Medical Writer, Nursing and Health Professions

As a Medical Writer, you will be responsible for supporting the Section Editors and Clinical Editors in developing high-quality content within specific content domains. You will write/update content based on your understanding of evidence-based practices and ability to analyze and critically appraise medical, nursing, and health professions research/literature and translate findings into point-of-care content.

• Write and update nursing and health professions content in several formats for point-of-care.
• Perform structured literature searches and research analyses to ensure inclusion of recent relevant evidence across all content areas.
• Collaborate with editorial team and medical librarians to systematize literature surveillance for and management of standard and reusable content.
• Support guideline currency work by evaluating clinical guideline changes, completing a comprehensive report, communicating findings to appropriate publication groups, and maintaining an archive to evaluate guideline impacts
• Adhere to style guides (EBSCO and AMA), templates, and content structures.
• Maintain quality and currency of content and participate in quality initiatives, such as promoting consistency across content areas and ensuring inclusion of content from global sources.
• Participate in editorial improvement projects and other duties assigned by supervisor.
• Use authoring tools, such as Oxygen XML Author.
• Use pre-approved artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Microsoft CoPilot to facilitate workflow.

Your Team

You will be welcomed as a member of the Dynamic Health Nursing & Health Professions team, an editorial team supporting six point-of-care products. Our team enjoys the flexibility and greater work life balance working remotely offers. You will be provided with ample resources, tools, training, and support to ensure your success as a Medical Writer and your continued development and career growth at EBSCO.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, or healthcare-related field. Advanced degree strongly preferred (e.g., MSN, MSW, DPT)
• 2 years writing experience involving medical or scientific content and proficiency in working with MS Office Suite, including Word and Excel
• Demonstrated understanding of evidence-based practice and use of health information technology to support clinical decision making
• Proficiency in systematic literature searching and critical appraisal of medical, nursing, and health professions literature
• Demonstrated ability to extract relevant clinical information from the literature and write clinical content concisely and accurately for point-of-care
• Demonstrated ability to locate, synthesize, and translate relevant guidelines for inclusion to support evidence-based practice
• Willingness to learn content management systems and project tracking programs
• Motivated self-learner and ability to self-manage multiple priorities with focus on team success
• Excellent interpersonal skills such that feedback is effectively and constructively given and received

What sets you apart

• Clinical experience in nursing
• Extensive experience in writing and research
• Certification in medical writing
• Initiative and a strong work ethic
• Experience with content management systems and project tracking programs (i.e., Oxygen, Rally, Distiller)