Overview
Medical Writer Jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa at remoting.work
Title: Medical Writer
Company: remoting.work
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Job Overview: We are looking for an experienced Remote Medical Writer with excellent scientific knowledge and writing skills to create engaging and informative medical content through long- and short-form articles, clinical trial publications, blog posts, and white papers. Your other responsibilities include performing extensive research on assigned topics, interviewing experts and reading medical publications, and ensuring the content you create follows our style guidelines. Strong analytical skills and a passion for learning will help you succeed in this position. You must also be open to feedback as your work will be edited by our Medical Editors.
Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate understands scientific and medical terms and can translate complicated concepts into easy-to-understand materials for both laity and healthcare professionals.
Key Duties And Responsibilities
- Draft and edit high quality, medically accurate manuscripts, conference abstracts, and posters.
- Submit articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Create and develop high-quality materials for Medical Affairs, including slide decks, presentations, and other scientific communication documents.
- Perform background research.
- Communicate with stakeholders to ensure publications are time appropriate.
- Rewrite and update old content when needed.
- Implement feedback from our Editors.
- Prepare guides and other educational content for our target audience.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry standards, including Good Publication Practices (GPP) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines, when developing clinical trial publications and medical affairs materials.
Skills And Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, such as biology or chemistry.
- Ph.D. or M.D. strongly preferred.
- Experience writing and editing scientific documents.
- Familiarity with AMA style.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Organizational skills.
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