Medical Writer - Scientific Communications Specialist (English) Lisboa

Medical Writer - Scientific Communications Specialist (English)
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Job Description

Medical Writer / Senior Scientific Communications Specialist (English)

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Scientific Communications Specialist is a professional with scientific, clinical, and therapeutic area expertise, responsible for oversight of staff and client services. The position also provides scientifically accurate and balanced information to internal stakeholders, external healthcare professionals, and consumers in a way that supports business needs; is aligned with regulatory and compliance practices; and is consistent with Medical Affairs and brand team objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Develop and review content for scientific documents including standard and custom responses, slide decks, dossiers, manuscripts, and other deliverables requested by the client.
• Demonstrate ongoing scientific expertise relevant to therapeutic areas, including products, disease state management, and emerging therapies.
• Integrate scientific expertise with knowledge of regulatory and compliance guidelines to ensure comprehensive review of materials submitted into approval process.
• Create and/or review medical affairs materials and promotional materials.
• Apply approved standards of style to created and maintained materials.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the use of content management systems as applicable.
• Update Standard Response format and content for integration into a global content management system.
• Respond to Medical Information Requests (via calls/web/emails/letters) and conduct appropriate scientific information exchanges with the requestors.
• Participate in scientific training as appropriate to support assigned brands.
• Comply with all guidelines, policies, legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
• Meet or exceed service levels and targets for internal and external customers.
• Participate in training & mentoring of new hires or staff changing support areas.

The Senior Scientific Communications Specialist may also be responsible for the following:

• Serve as a team lead for 1 or more Clients, therapeutic areas, workstreams, or brands.
• Coordinate with Client to schedule meetings and training sessions, and ensure that all team members meet all training requirements.
• Manage and distribute overall workload for a brand or therapeutic area.
• Coordinate, lead, and participate in workstreams, special projects, pilots, or other activities requested by the client.
• Serve as key contact for communications between the Client and Med Communications team.
• Maintain active role in Quality Assurance processes, including monitoring of performance indicators.
• Provide medical information support via multiple venues including virtual presentations and medical meeting booth coverage.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Above average attention to detail, teamwork, and initiative.
• Ability to interact with other departments within the company and be proficient in written and verbal communication.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Power
  Point, and Word, and quickly able to learn new software.
• Demonstrated proficiency in drug information communication and management.
• Ability to apply regulatory and compliance guidelines to content development.

Competency Statements

• Attendance - Always on time for work, including meetings and conferences. Has a strong attendance record and is punctual with deliverables required.
• Innovation and Creativity - Has the ability to think in new ways and perspectives and create new ideas.
• Leadership - Has the ability to lead, influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or organizations.
• Communication Skills - Practices active listening, has quick response times, is clear, concise, and friendly.
• Collaboration and Teamwork - Works with others to complete goals, brainstorms ideas, and participates in group discussions.
• Customer Service - Professional, patient, knowledgeable, adaptable, quickly responds, and provides assistance and advice.
• Time Management - Uses time effectively and productively, prioritizes tasks, and delivers results on time.
• Work Ethic - Highly motivated, produces consistent
  - quality work, and follows through with commitments.
• Behavior and Attitude - Treats others with respect, projects a positive attitude, and establishes good working relationships.
• Self-Motivated - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability.
• Organized - Possesses the trait of being well organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
• Applied Learning - Ability to participate in needed learning activities effectively.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Education: Advanced degree in pharmacy (Pharm
D preferred), advanced health care degree, or relevant, equivalent clinical experience.

Experience: Two to four years of related experience in scientific content creation within the pharmaceutical industry, medical education, and/or academia.

Computer Skills: Prefer proficiency with Embase, Ovid, and content management systems.

Other Requirements: Prefer pharmaceutical industry writing experience including an understanding of FDA, legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements with regards to medical affairs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Remote - Med Communications International Lisbon, Portugal

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status.

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Thank you for your interest in working with Med Communications. We kindly ask that recruitment agencies avoid sending unsolicited CVs, as our
- house team manages all hiring processes.

Please be aware that any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles received without prior engagement or agreement with our recruitment team will be considered free and carry no obligation on the part of Med Communications.