Health & Medicine Assessment Specialist @ Mercor

Hatch

Hatch

Australia

USD 40-90 / hour

Posted on Apr 25, 2026

Pay for this job is USD $40-$90 per hour, which is approx AUD $55-$125. It will be subject to exchange rates.

We are seeking expert medical and health science professionals to author and review high-quality academic assessment content for an AI research initiative. You will write and verify rigorous multiple-choice questions across core health and medicine domains, evaluate solution quality, and help establish gold-standard benchmarks used to advance AI capabilities.

You Will Be Assigned One Of Two Task Types:

  • Question Authoring โ€” Create original, challenging multiple-choice questions in your area of medical expertise, rate their difficulty, and submit them for review.
  • Question Verification โ€” Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.

Health & Medicine Domains Covered

Clinical Specialties & Practice, Anatomy & Physiology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Public Health & Epidemiology, Medical Genetics, Virology & Infectious Disease, Human Aging & Gerontology, Immunology, Physical Therapy, Pharmacology, Pathology, Miscellaneous Health & Medicine.

Key Responsibilities

  • Author original health and medicine questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall
  • Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined โ€” all necessary information must be in the problem statement
  • Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above)
  • Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers
  • Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format
  • Supply 1โ€“5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, clinical guidelines)
  • For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made

Ideal Qualifications

  • MD, DO, PhD, or doctoral candidate in Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, Public Health, or a closely related field
  • Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain
  • Strong command of graduate-level medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, and biomedical research methodology
  • Board certification, clinical experience, or research publications in health fields is a strong plus
  • Excellent written English and ability to express complex ideas clearly and concisely

More About The Opportunity

  • Expected commitment: 10+ hours/week
  • Asynchronous, fully remote work

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

๐ŸŸข Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of whatโ€™s outlined ๐ŸŸข

Key Responsibilities

  • โœ๏ธ Authoring original questions
  • ๐Ÿ” Verifying questions
  • ๐Ÿ“š Providing academic references

Key Strengths

  • ๐Ÿฉบ Medical expertise
  • โœ๏ธ Writing skills
  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ Research methodology
  • ๐Ÿ… Board certification
  • ๐Ÿ“– Publications
  • ๐ŸŽ“ Master's degree

Why Mercor is partnering with Hatch on this role. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career thatโ€™s right for them. So when you apply you have the chance to show more than just your resume.

A Final Note: This is a role with Mercor not with Hatch.