Per Diem Medical Writer-OB/GYN
Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY
•$45 - $45
About The Position
The Medical Writer is a per diem position supporting scientific, academic, and research-related writing efforts. In collaboration with investigators, faculty, research staff, and program leadership, the writer develops, prepares, edits, and refines manuscripts, grant applications, letters of intent, research proposals, abstracts, and other scholarly or funding-related materials. The role helps ensure written products are clear, accurate, well organized, responsive to submission requirements, and aligned with departmental goals. The position also supports internal quality reporting and documentation related to departmental priorities.
Requirements
- A master's degree or other advanced degree in a scientific, health-related, or writing-intensive field is preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in scientific, medical, academic, research, or grant writing is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience drafting or editing manuscripts, grant applications, research proposals, letters of intent, or related scholarly materials is strongly preferred.
- Experience in an academic medical center, healthcare, research, or higher-education environment is preferred.
Nice To Haves
- A master's degree or other advanced degree in a scientific, health-related, or writing-intensive field.
- At least 2 years of professional experience in scientific, medical, academic, research, or grant writing.
- Experience drafting or editing manuscripts, grant applications, research proposals, letters of intent, or related scholarly materials.
- Experience in an academic medical center, healthcare, research, or higher-education environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the development, drafting, editing, and revision of scientific manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.
- Assist with grant applications, letters of intent, research proposals, concept papers, and other funding-related submissions.
- Collaborate with investigators and project teams to translate research concepts, findings, and programmatic work into clear and compelling written materials.
- Review and edit materials for clarity, organization, grammar, consistency, scientific accuracy, and compliance with submission requirements.
- Assist with preparing and refining abstracts, executive summaries, research reports, and other scholarly materials.
- Track submission requirements, deadlines, and requested revisions for assigned writing projects.
- Organize writing materials and supporting documentation and maintain version control.
- Perform other writing, editing, and research-related duties in support of departmental priorities as assigned.
- Assist with developing, preparing, analyzing, and presenting internal departmental quality reports, quality metrics, dashboards, and performance improvement documentation.
- Support the creation, editing, and maintenance of written materials related to Quality, Clinical Transformation, Strategic Community Engagement, population health initiatives, regulatory reporting, and other departmental priorities.
