Job description - Medical Advisor
Alternative job titles
Medical Adviser Medical Manager
Description
The Medical Advisor provides a bridge between clinical research and the marketing and sales department as well as the remaining departments within the organisation. He/she specifically provides an authoritative opinion and answers medically based questions concerning medical, legal and regulatory matters enabling colleagues to comply with the relevant statutory requirements.
Qualifications
The medical advisor often has a medical education and background, and is therefore medically qualified. Due to the reduction of qualified doctors desiring this position, specialised nurses have become important candidates for this function.
Competencies
- Keep up to date with market trends and new developments utilising information or business improvement
- Ability to both provide and receive constructive feedback
- Build and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues and clients
- Work as part of a team to reach common goals
- Ability to form a balanced opinion taking into account a wide range of information
- Deliver creative and ingenious ideas for change and continuous improvement
Tasks
- Initiate, supervise the performance and progress of clinical trials
- Provide proactive input in the strategic medical management and marketing
- Develop and implement strategic direction within key therapeutic areas
- Contribute to the design and approval of promotional materials
- Develop effective relationships with key influencers and external organisations
- Co-ordinate and utilise specialist knowledge with colleagues in formulating and implementing medical strategy
- Answer medical or technical questions concerning protocol and product
- Provide training and education to internal staff and participate in protocol development
- Share knowledge and technical expertise with other team members while providing medical training to field representatives and other internal staff
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