Deputy Editor SLS
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EBSCO Information Services delivers a fully optimized research experience through a powerful discovery platform for global information needs.
Summary:
The Deputy Editor will oversee literature surveillance and manage the recruitment of subspecialty editors to enhance content accuracy and relevance. Candidates are required to hold an advanced clinical degree and board certification with experience in clinical editing or medical publishing.
Requirements:
Credentials: Advanced clinical degree (MD, DO, or equivalent), Board certification
Experience: Demonstrated experience in clinical editing, medical publishing, or clinical decision support
Job Description:
Your Opportunity
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Part-Time Deputy Editor to join our dynamic team developing a leading-edge clinical decision support (CDS) solution for healthcare providers. The Deputy Editor will play a pivotal role in ensuring our content remains current, clinically accurate, and comprehensive by overseeing literature surveillance and managing the recruitment and engagement of board-certified subspecialty editors.
- Part-time: approximately 10–20 hours per week, with flexible scheduling.
- Long-term engagement preferred.
What You'll Do
- Conduct continuous surveillance of peer-reviewed literature, clinical guidelines, and relevant publications to identify impactful new findings and evolving standards of care.
- Collaborate with the Editor-in-Chief to prioritize topics for updates based on clinical relevance and evidence quality.
- Lead and execute outreach and recruitment of board-certified subspecialty experts to join the editorial board or contribute to content development.
- Vet candidates for editorial roles, ensuring alignment with content quality standards and clinical expertise.
- Support editorial operations, including tracking literature reviews, editor assignments, and deadlines.
- Review and provide editorial input on content drafts, summaries, and annotations as needed.
- Maintain alignment with internal processes and publication standards, including adherence to evidence-based methodologies.
- Collaborate with clinical informatics, product, and content teams to ensure timely integration of editorial insights into the CDS platform.
About You
- Advanced clinical degree (MD, DO, or equivalent) with board certification required.
- Demonstrated experience in clinical editing, medical publishing, or clinical decision support preferred.
- Strong understanding of evidence-based medicine, clinical research methodology, and medical literature evaluation.
- Proven ability to engage and manage clinician collaborators and subject matter experts.
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Comfortable working in a remote and tech-enabled environment.
- Experience with literature surveillance tools (e.g., PubMed, Embase), reference management software, and CMS/editorial platforms a plus.
