Clinical Author

Oxford Medical Simulation Limited; London; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare simulation is seeking a Clinical Author to create engaging VR scenarios for training clinicians and medical students. The role involves collaboration with experts, utilizing clinical knowledge, and adapting to changing project needs. The opportunity offers a dynamic work environment, competitive salary, and excellent benefits including remote work and generous leave.

Benefits

38 days annual leave (incl. Public holidays)

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible work environment - remote first

Pension: 3% company and 5% individual contribution

£500 one-off office set up allowance

High specification work laptop and Oculus headset

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Qualifications

• Experience in Emergency Department or General Care.
• Curiosity and analytical skills to analyze and fix issues.
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop clinical scenarios for VR education.
• Collaborate with a team to ensure quality and validity of scenarios.
• Manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication

Problem Solving

Self-management

Adaptability

Education

UK Doctor or Nurse

Experience in Healthcare Simulation

Tools

Basic Coding

Digital File Management

Job description

In a nutshell

Title: Clinical Author
Location: UK, remote
Days/week: Monday - Friday, Full time
Application Deadline: 31st August 2025. Please note we will not be conducting any interviews until after this date.

The Who, What, Where, When & Why

We are looking for expressions of interest to join as a Clinical Author. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical scenario-building team. You will be responsible for collaborating with our awesome and lovely team of clinical authors and simulation engineers to design, develop, write and test award-winning clinical VR scenarios used by clinicians and medical students alike, all over the world.

We’re looking for a driven individual who love puzzles, is able to self-manage and is up for the challenge of utilising their clinical expertise and technical knowledge in a new and creative way. A background in simulation, education and experience with coding - even at an introductory level - is preferred. You are comfortable with uncertainty and change and do well in an environment with competing priorities and new things to learn. When faced with obstacles, you carve new paths, ask for help and are flexible with the approach when things don’t work. You’re a team player without ego who appreciates the contributions of those you work with.

If you can bring the above, we will take care of the rest and show you the ropes of virtual reality education and product design. We’ll teach you how to put your clinical and educational skills to use in the context of virtual reality simulation scenarios. We’ll guide you to learn and apply new skills, including simple coding and working closely with other clinicians, educators, developers and animators to produce world-class clinical experience on demand. Because of you, OMS is delivering more training, more quickly, and at a higher quality to those that need it, both on the front lines of healthcare and in healthcare education.

Ready to take the next step?

Who you are:

• You are a UK based doctor or nurse with experience in the Emergency Department, general Critical Care, General Medicine or General Practice

• You have experience in healthcare simulation, education theory or learning design

• You are curious and analytical - you love figuring out how things work and if they are broken, what to do to fix them

• You are a computational thinker - you love puzzles, spreadsheets and logic and if you get it wrong you pick yourself up and try again until you’ve cracked it

• You are a fantastic communicator - you’ll need to be able to bridge the gap between subject matter experts, developers, artists and senior stakeholders

• You are good at self-managing, setting and sticking to deadlines, prioritising and developing creative solutions along the way

• You are comfortable with and do well in environments with a lot of change and shifts in priorities - you don’t mind changing direction or asking questions when you’re uncertain of where to focus your efforts

• You are a team player - you may have a job title but you’re always willing to roll up your sleeves and help wherever help is needed

• You love feedback - you’re always looking for ways to improve and help the team you’re on improve

• You stick with things and see the light at the end of the tunnel - you enjoy longer term projects or activities where it takes a while to get to the end result (possibly quilting, sculpting or complex lego structures)

• You love the idea of using your skills to provide top-quality clinical experiences on-demand to professional clinicians and students alike

• You love new technology and want to be part of a team using cutting edge tech for good

• You’re proficient at digital file management and how to work between multiple software applications

• You have absolute attention to detail and take pride in your work
  

Bonus points for:

• Familiarity with basic coding or participation in an introductory course to any basic coding (HTML, Python, etc.)

• Experience playing VR-specific games or using VR applications
  

What you'll be doing:

• Sometimes you’ll be writing your own scenario from start to finish and other times you’ll act as a product owner working as part of a wider team of SMEs, engineers, developers and artists ensuring the educational and clinical validity and fidelity of the clinical experience being created

• You’ll set learning objectives and use your clinical knowledge and education abilities to design, write, review and enhance scenarios

• You’ll work on scenarios outside of your area of expertise, working with subject matter experts. You’ll need to feel comfortable working outside of your specialism - you won’t always know all the answers but you’ll know-how and who to get them from, working with our SMEs to develop top-quality learning solutions

• You’ll work within a close-knit team of clinical authors and engineers, learning and laughing with us on this ever-evolving journey

• You’ll manage your own projects, working to deadlines, prioritizing like a pro, showing great attention to detail and using your judgment to make decisions and adapting and flexing when things don’t go to plan

• You may also work directly with clients around the world to help translate their ideas into virtual reality scenarios
  
  

About Oxford Medical Simulation

Our award-winning simulation platform is transforming the way healthcare and educational institutions train, assess, and recruit healthcare professionals. By combining cutting-edge 3D visualisation with artificial intelligence and leading educational theory, OMS delivers all of the benefits of physical simulation whilst delivering significant savings and improving patient care.

Since launching the award-winning OMS Platform in 2018, we've grown fast - partnering with over 150 leading healthcare institutions worldwide. From Oxford University and NYU to Mayo Clinic and the NHS, even the world’s top pediatric hospital use OMS. We’re helping transform healthcare training with immersive, on-demand clinical simulation

Oxford Medical Simulation is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection, and employment without regard to gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other category protected under the law. Oxford Medical Simulation is an equal opportunity employer; committed to a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.Who we are

We are Skiers / Boarders, Runners, Rowers, Pilots, Magicians, Weavers, Photographers, Game heroes, Movie Buffs, and every other variety of people. We are hard working. We are passionate about what we do. We care about the work. We care about each other. We care about pushing the envelope and we care about using our working lives to make the world a better place.

We value these behaviours above all:

1. Care & Pride - we take care and pride in everything we do

2. Growth mindset - we push the boundaries so we are adaptive, inventive and always learning

3. One Team - we are in it together, mucking in and supporting each other with humour and humility

Sound like you?

Benefits

• 38 days annual leave (incl. Public holidays)

• Private Medical Insurance

• Flexible work environment - work from home/ remote first

• Pension: 3% company and 5% individual contribution

• £500 one-off office set up allowance

• High specification work laptop and oculus headset

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

If you have any questions please contact our Senior Talent Acquisition Manager: [e-mail]

As part of our hiring process, we are unable to provide individual feedback on interviews. We appreciate your understanding and interest in OMS.

Please note that we only accept applications submitted through our careers page, which you can access via the Apply button on LinkedIn or directly through our website. We will not be accepting CVs via email or LinkedIn messages.