Medical Science Liaison

**Date**: 12 Jul 2023

**Department**: Medical Affairs

**Team**: Mktg, Market Access, Bus. Excellence & Med. Affair

**Job Type**: Direct Employee

**Contract Type**: Temporary

**Location**:
Field Based, GB

Purpose

The role provides non-promotional medical and scientific support for the Chiesi UK business, with the aim of providing high quality, accurate and timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals regarding the company’s products and associated disease area(s).

The role functions a non-promotional capacity for 100% of the time and is field-based.

This role is on a secondment basis for 12 months

Main Responsibilities
- Provide fair, balanced and unbiased field-based medical and scientific support in response to specific requests from healthcare professionals for further information around Chiesi’s product portfolio, clinical development program, or disease area(s) of interest
- Identify, develop and maintain professional and credible relationships with the health care community, especially Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and academic centres, in the relevant disease area(s) and in collaboration with relevant internal functions
- Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of relevant products and relevant disease area(s) to be the expert medical resource
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the UK Medical Affairs strategic plan, including but not limited to:

- Design and execute Medical Educational meetings
- Gather Insights from relevant KOLs and feed competitive insights back to wider medical team
- Provide local input into company sponsored UK Phase II-IV clinical development activities, as required
- Attend relevant national and international scientific meetings/congresses to ensure up-to-date knowledge of therapy area, gather competitive intelligence, and respond to any specific enquiries from healthcare professionals
- Produce and update scientific and clinical presentations for assigned therapeutic area(s) as appropriate
- Work with Learning and Development to provide support for the provision of training the commercial teams at national and international sales meetings
- Develop proficiency in the technical review of materials and/or activities on internal approval system
- Ensure compliance with all statutory requirements, internal processes and procedures for Pharmacovigilance
- 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

Qualifications and Experience Required
- A medical / pharmacy degree or PhD preferably or BSc qualification
- Demonstrable relevant Industry experience, including proven ability to engage with KOLs
- In-depth knowledge of ABPI Code of Practice, preferably with final signatory status
- Good working knowledge of the clinical trial process, including the regulations pertaining to phase III/IV clinical study management and conduct
- Good understanding of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and Good Pharmacovigilance Practice
- Understanding of the wider NHS environment and key opportunities for pharma and the NHS to partner effectively within the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice

Key Requirements and Skills
- Resilience with the ability to deliver in a challenging external environment
- Ability to engage and manage multiple stakeholders (both internal and external) to achieve the objective(s)
- Organised with systematic approach to prioritisation
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills with confidence to engage stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to work effectively both independently as well as part of a team, as the situation demands
- Ability to interpret and present complex clinical data in a clear manner to a variety of audiences
- Drive to continuously expand medical and scientific knowledge
- Ability to travel as part of role to support the UKI Medical Affairs plan and to attend domestic and international conferences.

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