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Clinical Editor

Remote, UK, Reading·Added yesterday (last checked 30 Oct)

ICON plc

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Our summary

Work mode: Remote (UK, Reading)
Contract: Permanent
English: Required
Experience: 3+ years
Education: University degree
Benefits: Private health insurance, life insurance, gym access

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

You will bring relevant editorial and content services experience, along with the following qualifications and skills.

Required qualifications and experience:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific discipline
At least 3 years of experience in medical editing or scientific writing, preferably within a clinical research or pharmaceutical environment.
Strong knowledge of medical terminology and an understanding of clinical research processes and regulations.
Excellent language skills (reading, writing, editing, team communication)
Ability to interpret clinical data and literature
Knowledge of AMA Manual of Style, other style guides, and any guidelines related to assigned projects
Expertise in Microsoft Word, including advanced formatting, styles, cross-referencing, bookmarks, and other related skills
Fluent in English
Basic understanding of Acrobat/PDF software

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include

Various annual leave entitlements
A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
Life assurance
Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

The role

Clinical Editor

At ICON Strategic Solutions, you will work in a sponsor-dedicated model, supported by ICON's global expertise.

As the world's largest FSP organisation, with over 90 sponsor partnerships, we offer stability, career development and a collaborative environment where your work contributes to the development of treatments that benefit patients worldwide.

As a Medical Editor at ICON, you will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of content in clinical and regulatory documents prepared by Medical Writing

What you'll do

You will take responsibility for editorial and content services deliverables, applying your skills to ensure quality and efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

Responsible for performing quality reviews and editing clinical documents, regulatory submissions, and other related documents
Performs detailed data accuracy reviews and fact-checks statements in clinical and regulatory documents, tables, literature summaries, and other internal documents
Substantively edits and proofreads documents to correct and streamline grammar, spelling, style, and format
Verifies that document content is consistent with internal, client, and related authority guidelines
Formats, styles, and troubleshoots functionality and presentation of documents and templates
Communicates with medical writers and other team members to ensure the accuracy of documents
Responsible for inspection-readiness of medical writing activities

About ICON plc

ICON is a clinical research organisation (CRO) providing outsourced clinical development and commercialisation services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company describes itself as the world's leading clinical research organisation and operates at global scale, with employees in 119 locations across 53 countries.

Its services span clinical and scientific operations, decentralised clinical trials, early clinical and laboratory services, medical imaging, regulatory affairs, consulting, commercialisation, medical writing, biometrics and outcome measures. ICON works across sectors including pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices and government and public health, and across therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, central nervous system, vaccines and rare and orphan diseases.

Industry: Clinical research
Headquarters: Dublin, Ireland

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Additional information

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless - there's every chance you're exactly what we're looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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