Remote Medical Editor for FDA Scientific Docs

Kaiva Tech; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiva Tech, LLC seeks a Medical Editor to support FDA-related documents in the DC Metro Area. This role involves formatting, proofreading, and ensuring compliance with style guides for scientific materials such as briefs, reports, and advisory materials.

You will work with FDA scientists to format data tables, manage citations, and create consistent document templates. Familiarity with Microsoft Word and healthcare or scientific content is preferred.

Qualifications

• Adept with English grammar, spelling, punctuation.
• Ability to read and understand a data table.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word including track changes.
• Attention to detail, e.g., recognizing spacing in data tables.

Responsibilities

• Formatting and proofreading documents written by FDA scientists.
• Becoming familiar with a style guide and applying formatting and language standards consistently; making decisions regarding elements of style not mentioned in the style guide and applying such decisions uniformly throughout a document.
• Identifying errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation; correcting tone, flow, verb tense, and style.
• Recognizing and correcting inconsistent use of scientific terms used in text or data tables.
• Using Microsoft Word styles and field-coded captions to ensure the functionality of automated tables of contents and lists of tables and figures.
• Inserting and managing citations and references; creating lists of abbreviations and ensuring correct use of acronyms within documents.
• Formatting data tables; creating and populating data tables using data from regulatory submissions to the FDA.
• Creating and maintaining consistently formatted document templates.
• Communicating efficiently with FDA scientists regarding requirements and timelines for editing projects.
• Performing routine quality checks on work performed by other copyeditors.
• Providing onboarding and training support for new copyeditors as needed.
• Creating and maintaining internal documents such as style guides, process documents, and training materials.

Skills

English grammar

Data table literacy

Quality proofreading

Communication with scientists

Education

Bachelor's degree

Science/Health field preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

EndNote

Adobe Acrobat

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Kaiva Tech, LLC seeks a Medical Editor to support FDA-related documents in the DC Metro Area. This role involves formatting, proofreading, and ensuring compliance with style guides for scientific materials such as briefs, reports, and advisory materials.

You will work with FDA scientists to format data tables, manage citations, and create consistent document templates. Familiarity with Microsoft Word and healthcare or scientific content is preferred.