidently juggle multiple tasks. 

• Experience of working within a CMS and the ability to adapt to new digital systems.

• Excellent communication skills, including strong editing and content writing skills.

• Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.​

Qualifications 

• A degree level qualification in a bioscience or clinical/healthcare subject is essential.

• A relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g., science communication or publishing) is desirable. 

Why work for us

Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here.