Editorial Manager (Patient Information) - Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists : Job Details

Job title: Editorial Manager (Patient Information)

Salary range: £24,329 per annum (£34,755 pa, pro rata)

Type of contract: Permanent

Location: London, Hybrid

Working hours: Part-time (3.5 days a week)

We are looking for an enthusiastic Editorial Manager to join the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of women's healthcare by ensuring the development of high-quality, accessible information for women, partners, relatives and carers. As part of our team, you will play a key role in the production of information that supports better health outcomes for women, girls, and people, aligned with RCOG’ mission.

You will be working in a collaborative, values-driven environment, helping to create clear, concise and impactful patient information that contributes to improving women’s experiences of health care.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will work with the Patient Information Committee, the other Guidance Editorial Managers, the Senior Guidance Editorial Manager and the Head of Guidance to:

• manage the development and production of RCOG patient information

• copyedit and proofread successive drafts of patient information to ensure they accurate and easy to understand

• prepare accompanying audio versions of the patient information written information and visual resources as appropriate

• contribute to improving RCOG patient information.

For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on women’s healthcare while advancing your career in an innovative and supportive team.

We are looking for someone who:

• has experience of managing the development of patient information

• has experience of working with service-users and people with lived experience to co-produce patient information resources

• is comfortable communicating with clinical and non-clinical staff at all levels

• has strong editorial and organisational skills

• has InDesign, Canva and Adobe Audition (or similar) experience.

This position is well-suited to someone with a passion for women’s health care, who enjoys a busy and varied workload and working alongside people with lived experience and healthcare professionals to produce high quality information.

As a key member of the team, you will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (pro rata) and office closure from 25 December to 1 January

• 10% pension contribution after probation

• Enhanced wellbeing and family support

• Interest-free bike and season ticket loans after probation

• Tailored Learning and Development and study leave

• Affinity staff networks

• Life assurance and income protection schemes

• Lifestyle discountsAbout us

The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 18,000 members in the UK and internationally.

We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.

The Team

The Guidance Team is part of the Clinical Quality (CQ) team in the RCOG Education and Clinical Quality directorate. Clinical Quality is responsible for a range of outputs, products and services that champion and facilitate the safe care of women, girls and their babies across the UK, via quality improvement and clinical audit activities informed by evidence-based practice.

We deliver the activities above through three workstream areas.

• Guidance and patient information - commissioning, development and production of RCOG guidance and patient information.

• CQ Projects - managing and supporting the portfolio of externally-funded projects in research, quality improvement and audit in the College.

• CQ Operations - the CQ Operations Team provide operational support and governance to ensure CQ runs effectively as well as planning and executing the strategy to develop CQ and ensure its sustainability.

The work of the Clinical Quality team is overseen and directed by the Clinical Quality Board and Clinical Quality Assurance Group committees and also informed by the Academic Board.

This is a unique opportunity to work with leading academics and clinicians in the field of women’s health and with leading charities and national organisations taking the lead to improve the outcomes and experiences of women and girls accessing obstetrics, gynaecology and maternity care.