Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Degree in health care sciences, communications, journalism, or other related discipline required
• Minimum 5-7 years of professional writing experience in health care-related field required
• Extensive knowledge of English grammar and familiarity with standard style guides for academic publications required
• Familiarity with
graduate medical education, health care quality improvement, and health systems preferred
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and reference management software required
• Experience conducting literature searches in PubMED, Ovid, and other sources of medical and health care literature required
• Must be able to see relationships between ideas and synthesize and present complex information
• Must demonstrate exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
• Must possess excellent creative thinking, written, and verbal communication skills
• Must be flexible to adapt to changing conditions and requirements
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team with optimism, efficiency, and enthusiasm
Equipment
Position requires the significant use of standard office equipment, such as a computer, keyboard, mouse, photocopier, fax machine, telephone, etc.
Working Conditions
• Most of the work of the Medical Writer, CLER will be performed in an office-type of setting with the typical physical demands of an office environment.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the Medical Writer, CLER:
• Will frequently be required to sit and work for extended periods of time at computer terminal using various computer programs and other computer tools.
• Will frequently be required to sit in meetings for long periods of time.
• Will need to travel to various meetings.
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