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Job Posting Title:
Medical Editor
Location:
Dallas - Hospital
Additional Posting Details:
Temp Part Time
Hybrid Position
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
Job Posting Title:
Medical Editor
Location:
Dallas - Hospital
Additional Posting Details:
Temp Part Time
Hybrid Position
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
- Serve as a medical editor for the 7th edition of a 2-volume orthopedic textbook
- Developmental Editing: Focuses on the overall structure, organization and content of the textbook, ensuring it effectively communicates complex medical concepts for its intended audience.
- Copyediting: Corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation, and syntax while ensuring clarity and consistency in style and tone.
- Proofreading: Performs a final check for any remaining errors before publication.
- Fact-Checking: Verifies the accuracy of the information presented, especially for complex or rapidly changing medical information.
- Reference and citation verification:
- Ensures all sources are cited correctly and follows the required referencing style.
- Formatting and style consistency: Makes sur ethe text, tables, graphs and other elements adhere to the publisher’s or institution’s specific style guidelines.
- Strong editing skills: Proficiency in macro- and micro-editing, grammar, style, and clarity is essential.
- Medical Knowledge: A solid understanding of medical terminology and concepts is required, work on orthopedic texts is preferred.
- Attention to detail: The ability to perform highly precise work, treating editing like a puzzle to ensure everything fits correctly.
- Familiarity with publishing and learning trends: Staying current with new developments in science, healthcare, and educational technology.
- Soft skills: Exceptional attention to detail, critical thinking, problem-solving, time management, and communication skills are crucial for collaborating effectively with authors and meeting tight deadlines.
- Proficiency with Endnote.
- Working Conditions: Inside
- Working Position: Sitting, Walking
- Physical Demands: Light
- Physical Requirements: Repetitive Movement
- An Individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weight in this group: Up to 10lbs
- Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Speaking
- An Individual in this position will be exposed to: Inside environment