Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor - BMJ Digital Health
Posted 1 week ago by BMJ
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor at BMJ Digital Health is responsible for producing high-quality computable guideline recommendations that ensure editorial integrity in clinical decision support content. This remote position requires a commitment of at least three days a week, with a preference for five. The role involves collaboration with data analysts and section editors to maintain accuracy and consistency in clinical recommendations. Candidates should have a medical or pharmacy degree and experience in health informatics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct editorial reviews of computable guideline recommendations to confirm accurate clinical scope and intent.
- Assess the consistency of clinical recommendations according to defined editorial guidelines.
- Collaborate with data analysts for necessary analyses and automated checks.
- Liaise with section editors to resolve queries regarding content interpretation.
Key Skills:
- A medical or pharmacy degree with relevant clinical practice experience.
- Demonstrated experience or interest in health informatics and machine interpretability of clinical content.
- Experience in creating and updating clinical decision support information for a scientific publisher.
- Strong understanding of clinical terminologies and their role in healthcare interoperability.
- Ability to prioritize clinical statements and ensure editorial quality assurance.
- Strong editorial instincts, attention to detail, and ability to work under pressure.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Overview
Job Title: Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor - BMJ Digital Health
Contract: Freelancer
Working Hours: Minimum of 3, and preferably 5 days per week
Salary: Competitive Daily Rates
Location: Remote/home-based
Application Closing Date: Monday 18th May 2026
BMJ Digital Health presents an exceptional opportunity for a freelance Clinical Informatics Editor to join its health informatics team. The successful candidate will be responsible for producing high-quality computable guideline recommendations across the entire patient and population health journey, ensuring the editorial integrity of clinical decision support content translated into computable evidence. This is a remote, freelance position. The role requires availability for freelance work for a minimum of three, and preferably five, days per week. Applicants are requested to clearly state their weekly availability in their application.
Responsibilities:
- The Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor will be instrumental in several key areas, ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and clinical validity of our computable guideline recommendations:
- Conduct editorial reviews of computable guideline recommendations to confirm accurate clinical scope and faithful capture of the recommendation's clinical intent.
- Assess the consistency of similar clinical recommendations according to defined editorial guidelines.
- Collaborate with data analysts to implement necessary analyses and subsequent automated checks.
- Liaise with section editors to resolve any queries regarding content statement interpretation.
Qualifications:
Essential: A medical or pharmacy degree complemented by relevant clinical practice experience.
Experience :
Essential: Demonstrated experience or a clear, demonstrable interest in health informatics and the machine interpretability of clinical content. This includes understanding how clinical information can be structured and represented for automated processing and decision support. Experience in devising, creating, and updating clinical decision support information for a reputable scientific publisher. Experience with a diverse range of clinical decision support content sources to inform the clinical scope of recommendations within a CDS tool and other linked resources.
Desirable: Experience working with content databases and clinical terminologies.
Skills:
A strong understanding of how clinical terminologies support the interoperability of healthcare and patient data. The ability to understand the scope, design, and clinical application of clinical decision support content to ensure the editorial quality assurance of its machine interpretation. A keen ability to prioritise clinical statements within clinical decision support content to define the scope of machine-interpretable content. An understanding of the evidence flow used to justify clinical statements in clinical decision support content, enabling a deeper comprehension of their background and interpretation. Strong editorial instincts, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines.