Medical Scientist Job Description
Medical scientist
provides scientific and clinical inputs to related therapeutic area to the clinical trial operations team regarding the design and execution of clinical trials.
Medical Scientist Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Technical review of scientific materials for clinical and scientific accuracy for Medical Affairs, promotional materials, sales training materials, and external use materials (e.g, advisory board content and non-promotional reprints)
Ensure medical and scientific consistency between related documents or studies in a clinical program
As part of a cross-functional team, contribute to product development plans (e.g., provide information from previous studies, provide scientific input, integrate and review data) and serve as coordinating author for product development plans
Coordinates and leads multiple medical activities including scientific advisory boards, congress support, medical training of BMS employees, training of external speakers, competitive intelligence, publications and post marketing trials
Utilizes insights from external environment to critically evaluate strategic and tactical plans
Works collaboratively with Gilead personnel in other functions such as Sales, Marketing, Regulatory
Partners with the US and HQ Medical Teams (Global), US Commercial, to develop strategic Medical plans for the lifecycle of the product, from initiation of regional pre-launch activities to several years post-launch
Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with commercial, regulatory, HEOR team, therapeutic area medical lead and with external contacts participate in special projects based on extensive knowledge base, experience and competency
Prepare moderately complex clinical regulatory documents, including clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, investigator’s brochures, and sections of regulatory submissions
Serve as the lead Medical Writing Scientist for moderately complex clinical studies
Medical Scientist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Medical Scientist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASCP, MT, AMT, CLS, BLS, MLS
Education for Medical Scientist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the medical scientist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Medical Technology, Education, Medical, Science, Graduate, Biological Science, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Pharmacy, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing
Skills for Medical Scientist
Desired skills for medical scientist include:
Treatment landscape
Clinical research process
Professional society treatment guidelines
Clinical area
Clinical trial design and process
HEOR core concepts
National healthcare and access environment
Scientific
Clinical trials and scientific activities
Products
Desired experience for medical scientist includes:
Critical and holistic thinker
Support Medical Lead with review and interpretation of clinical study data and addressing questions
From study team members
May coordinate Medical Writing resources for a clinical development program
Participate in developing key messages for moderately complex clinical regulatory documents
May represent the Medical Writing department on teams responsible for defining the direction and
Medical Scientist Examples
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Medical Scientist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a medical scientist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for medical scientist
- Thoroughly analyze and critically interpret data to determine the best approach to composing each
- Provide more advanced input for study designs, analysis plans, and statistical output
- Provide advanced review of documents
- Provide input and support for advisory board meetings for clinical development programs
- May assist in preparing grant applications
- Participate in developing standard operating processes and related procedures
- Manage contract medical writers
- May train, mentor, or supervise staff in the Medical Writing department
- Collaborates with functional areas outside of medical including marketing, sales, access, legal, regulatory, and research and development
- Medical technical reviewer for approximately 50% of promotional materials, sales training materials, and external use materials
Qualifications for medical scientist
- Ability to analyze, interpret, and summarize moderately complex data
- Broad understanding of drug development, clinical research, study designs, biostatistics
- Pharmacology, regulatory requirements, and medical terminology
- Ability to manage project teams, form productive working relationships, and work through conflicts
- Ability to complete work in a resourceful, self-sufficient manner and design alternative approaches to achieve desired results, with some guidance and mentoring on new or complex issues
- Initiative and creativity in solving routine problems that affect multiple documents and in identifying and contributing to improvements in cross-functional process
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of medical scientist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for medical scientist
- Associate ISS Program Leader- Help oversee ISS program
- Develop, lead, provide operational oversight and manage external vendors/CRO for small strategic studies and non-interventional, minimal risk studies conducted by Medical Affairs
- Generate material and participate in Medical Affairs Advisory Boards to gain insights on Medical Affairs activities aligned with company objectives
- Various related internal and external activities as assigned by manager
- Medical evaluation of individual adverse event case safety reports,including but not limited to all serious and expedited reports in clinical study or marketed environment
- Accountable for clinical safety review, recommendation and interpretation, analysis and summarization of aggregate safety data and periodical data from all sources including spontaneous, clinical, postmarketing and observational studies, literature review and product quality
- As lead for VTE strategy, the incumbent will partner closely with key internal stakeholders, including WW Medical, US and WW Commercial and the Alliance Partner to develop strategic plans and to execute medical plan related to VTE
- Cooperates with cross-functional medical team members to deliver key medical activities related to VTE, including advisory boards, congresses, proactive messaging, reactive medical communication, publication strategy
- Understands key market insights to anticipate needs of field medical team, including training and content
