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

LOCATION:  U.S. locations – remote/hybrid.  Candidates within commuting distance of a Wolters Kluwer office will be considered for hybrid employment. Candidates not within commuting distances will be considered for remote employment. 

Position Summary

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.

Key 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Key Attributes for Success

• Methodical and meticulous with strong pattern recognition.
• Clinically astute with the ability to evaluate logic and workflow.
• Comfortable in a highly collaborative, iterative environment.
• Curious, adaptable, and interested in process improvement and automation.
• Enjoys hands-on, detail-oriented work that directly supports clinical content integrity.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, evolving content environment.

Travel: Minimal - You may be asked to attend business meetings from time to time.

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Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

 

Compensation:

$144,500.00 - $258,300.00 USD

 

This role is eligible for Bonus.

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position.  Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process. 

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.