Senior Medical Editor Permanent

Due to continued success, our client is seeking a medical editor to join their award winning team and be based in their offices in Surrey although some home working will be considered.

The role will involve working alongside medical writers, editing material for scientific and linguistic content and having responsibility for editorial accuracy and consistency of all materials created across a their busy medical education department.

In addition to an excellent salary, you can expect benefits including pension, bonus and 25 days holidays (rising to 30 days) and much more.

Responsibilities:

• Editing and checking material for accuracy and consistency
• Submission of manuscripts to journals, including journal liaison and research
• Incorporation and rationalisation of client comments to text where possible
• Ensure copy is grammatically and factually accurate, precise and readable following editing.
• Ensures graphical work (e.g. slides) are tidy, well-constructed and conforms to templates and styles, including colours, typography and layout.
• Shows an awareness of, and conforms to, industry codes of practice.
• Ensures that internal resources (archive, resource folders, etc.) are organised and managed in a way that maximises and enhances client service

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Educated to degree level in a life science
• Significant previous experience of proof reading and copy editing gained within a medical communications environment
• Ability to mark up using track changes
• Excellent attention to detail
• Team player
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

ID Search & Selection has been successfully placing candidates in healthcare communications jobs for over 15 years. Along the way we’ve built many long term relationships with candidates and clients. We’re now trusted recruitment partners to many leading companies, big, small, network and independent.

Our consultants are knowledgeable and professional and will be happy to offer information and advice. We are with you every step of the way, providing a supportive and communicative service that we will tailor to your unique needs.

Jon Gawley would love to hear from you on 01932 797996.