- Effectively partners with commercial organization on both strategy and execution related to VTE and in light of evolving healthcare landscape
Qualifications for medical scientist
- Advanced computer skills related to word processing, templates, table/figure creation, literature searches, electronic review systems, and document management systems
- Experience involving patient contact, customer service in a medical setting, strong communication skills
- The successful candidate must have the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams, have excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- He or she should have an understanding of pharmaceutical drug development including
- At least 2 years pharmaceutical/biotech company experience in Medical Affairs or a post-doc fellowship in Medical Affairs
- 4 years applicable experience in Medical Affairs, preferred
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of medical scientist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for medical scientist
- Engages with external Thought Leaders to gather insight into unmet medical needs and educational gaps related to diagnosis and treatment of VTE
- Contribute to and oversee the writing, editing and reviewing of diverse Regulatory and Clinical Documents required for global RB product development and registration activities
- Proactively liaise with external key opinion leaders to enhance the Company's knowledge base
- Create and deliver strategic communication plan(s)
- Prepare/update scientifically balanced responses to unsolicited request for both labeled and off-label indications
- Support internal groups including but not be limited to Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Clinical Development, Business Development, Drug Safety, Pharmaceutics, including literature searches, data interpretation, publication procurement, Corporate Library Service access and training
- Involvement in specific projects and/or alignments will also be required on an ad hoc basis
- Creating intellectual property and writing technical reports
- Publishing peer-reviewed manuscripts and submitting grants to public funding agencies
- Perform medical technical reviews of promotional materials, sales training materials, and other material for external use
Qualifications for medical scientist
- 5+ years of experience in clinical practice setting in situations where direct and/or indirect decision making authority for patient care was demonstrated
- The ability to work well independently part of a team is required
- The ability to stay organized, manage time, and work on multiple documents/projects at once is required
- Experience using AMA, ICH, or similar guidelines is preferred
- Experience with medical writing document standards and processes is preferred
- Experience using document repository software
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a medical scientist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for medical scientist
- Communicate with investigators in the ISS program and foster timely execution of newly approved and ongoing studies
- Provide operational oversight and manage external vendors/CRO for small strategic studies and non-interventional, minimal risk studies conducted by Medical Affairs
- Generate material for Medical Affairs field teams and Advisory Board
- Stay abreast of developments and gather information and insight on Medical Affairs activities to leverage critical data and synthesize information for key stakeholders
- Prepare, clean, and sterilize glassware and instruments
- Independently performs routine and non-routine experiments and procedures that are moderate to complex following established procedures or protocols without deviations unless approved by laboratory manager or supervisor
- Prepares and presents experimental data clearly and concisely to the project manager and supervisors at anytime, including weekly laboratory meetings
- Performing review of medical data listings, Case Report Form (CRF) line and lab listings, and medical coding
- Performing analysis to identify trends within data, line, and lab listings
- Performing initial assessments for Medical Affairs Pre-Enrollment Review process
Qualifications for medical scientist
- At least 10 years of clinical experience in cardiovascular or thromboembolic disease and/or industry experience in research and development or medical affairs is preferred
- The role incorporates a mix of strategic and operational activities as appropriate
- 1-3 years of Laboratory experience preferred
- Requires completion of an accredited (MT or MLS) 1 year program
- 3 plus years experience and ASCP certification preferred
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel and have database experience
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Our growing company is looking for a medical scientist. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for medical scientist
- Achieves high quality scientific interpretation of data generated from executed studies under direction of GCL
- Assisting Medical Monitor(s) with creation of Medical Management Plans
- Creating project plans related to Medical Data Review, Endpoint Management, and Pre-Enrollment Review
- Acting as primary interface between Company and sponsors, vendors, and other departments in the area of DMC, DSMB, Safety Committee and Adjudication Committee management
- Uploading and managing documents collected for pre-enrollment review and endpoint adjudication into TrialEASTM
- Review documents, including those authored by other functions
- Day, Mid-Day, Evening, Night Shifts Available!
- Inventory and order supplies, stock and maintain work areas, including keeping areas clean and organized
- Participates in inter- and intra-departmental meetings and continuing educational opportunities
- Lead and provide medical input to region regulatory applications, new product development and associated clinical activities
Qualifications for medical scientist
- Advanced degree in area relevant to health services research, health economics research, public health, or relevant Life Sciences area preferred (ie
- Advanced degree required (Ph.D, PharmD or MD)
- The ideal candidate will have clinical expertise, and some relevant experience in the immunoscience area within the pharmaceutical industry, such as within Medical Affairs or Clinical Development
- Operate complex and/or computerized microscopic, molecular, and/or cytometric equipment to analyze prepared cellular and molecular specimens, calibrate instrumentation, and validate quality of assay
- Life Sciences Bachelor’s degree
- Medical Information experience in a healthcare or industry environment preferred