2 x Assistant Section Editors

BMJ Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare knowledge provider as an Assistant Section Editor. This role involves supporting the creation of clinical content for BMJ Best Practice, working with a collaborative team, and offers opportunities for flexible work. Ideal for candidates with a background in clinical fields or medical editing seeking to enhance their skills.

Benefits

Flexible work available

Discounted onsite gym and fitness classes

Generous double-matching employer pension contribution

Discounts for dental and travel insurance

Twenty-five days holiday + bank holidays

Career Coaching

Concierge service Seniorcare by Lottie

Buy up to 5 additional holiday days

Qualifications

• Degree in clinical or biomedical subject is essential.
• Proven experience of researching, writing and editing complex medical information for healthcare professionals or extensive experience as a practicing clinician.

Responsibilities

• Support Section Editors in commissioning, updating, and editing content.
• Ensure quality assurance by liaising with external clinician authors and peer reviewers.
• Shape content to be compelling and digestible for target audiences.

Skills

Medical Editing

Research Skills

Writing

Communication

Education

Degree in a clinical or biomedical subject

Postgraduate degree or qualification in journalism or communication

Job description

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Job Title: 2 x Assistant Section Editors

Contract: 12 months fixed term contract, 3 or 5 days per week.

Working hours: 3 or 5 days per week; please state your preference in your application.

Location: 90 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 4EZ - UK (Hybrid)

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 18th June 2025

BMJ Digital Health has an exciting opportunity for two Assistant Section Editors (fixed term contracts, 12 months) to join a talented and friendly team working on BMJ Best Practice, the BMJ Group’s award-winning online clinical decision support tool for doctors and other healthcare professionals. BMJ Best Practice provides the latest evidence-based information to underpin diagnosis and treatment decisions across more than 1,000 medical conditions and symptom presentations.

This is a great opportunity for someone with a clinical background or proven experience of working in an STM publishing environment who is looking to draw on and further expand their medical editing skills.

Responsibilities

• You will support the team of Section Editors in commissioning, updating and editing Best Practice clinical content to ensure that it remains safe, accurate, and consistent with latest evidence and clinical guidelines.
• You will liaise with external clinician authors and peer reviewers to ensure appropriate quality assurance of new and updated content.
• You will reshape content to bring it in line with our style guide and make it compelling and digestible for our target audiences.
• You may be required to deputise for a Section Editor, curating content across one or more specialist clinical areas.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• A degree in a clinical or biomedical subject is essential and a postgraduate degree or qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. postgraduate clinical training, journalism, science communication) would be an advantage.
• You might come from a clinical or a medical editing background. You will need either:

- Proven experience of researching, writing and editing complex medical or scientific

information for a demanding audience of healthcare professionals OR

- Extensive experience as a practising clinician (doctor/pharmacist/nurse or other

healthcare profession), ideally with an educational element to your role.

You will need to demonstrate:

• Proven ability to work under pressure to deadlines and to confidently juggle multiple tasks
• An ability to adapt to new digital systems
• Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.

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 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

• Career Coaching
• Opportunities to pursue professional development
• Strengths-based development

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Writing and Editing

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