Deputy Editor of Oncology
- Employer
- Dynamed/EBSCO Health
- Location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted Date
- Sep 15, 2017
- Reference
- 10121
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- Specialty
- Hematology / Oncology
- Position Type
- Permanent
DynaMed Plus is a leading online evidence-based point-of-care medical reference. It is a rapidly growing, comprehensive clinical decision resource that provides the most current and useful synthesized evidence with the quickest time-to-answer.
Deputy Director of Oncology
The Deputy Editor of Oncology will be responsible for overseeing the oncology specialty publishing group and will drive the development of high-quality content within the content domain, applying both clinical knowledge/experience and the principles of evidence-based medicine. The Deputy Editor will analyze and critically appraise medical research and literature, as well as clinically evaluate work produced by the editorial team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Serve as ultimate authority on content domain(s), and lead/support topic enhancement and development, systematic literature surveillance, and regular review for publishing team
- Ensure clinical excellence and relevance
- As a key member of the leadership team, will develop
- Overall product strategy and vision
- Quality and continuous improvement initiatives
- Goals and objectives for editorial team
- Recruit and develop high-performing network of physician specialists within specific content domain(s)
- Promote product adoption and usage via sales support at conferences and site visits, and through ongoing clinical activities
- Support culture of team work, and contribute to staff development through effective teaching, editing, feedback, and coaching
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Requirements:
- Medical or clinical pharmacist degree (MD, DO, or equivalent) with license/certification current and in good standing
- Specialty board certification
- > 10 Years of direct patient care experience, and willingness to maintain ongoing clinical activities
- > 2 Years experience as team leader or project leader
- Passing score on a writing assignment assessing critical appraisal and statistical skills sufficient to analyze clinical relevance of all study types
- Demonstrated understanding/use of principles of evidence-based medicine and use of health information technology to support clinical decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to extract relevant clinical information from research and write concisely with minimal errors
- Knowledge of PubMed searching strategies
- > 2 Years experience with MS Office Suite including Word (with use of track changes) and Excel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated personnel management experience
- Ability to exercise judgment to make decisions and produce content requiring minimal changes
- Ability to self-manage multiple priorities within deadlines, delegate tasks and responsibilities, and report on work produced
- Demonstrated leadership qualities, such as initiative and a strong work ethic
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills such that feedback is effectively and constructively given
- Motivated self-learner with focus on team success
- Knowledge of advanced PubMed searching strategies
- Writing sample available on request
- Proficiency with specific DynaMed processes may serve in lieu of minimum required qualifications
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