Job Description
At the American Cancer Society , we're working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Our employees and 1.3 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We are a culture comprised of diverse backgrounds and experience, to better serve our communities. The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled. The Associate Medical Editor is a licensed oncology registered nurse, preferably with a master’s degree and oncology certification. The Associate Medical Editor performs literature searches, writes, reviews, and edits evidence-based cancer information tailored to multiple literacy levels and audience needs that covers the trajectory of care from risk and prevention to diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life. This role requires great attention to detail and follow-up, ensuring cancer information is current, accurate, evidence-based, understandable, and actionable. Serves as a knowledgeable oncology clinician and patient care resource for the organization. This position plays a key role in the creation of accurate, relevant, and timely medical content, which is critical to protecting organizational reputation, ensuring compliance, and reducing risk. *This is a remote position* ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Develops, reviews, updates, and edits cancer information, ensuring all content reflects current and emerging evidence, is accurate and understandable, aligns with ACS and other clinical guidelines, and reflects the ACS mission. (75%) Analyzes and consistently improves readability of ACS medical content, regularly applyingadult learning and health equity principles and health literacy best practices.(5%) Uses data reports to lead and manage assigned print-based patient education projects and serves as liaison with inventory teams and vendors.(5%) Maintains editorial integrity of content, applying and ensuring consistency with accessibili
