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Senior Medical Writer - Medical Communications
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Senior Medical Writer – Medical Affairs
Position: Senior Medical Writer
Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid - London)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Up to £56k
Start: ASAP
Senior Medical Writer
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and thriving independent medical communications agency! As an experienced member of the client services team, you'll have the flexibility to shape your role around your strengths while playing a pivotal part in driving the continued success and growth of the division.
The ideal candidate will bring exceptional writing skills, a deep understanding of clinical medicine, and extensive experience to the table. In this role, you will work across a range of medical affairs accounts, taking pride in delivering outstanding work while being highly organised and forward-thinking to meet client expectations.
With a vibrant and sociable team environment, intensive on-the-job coaching, and a program of targeted training supplemented by an excellent benefits package, my client values the differences in their employees and puts a strong emphasis on creating opportunities for advancement that complement and develop strengths and further careers.
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Role & Responsibilities:
- Provide high-level medical writing support within accounts, achieving writing excellence across therapy areas and the communication mix and target audiences
- Review written scientific documents for writing style, strategy, content accuracy and fact/data checking, and provide constructive feedback, in addition to ensuring scientific accuracy
- Act as the Technical Lead on designated client projects
- Apply expertise and broad experience of medical communications to the development of strategic communications programmes across accounts
- Ensure all assigned projects are delivered to the highest possible editorial and scientific standards, to deadline and within budget
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with clients and external thought leaders
- Manage and monitor own workload and that of junior writers assigned to projects. Monitor project budgets. Anticipate and provide solutions to budget and/or resource needs or limitations. Identify where new processes may be required and support their development
- Keep up to date with industry codes of practice/legislation and external issues or events that may affect existing accounts
- Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and notify the Client Services team of any changes to specification at the earliest opportunity
- Coaches others in developing content for a diverse range of medical communications projects
- Contribute to the development of account plan forecasts in liaison with client services leads
- Research and contribute to the writing and review of new business proposals and pitch presentations, playing a central role from initial strategic brainstorming to proposal delivery
- Proactively identify possible new business opportunities within assigned accounts
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Requirements:
- Degree (science, preferably life science); PhD or MSc (desirable)
- 3+ years of medical writing experience in a medical communications agency
- Scientific knowledge and understanding
- Proficiency in delivering high-quality written work
- High level of drive, motivation, and initiative
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Awareness of industry guidelines and best practice and their application
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