Principal Clinical Content - Physician (Clinical Content Architect, Advanced Clinical Decision Support)

Wolters Kluwer • Waltham, IL

1d • $144,500 - $258,300 • Remote

About The Position

The Principal Clinical Content - Physician (Clinical Content Architect, Advanced Clinical Decision Support) is a physician responsible for transforming clinical content created by UpToDate Deputy Editors into structured, high-fidelity decision trees used for workflow-integrated clinical decision support (CDS). This role serves as a bridge between clinical expertise, technical structure, and informatics needs, ensuring that all CDS decision pathways are accurate, clinically sound, logically consistent, and ready for downstream conversion into executable CDS tools. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented physician with strong clinical reasoning skills and the ability to translate narrative medical content into precise decision logic, branching structures, and associated clinical actions (e.g., orders, instructions). A background in clinical informatics is preferred. This is a hands-on, internally-focused role centered on constructing structured clinical content within a no-code authoring platform, with additional collaboration alongside engineering teams to report issues and support improvements to the tool.

Requirements

• Medical degree (MD or DO) with clinical experience.
• Strong ability to think logically and model clinical decisions in structured formats.
• High attention to detail and commitment to patient‑safety-focused content.
• Comfort working with proprietary software tools and willingness to learn new systems.
• Ability to identify clinical or logical errors and communicate them clearly.
• Collaborative mindset and strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with clinical informatics.
• Experience with clinical decision support, clinical pathways, or structured algorithm development.
• Familiarity with clinical informatics or medical terminology standards (e.g., SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD).
• Experience troubleshooting or working with product/engineering teams.
• Exposure to medical editing or structured content development.

Responsibilities

• Decision Tree Construction & Content Programming Translate draft CDS content from Deputy Editors into complete decision trees using the proprietary no-code authoring platform.
• Program associated logic, clinical text, branching conditions, action steps, and order sets.
• Ensure that decision trees are internally coherent, clinically safe, and aligned with intended workflows.
• Quality Review & Clinical Reasoning Apply clinical knowledge during programming to identify errors, inconsistencies, or logic gaps.
• Flag content or reasoning issues to Deputy Editors and collaborate on resolving them.
• Verify that structured content accurately reflects the source clinical evidence and editorial intent.
• Cross-Functional Software Support‑Functional Software Support Report issues, bugs, or usability challenges with the proprietary authoring software.
• Collaborate with engineering teams by reproducing issues, reviewing fixes, and validating improvements.
• Provide structured feedback to help guide tool enhancements.
• Process Improvement & Automation Initiatives Participate in efforts to streamline editorial workflows, improve content production, and support scalability.
• Engage in projects exploring automation, including the use of AI tooling under editorial supervision.
• Suggest improvements to templates, authoring workflows, and quality assurance approaches.
• Content Creation (As Assigned) Create new CDS content under the direction of a Deputy Editor, when time allows.
• Assist in updates or maintenance for CDS content across products, including UpToDate Pathways.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans
• 401(k)
• FSA/HSA
• Commuter Benefits
• Tuition Assistance Plan
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree