Comic book jobs come up in the oddest places, and now here’s one where a medical background could really help you out.

Medikidz is a “multimedia company founded by two doctors to explain medicine to young people in a way they can understand.”

How do they do this? Mostly through comic books with titles like What's Up With Rachel? Medikidz Explain Brain Tumours and What's Up With Tiffany's Dad? Medikidz Explain Melanoma.

Each of their diseased-based comics “is written by a specialist doctor in the field. It is then peer reviewed by a leading consultant, to ensure medical accuracy.

Now they need a Medical Writer on staff to help them out and make sure the doctor-writers are staying on message and delivering interesting comics.

This involves “managing the creation of text to explain an extensive range of childhood diseases and their treatment; editing manuscripts for technical and grammatical accuracy; liaising with authors (doctors) and providing feedback to them; and insuring delivery of manuscripts as per agreed deadlines.”

This sounds a lot like the work of an Editor, but maybe in England things are a bit different.

If you can walk the medical walk and talk the comic book talk, you could thrive in this “fast-paced environment."

You’ll need previous experience working with kids and an understanding of child-like language is advantageous and all applicants must be London-based.

Good luck, ye olde job seekers!

[Artwork: What's Up With Richard? Medikidz Explain Leukemia, © Medikidz]