Medical Writer Job at National Comprehensive Cancer Network Inc in Plymouth Meet

Make a Difference! Join an organization dedicated to defining and advancing high-quality and accessible cancer care globally so patients can live better lives.

This position is responsible for developing and updating the NCCN Guidelines for Patients® which are based on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®). The Medical Writer works with the Patient Information team including graphic designers, marketing and finance members, Clinical Information Department, and the NCCN Foundation. Other responsibilities include projects related to the NCCN Guidelines for Patients, including managing webinars and other patient education content.

Requirements

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, author, and organize new NCCN Guidelines for Patients for online and print publication
• Create patient-friendly descriptions, explanations, and background information for each patient guideline to supplement content from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Plan, write, edit, update, format/reformat, and finalize the NCCN Guidelines for Patients to reflect updates to the clinical practice guidelines
• Develop evidence-based health content for a limited-literacy audience
• Understands and conforms to commonly accepted standards of appropriate grammar and punctuation
• Incorporates health literacy, plain language, and numeracy principles and best practices into NCCN Guidelines for Patients and other patient content
• Create tables/charts, using Adobe InDesign, that accurately reflect the clinical content
• Select appropriate images-photos and medical illustrations-for additional clarification; modify and fuse medical illustrations as needed to correctly reflect accompanying text
• Communicate with appropriate NCCN staff, and NCCN Panel experts to clarify and confirm patient guideline content as needed
• Coordinate medical review of patient guideline by appropriate panel member; ensure medical reviews are received in a timely manner; and incorporate reviewers comments/suggestions/changes into patient guidelines
• Communicate with Patient Advocacy organizations that support the NCCN Guidelines for Patients
• Proofread all patient guideline material
• Attend Guidelines Panel meetings for assigned patient guidelines
• Attend bi-weekly update meetings-update team members on status/progress of guidelines being developed or updated
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Minimal travel may be required

EDUCATION/RELATED EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in health-related field, Health Communications, or related field or equivalent work experience; Master's degree preferred
• At least 3 years work experience in health-care writing, patient education and/or preparing written health information for lay audiences

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of oncology (strongly preferred)
• Proficiency in communicating complex medical information to a consumer audience
• Knowledge of and experience in health literacy, plain language, and numeracy principles and best practices
• Must possess strong proofreading skills and absolute attention to detail
• Ability to maintain and prioritize multiple projects in order to meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with internal and external personnel at various levels
• Proficiency in MS Office products and Adobe InDesign
• Interest and ability to learn new software packages as needed
• Comfort with website management and/or design
• Creative writing

This position represents a unique opportunity to build a career with a premier organization. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits including generous Medical and Dental insurance, NCCN-paid Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave, 403b Match, 9 paid holidays and much more!

EOE. No calls please.

This position is located in Plymouth Meeting, PA with the ability to work remotely up to 2 days per week.