Senior Medical Technical Writer & Editor

bluewaterthinking; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Tech Writer/Editor Sr to join our team, supporting the VHA CCPI Data Analytics and Support Services. The role involves writing, editing, and proofreading a wide range of technical and healthcare materials for VA stakeholders.

You will translate complex information into clear documentation and collaborate with engineers, analysts, and healthcare professionals to ensure accuracy and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Eight (8) years of professional experience in technical writing, technical editing, communications, documentation, or a related field.
• Strong experience writing and editing a broad range of professional and technical materials, including reports, training materials, user manuals, proposals, system documentation, and customer deliverables.
• Strong experience working with computer-based systems and documentation tools.
• Demonstrated experience gathering, analyzing, and composing technical information for user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, reports, and other documentation.
• Demonstrated experience editing functional descriptions, system specifications, user manuals, special reports, and other technical documents.
• Experience conducting research and applying proper technical terminology, including medical and healthcare term

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, and proofread materials such as reports, regulations, articles, newsletters, magazines, news releases, training materials, brochures, interpretive handbooks, pamphlets, guidebooks, scholarly works, reference materials, speeches, scripts, and other customer deliverables.
• Gather, analyze, and compose technical information required for the preparation of user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, reports, and related documentation.
• Edit functional descriptions, system specifications, user manuals, special reports, and other customer deliverables and documents to ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and quality.
• Conduct research and ensure the appropriate use of technical terminology, with particular attention to medical and healthcare industry terminology.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, concise, and readable documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with technical staff, subject matter experts, analysts, project managers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders to collect and validate information.
• Develop and maintain documentation supporting VHA CCPI data analytics, systems, processes, workflows, and operational activities.
• Review source materials and identify inconsistencies, information gaps, terminology issues, and opportunities for improved clarity.
• Apply established writing, editing, formatting, and documentation standards across project deliverables.
• Use computer-based systems and documentation tools to create, edit, format, organize, and maintain technical content.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and revisions while maintaining document accuracy, consistency, and version control.
• Support the development and maintenance of documentation templates, style guides, standard operating procedures, and editorial processes.
• Manage multiple documentation assignments and priorities while meeting established project schedules and deadlines.
• Ensure completed documentation is professional, technically accurate, well-organized, and appropriate for its intended audience.
• Support continuous improvement of documentation processes and deliverable quality across the project.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Documentation tools

Job description

Blue Water Thinking is seeking an experienced and dedicated Tech Writer/Editor Sr to join our team, supporting the VHA CCPI Data Analytics and Support Services. The role involves writing, editing, and proofreading a wide range of technical and healthcare materials for VA stakeholders.

You will translate complex information into clear documentation and collaborate with engineers, analysts, and healthcare professionals to ensure accuracy and quality.