Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor

Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor – BMJ Digital Health

BMJ Digital Health is looking for a highly motivated Freelance Clinical Informatics Editor to work in our 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 position that requires a minimum of three days per week of freelance availability, preferably five. Please clearly state your weekly availability in your application.

Responsibilities

• 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

• Demonstrated experience or clear, demonstrable interest in health informatics and the machine interpretability of clinical content, including 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.

Application Closing Date: 23rd November 2025

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Analyst and Writing/Editing

Industries

• Writing and Editing