Medical Literacy Editor

Kforce has a client in Philadelphia, PA that is seeking a Medical Literacy Editor. Summary: The Medical Literacy Editor works on the Patient Engagement editorial team to ensure Patient Engagement content adheres to health literacy and plain language principles, follows style guidelines for standard terminology, consistency, grammar, and punctuation, and meets the appropriate reading level. The Editor also ensures content is error free and follows established templates. Duties and Responsibilities:

• Edit documents and scripts to comply with health literacy and plain language principles, Elsevier style, standard terminology, and the appropriate reading level
• Organize and structure documents and scripts to comply with templates
• Copyedit for consistency, grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation
• Collaborate with team to maintain schedules and meet deadlines
• Communicate with clinical reviewers regarding accuracy of clinical content, current practices and guidelines, new research and technology, and other best practices during the review process for documents
• Ensure documents edited are aligned with other documents in the topic grouping during scheduled review
• Edit content in proprietary content management system
• Leverage AI to assist with editorial and other work tasks as directed
• 3+ years of experience in editing medical/clinical content
• Working knowledge of the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, and the AMA Manual of Style, 11th edition
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of medical/clinical terminology
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to meet tight deadlines

• Proven adoption of and skill with AI tools, resulting in acceleration of workflows
• Experience in plain language or health literacy editing for an STM publisher
• Experience communicating and working with clinical professionals
• Experience working in a highly matrixed corporate environment
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing processes and procedures when applicable