Medical Science Liaison, Lipids – North of England, Scotland & Northern Ireland

Responsibilities

• Engage in field‑based non‑promotional medical and scientific partnerships, with the aim of providing high‑quality, accurate and timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals, providers and other relevant stakeholders regarding the company’s products and associated disease area.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible relationships with healthcare professionals, providers, scientific leaders and academic centres in the relevant disease area, and, in collaboration with relevant internal functions, deliver improved patient outcomes in a given disease area.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategic planning for the UK by providing medical and scientific insight and applying expert knowledge about the product and disease area.
• Champion cross‑functional partnership across the business, represent the Medical Department at local or regional non‑promotional meetings and support commercial colleagues to provide balanced and scientific information and training.
• Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted in compliance with applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct (including but not limited to the ABPI Code of Practice), company policies and accepted standards of best practice.
• Provide fair, balanced, non‑promotional and unbiased field‑based medical and scientific support in response to specific requests from healthcare professionals.
• Interact with healthcare organisations, healthcare professionals, clinical investigators and other healthcare providers and organisations in order to provide complete, accurate, balanced, scientifically rigorous and non‑promotional medical and clinical information.
• Participate in the development of Medical Affairs Plans and implement tactics identified in the Medical Affairs Plans which align with the Company’s therapeutic areas of interest and, where necessary, contribute to advice‑seeking activities, for example advisory boards.
• Identify areas of educational need for the external healthcare community, developing resources and events to address these needs.
• Facilitate research publication of articles supporting therapeutic areas of interest, in a manner ensuring the independence and objectivity of the publications are maintained.
• Act as an authoritative resource to all departments for the identification of scientific leaders who may collaborate on specific projects or activities.
• Collaborate with research laboratories and clinical trials operations personnel to identify potential investigators for clinical development programmes and provide medical and clinical expertise to aid in effective trial engagement in the UK.
• Complete all planning, organisational and administrative activities necessary to ensure effective and efficient management of geographic territory.

Qualifications

• MSL or field medical experience.
• Medical degree or pharmacy degree with GMC/GPhC registration.
• High level of knowledge of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries’ Code of Practice and GCP.
• Proven relationship‑building skills with scientific leaders (either in the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare or academic setting).
• Understanding of the wider NHS environment and key opportunities for pharmaceuticals and the NHS to partner effectively within the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice.
• IT skills, including but not limited to use of MS Office software.

Desirable

• Lipids/cardiovascular/metabolic experience.
• Desirable role competencies: Strategic Thinking, Business & Financial Acumen, Working Across Boundaries, Project Management.

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