Job Overview

Job Title:  Lead Clinical Editor, BMJ Learning    

Contract:  Permanent (full-time)

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 

Location: BMA House (Hybrid)

Application Closing Date: Friday 7th March 2025

BMJ Learning is looking for a talented clinical editor, who can lead our team creating high-quality learning resources for doctors and other healthcare professionals.

About BMJ Learning

BMJ Learning is the CPD platform trusted by 1m doctors and other healthcare professionals worldwide. It has over 400 expert-written courses, which are regularly updated with the latest guidelines and evidence. 

Courses are peer-reviewed to ensure quality and are accredited by over 70 organisations. BMJ Learning offers the unique ability to personalise, assess and record learning across all key conditions which present in primary and secondary care. It includes a range of styles of learning, including adaptive,  video-led and interactive case-based courses.

Job Purpose

The Lead Clinical Editor plays a key role in BMJ Learning, overseeing the editorial team and ensuring high-quality content is delivered on time. Reporting to the Head of Content, the role involves close collaboration with departments such as Production and Marketing to maintain editorial excellence. With strong editorial and project management skills, the Lead Clinical Editor must be able to critically appraise clinical evidence and ensure content meets the highest standards. This position is ideal for an experienced and motivated clinical editor seeking an opportunity to grow, innovate, and contribute within a supportive and dynamic environment.  

Responsibilities

The Lead Clinical Editor:

• Creates, commissions and edits content, including multimedia, for BMJ Learning
• Takes day-to-day decisions over how tasks are prioritised within the editorial team to meet key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Line-manages section editors and oversees an editorial budget 
• Ensures quality procedures are followed, and all content is relevant and peer reviewed
• Engages regularly with external clinical experts to create and plan content
• Clearly understands the content needs of different target groups (e.g. GPs, medical trainees, nurses, medical students etc) and contributes to product development
• Deputises for Head of Content, when required.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications 

A successful candidate must have:

• Excellent writing, editing and commissioning skills
• An ability to understand and critically appraise clinical evidence
• Experience of managing a team, editorial projects and/or budgets to targets.

Desirable attributes include:

• A first or second degree in medicine, pharmacy, nursing or biomedical science
• Qualifications or certificates in journalism or writing/editing
• Employment creating clinical or scientific information for a reputable publisher
• Experience creating multimedia or interactive content.

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

• Flexible work available to all employees: Remote first; Core hours; 9-day fortnight

• Discounted onsite gym and fitness classes 

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