Senior Medical Writer

• Jul 13, 2020
• Manchester, Manchester

Description

We're hiring! An opportunity is now available for an experienced Senior Medical Writer to join DRG Abacus a global provider of integrated market access services working within the value communications centre of excellence. Working as a Senior Medical Writer at DRG Abacus will give you the opportunity to work with a talented team of individuals who are experienced across the whole portfolio of market access materials, from technical HTA dossiers to message-driven PowerPoint presentations.
The Senior Medical Writer will undertake high-quality writing and research activities in contribution to the timely delivery of project objectives. They will provide a medical writing resource to the medical communications department, acting as lead writer and will be responsible for overall QC and copy development.

As a senior member of the team, the Senior Medical Writer will act as a primary client contact for medical writing projects, which will include the planning and writing of market access documents and journal articles in collaboration with in-house teams of specialists to achieve project objectives.

Other duties will include: bespoke research on healthcare interventions and therapeutic areas, analysing clinical studies, proofreading and editing of written material, and telephone, email and in-person liaison with clients and co-authors.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Meet project deadlines in a timely manner
• Act as lead writer on projects
• Contribute to the intellectual design, planning and organisation of projects
• Undertake or contribute to project management duties such as project planning, client liaison, project tracking, and invoice generation
• Contribute to generation of proposals
• Primary point-of-contact for clients
• Undertake bespoke research and data collection as required
• Work with in-house technical teams (e.g. health economists, designers), as well as external associates, to achieve project objectives
• Telephone, email and in-person liaison with colleagues, clients, and co-authors
• Conform to house styles and processes (including project tracking, timekeeping)
• Supervise in-house training of medical writers (primarily through editing of written material)
• Proof-reading and editing of written material (own and others)

Requirements

• Extensive working experience as a Medical Writer
• Confidence in the design, management and delivery of complex writing projects for clients in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry
• Solution-focused approach
• Excellent presentation skills
• Highly skilled with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and EndNote and competent user of Excel
• Excellent communication and organizational skills and attention to detail
• Skilled at basic research and literature reviews
• Proven experience in the preparation of message-driven market access materials including value dossiers, and HTAs is preferable

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package in line with experience, including:

• 25 days’ holiday

• Pension scheme 6% employer contribution and 3% employee contribution
• Bonus scheme
• Interest free travel ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Social events throughout the year

Management & Professional: Grade 7

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