Editor-in-Chief

This is a unique opportunity for any UK medical student or early career resident doctor with an interest in medical publishing to develop their editorial, peer-review, leadership and management skills.  You will be trained to manage a national medical student journal. You will also be attending various conferences to represent the journal throughout the year and you will be leading a team of students and junior doctors. 

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage, handle and oversee the submission process.

• Ensure timely publication of The British Student Doctor in January and June every year.

• Oversee the day to day running of the journal and work with the current Editors-in-Chief to ensure we have completed all relevant tasks.

• Oversee the social media and email platforms to ensure good communication with our readership.

• Develop new and creative ways to continually improve the Journal.

• Ensure all editors of the journal are comfortable and confident with their roles and provide any assistance if required.

• Represent the Journal at conferences, exhibitions and talks if required.

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Person specification

Essential:

• Current medical student or resident doctor in your early years of training

• Enthusiasm and interest: these are the key qualities we are looking for as we appreciate there is limited opportunity to gain experience in medical publishing at medical school.

• Strong organisational skills: the role involves managing a number of tasks simultaneously from managing submissions to marketing therefore being organised is essential.

• Excellent time management: This role is essentially a part-time job alongside your busy medical studies. As such, we want to see evidence that you will be able to manage this workload.

• Good leadership skills: Leadership can be demonstrated in many ways throughout medical school, so we are keen to see evidence of your role in leading a team.

• Excellent communication skills: As you will be working remotely with students, doctors and academics from across the world,  we are looking for an individual who will be able to maintain good communication with the team.

 

Desired, but not essential:

• Prior experience: not required, but activities that demonstrate interest in medical publishing and leadership will be considered.

• Experience working with The British Student Doctor: We will take into consideration if you have peer reviewed, published or worked with the journal in any capacity.​​​

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Renumeration
No formal stipend is available for the selected Editor-in-Chief, however, as an official journal of the Academy of Medical Educators, the Editor-in-Chief will be offered complementary attendance to the full calendar of the Academy’s events and conferences.

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Diversity
The BSDJ is proud to champion diversity and equity in academic publishing. All applications from suitability qualified applicants will be given full consideration, with preference given to candidates
with a track record of fostering inclusion.