Clinical Editor
Job Overview
Job Title: Clinical Editor
Contract: Permanent (Full-time)
Salary: £72,069
Location: London - Hybrid
Application Closing Date: Friday 20th March 2026
Job Purpose
A great opportunity to join The BMJ as a Clinical Editor. The successful candidate will work on and develop clinical and academic sections of The BMJ in rotation (namely education, scholarly comment, and research). You will also provide support for commissioning, content development, research integrity, and journal development across the BMJ Journals portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Work on clinical or academic sections of The BMJ, and work with other journals within the BMJ group (BMJJs)
- Develop and implement the editorial strategy for these workstreams
- Manage staff within the relevant workstream and to matrix manage and work with other teams such as BMJJ editors and publishers, multimedia, the technical editors and production
- Participate in The BMJ’s duty editor rota attending The BMJ’s relevant editorial management meetings
- Participate in project and collection teams to ensure joined-up working within the department
- Contribute to execution of The BMJ’s international strategy and digital transformation strategy
- Provide clinical input to editorial teams
- Support the content integrity editor to investigate specific cases including possible breaches of integrity pre or post publication
- Support the content integrity editor to develop and implement measures to improve integrity and decision making such as via policy, process and best practice work or specific teaching and training for editors
- Act as an ambassador for The BMJ and the BMJJs and their values, including in external outreach to promote journals and develop relationships
- Deliver high quality editorial, clinical content in a timely manner for digital and print mainly articles but also audio and video content where appropriate
- Train and mentor other staff to develop key editorial skills
- Participate in, and lead when required, cross portfolio communications and collaboration
- Use and report data and analytics to inform decisions about different content types and commissioning strategies
Experience & Education
We would like the post holder to possess experience in all listed areas, but the relative experience in each will vary by individual.
Essential
- Clinical experience to inform editorial decision-making and ensure relevance of articles.
- Experience in critical appraisal of evidence to inform decision-making.
- Experience writing and editing for a clinical and/or public health audience.
Desirable
- Editorial experience on a general medical journal at assistant editor or senior editor level, including in commissioning, editing, and writing content for an international audience.
- Experience of critical appraisal, peer review, and editing of research, opinion, scholarly comment, and/or education articles.
- Experience managing teams and working in a matrix, hybrid environment.
Qualification
- Medical degree
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.
Flexible Work and Workplace Perks
We’re committed to flexible working that supports both your needs and the requirements of the role.
Generous benefits
Generous double-matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%
Discounted dental and travel insurance
Seven x salary life assurance cover and a generous income protection package
Discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work and season ticket loan
Discounts for retail and leisure products through yourReward
Work-life balance and wellbeing
Twenty-five days holiday + bank holidays + a BMJ Day off.
Additional holiday through long service; buy up to 5 additional days
Leave for moving house, volunteering or getting married
Concierge service Seniorcare by Lottie
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion are not buzzwords to us, but fundamental company priorities
We believe that a diverse workforce brings unique strengths and insights, enabling us to better serve our customers and drive positive change in our industry.
If you are from an under-represented or historically marginalised community, we are particularly interested in hearing from you.
Join our employee-led networks focusing on Gender, Race and Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers and Age.
Disability Confident Committed employer
Learning & Development
Personal development plan
Mentoring scheme
Career Coaching
Opportunities to pursue professional development
Strengths-based development