Medical Writer
Description
About the role:
Medscape Education is seeking an experienced Medical Writer to play a primary role in the development of grant proposals seeking funds to develop continuing medical education (CME) programs, which are published on the leading healthcare professional education site, Medscape.org.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure proposals are clinically appropriate and instructionally sound and adhere to ACCME standards
- Lead proposal initiation calls with internal stakeholders to obtain details and direction for proposal development, confirming and clarifying timelines, clinical focus and grant focus, educational tactics, outcomes assessment plans, and other details as required
- Write clear, succinct needs assessments that provide evidence for identified clinical practice gaps and/or patient education gaps, which follow recognized standards and are supported by internal and external data
- Use internal templates and tools to write proposals that tell a compelling story on the rationale, instructional design, and value of the proposed educational solution
- Incorporate revisions based on input from cross-functional internal and external proposal reviewers, including account managers, clinical strategists, medical education directors, and copyeditors, to ensure high-quality grant submissions and improve likelihood of external grant awards
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, public health, clinical sciences, or journalism,
- Ideally 2+ years’ experience in writing and editing within the medical education field, to include work at a medical education/medical publisher, previous grant writing for a medical education or scientific organization is a differentiator.
- Excellent editorial (editing and writing) skills, preferably in the area of grant/proposal and needs assessment development
- A flexible mindset and excellent time management and organizational skills to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously in a highly deadline-driven environment, while taking into consideration stakeholders based across multiple time zones.
- Demonstrated ability to describe medical/public health issues, clinical scenarios, and complex scientific data to a non-technical audience
- High degree of proficiency using Microsoft Word, basic skill level in Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
- Experience using Salesforce, SharePoint Online, Workfront, Tableau, Google Suite, Microsoft Teams
- Familiarity with usage of AI for writing efficiency