Senior Clinical Editor

ICON Strategic Solutions; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the biotech sector seeks a Senior Medical Editor to ensure quality control of clinical documents. This home-based role offers opportunities for career growth and involves copyediting, proofreading, and data verification in compliance with submission standards.

Benefits

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance options

Retirement planning

Global Employee Assistance Programme

Life assurance

Flexible country-specific benefits

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in medical writing, QC, editing, or publishing.
• Strong knowledge of editorial and publishing activities in Clinical Development.

Responsibilities

• Perform QC review of clinical documents for compliance with standards.
• Copyedit and proofread documents for grammar, style, and formatting.
• Verify data against source tables and format tables accordingly.

Skills

Medical Writing

Quality Control

Editing

Proofreading

Data Verification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English

Bachelor’s degree in Basic Science

Bachelor’s degree in Business

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Adobe PDF

EDMS systems

Job description

As a Senior Medical Editor, you will support a global mid-sized biotech company while being stably employed with ICON, fully embedded with our client.

The position is home-based anywhere in Europe or the UK. Your contribution will focus on solid and liquid tumors. Working for our client, you will benefit from ICON's learning opportunities and potential for long-term career growth.

This role involves quality control (QC) review of clinical documents intended for submission to health authorities worldwide. The Senior Medical Editor will copyedit, proofread, format, and verify data in clinical documents according to SOPs and standards, possibly overseeing other editors and liaising with cross-functional authors. The activities require minimal supervision.

What you will be doing:

• Perform QC review of documents such as clinical study protocols, amendments, CSRs, Investigator's Brochures, and Module 2 clinical summaries to ensure compliance with style and submission standards.
• Verify data against source tables, figures, and listings, and format tables accordingly.
• Copyedit and proofread clinical documents for grammar, style, and formatting, following AMA and company style guides.
• Ensure internal consistency and accurate reporting of data, confirming statements reflect source data.
• Check and verify references, update citation information in EDMS, and ensure proper cross-referencing.
• Proofread documents against standard templates to ensure section and text compliance.
• Publish nonclinical and clinical documents and compile CSR appendices as needed.

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Basic Science, Business, or related field with 3 years of experience in medical writing, QC, editing, or publishing within the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong knowledge of editorial and publishing activities in Clinical Development.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, including table formatting, styles, and templates; experience with PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Adobe.
• Knowledge of Adobe PDF bookmarking and hyperlinking for submission standards.
• Experience with EDMS systems such as Veeva Vault or SharePoint.

What ICON can offer you:

We prioritize building a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent. In addition to a competitive salary, ICON offers various benefits focused on well-being and work-life balance, including:

• Annual leave entitlements
• Health insurance options
• Retirement planning
• Global Employee Assistance Programme via TELUS Health
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific benefits like childcare vouchers, bike schemes, gym discounts, travel passes, and health assessments