Medical Content Editor

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

• Review, edit, and proofread medical and healthcare content for accuracy, clarity, grammar, consistency, and readability.
• Verify medical terminology, scientific facts, clinical references, and healthcare-related information using credible sources.
• Ensure content is medically accurate, evidence-based, and aligned with approved brand and editorial guidelines.
• Identify misleading, unsupported, or potentially inaccurate medical claims and coordinate necessary corrections.

• Edit healthcare blogs, articles, website content, patient education materials, social media content, and marketing communications.
• Simplify complex medical concepts into clear, engaging, and audience-friendly content without compromising scientific accuracy.
• Collaborate with medical writers, content strategists, SEO teams, and creative professionals to improve content quality.
• Ensure content follows SEO best practices while maintaining medical accuracy and credibility.

• Ensure adherence to relevant healthcare advertising guidelines, ethical standards, and client-specific compliance requirements.
• Maintain consistency in medical terminology, tone of voice, formatting, and editorial style.
• Review content for appropriate citations, references, disclaimers, and source credibility.
• Maintain editorial checklists and quality standards across healthcare content deliverables.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Medicine, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in medical content editing, healthcare content, medical communications, or a related role.
• Strong understanding of medical terminology, healthcare concepts, and scientific research.
• Excellent command of English, grammar, proofreading, and editorial writing.
• Ability to interpret scientific literature and translate technical information into accessible content.
• Familiarity with healthcare SEO, digital content platforms, and content management systems is an advantage.
• Strong attention to detail, research skills, and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Experience working with healthcare brands, pharmaceutical companies, medical publishers, or digital marketing agencies is preferred.

What We're Looking For