What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Writer-Editor- Emergency Medicine- Part-Time- 24 hours per week- Hybrid Opportunity position at University of Maryland Emergency Medicine...?
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Represents physician authors during online manuscript submission to medical journals.
- Advises authors during the compilation of responses to peer review.
- Serves as liaison between physician authors and publishing houses regarding book contracts and production.
- Secures permission for use of previously published material from publishing companies and other copyright holders.
- Communicates with medical artists and photographers.
- Advises authors regarding target journal selections, including second and third choices when manuscripts are rejected.
- Composes text for department-based websites.
- Prepares letters, documents, nominations, proposals for Department Chair as needed.
- Conducts literature searches as requested.
- Maintains departmental list of publications and extracts reports from that list as requested for reports and presentations.
- Distributes articles of interest to physician staff members based on area of expertise.
- Develops and conducts technical writing and medical publishing workshops/seminars.
- Creates PowerPoint presentations and brochures for training and promotional purposes.
- Assesses business writing and work processing needs of administrative staff and provides appropriate training.
- Represents the department as a speaker in programs sponsored by the Office for Research and Graduate Studies and the Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development.
- Writes announcements of faculty hires, promotions, publications, grants, lectures and conferences and submits them to campus publications.
- Revises manuscripts in scope, format, or content according to reviewers’ comments and authors’ requests; writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling, grammar and syntax; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively.
- Serves as a liaison with managers of other departments and FPI administration staff.
- Exhibits consistent, professional behavior.
- Ensures authors’ compliance with journal requirements for copyright transfer and financial disclosure.
- Secures permission for use of previously published material from publishing companies and other copyright holders.
- Maintains membership in professional organizations to keep current on issues related to medical publishing.
- Completes mandatory employee health, workers compensation, HR processes and other training and requirements in required time frame to ensure compliance with all FPI rules and regulations.
Note: The intent of this list of primary duties is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities of this job. Incumbents perform other related duties as assigned. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary based upon departmental needs.
- SERVICE EXCELLENCE BEHAVIORS
Behavioral Competency: Service Excellence
Definition: The demonstrated ability to deliver compassionate, respectful and excellent service to our external customers (patients, visitors, business partners, etc.) and internal customers (co-workers and colleagues). Service excellence behavior is also demonstrated by continually striving to go beyond patient satisfaction to maximize patient loyalty.
Service: Anticipate the needs and exceed the expectations of our patients and others that we serve.
- Anticipate potential needs and issues of internal and external customers. Proactively solicit customer feedback.
- Provide proactive, timely and effective responses to internal and external customer needs and requests.
- Model effective customer relations skills and behaviors.
Professionalism: Accept individual responsibility for conducting ourselves in an honest and ethical manner.
- Take ownership for all actions, behaviors, decisions and outcomes.
- Demonstrate dependability in attendance, punctuality, and job performance.
- Consistently seek out opportunities to enhance performance and make self-development a priority.
Innovation: Take the initiative to explore creative ways to improve the quality of care for our patients and those we serve.
- Proactively contribute to change and anticipate opportunities for improvements.
- Identify and act on opportunities for change and improvement.
Respect: Value individual and cultural differences by showing care and concern for all.
- Demonstrate actions and behaviors that consistently and actively promote trust, respect and confidence in self, peers, and the organization.
- Demonstrate respectful and appropriate communications and listening skills and behaviors to all.
Integrity: Base our actions and interactions with patients and those we serve on the FPI Way, values, standards, and behaviors.
- Energetically and enthusiastically model the FPI Way.
- Comply with all FPI policies and procedures.
- Model confidentiality and hold others accountable for maintaining confidentiality.
Teamwork: Help each other to better serve our patients and others.
- Consistently share information and ideas while working cooperatively with others to accomplish group goals.
- Consistently develop collaborative relationships with internal customers to accomplish department and FPI goals.
- Consistently provide and build team morale by promoting positive attitudes regarding the work environment.
- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or related discipline from an
accredited college or university; Master’s degree preferred.
Minimum of 10 years of experience in writing/editing medical or other technical
material.
- Certification by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) is highly desirable.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
Knowledge of grammar, composition, and standards of proper use of English language.
Knowledge of the phases of journal, book, and newspaper publications.
Knowledge of editing procedures.
Familiarity with medical terminology and statistical analysis for review of medical
manuscripts and other technical documents.
Knowledge of the operation of and ability to use a personal computer system, word
processing software, and automated database management.
Ability to use a scientific calculator for computations, to verify statistical analysis in
manuscripts, to extract data from narrative to present as graphs, and to determine
numerical trends in graphs to present as narrative.
Highly effective oral and writing communication skills are necessary in order to interact with medical, nursing, and allied health personnel.
Awareness of ethical issues in medical publishing (e.g., authorship requirements, duplicate
publication, and copyright.
Knowledge of purchasing, budgeting and inventory control.
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands, utilize verbal communication/listening skills. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. While performing the duties of the position, employee may be required to travel across campus for meetings/other business purposes.
- WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
This is, for the most part, a traditional medical practice or other business office environment.
This position is unlikely to be exposed to blood borne pathogens.
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of University of Maryland’s Faculty Physician’s Inc. salary range for this position. Some candidates will not be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility factor and span of control, education/training and other qualifications. University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits.
Education
Required- Bachelors or better in English or related field
Skills
Required- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Skills
- Miscrosoft Word
- Working Well Under Pressure
- Professionalism
Behaviors
Required- Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
- Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well