Senior Medical Writer

Sciterion is an award-winning specialist healthcare communications consultancy within the Havas Health network of companies. We exist to make a positive contribution to patient care. Real-world experience of patients is at the heart of our programmes. Through a deep understanding of health behaviour, we align key stakeholder touchpoints to deliver intelligent, highly impactful and clinically relevant programmes.

Sciterion’s business is flourishing, so we are looking to add a **Senior Medical Writer** to our growing team. As a Senior Medical Writer with Sciterion you will be responsible for producing high-quality copy across a range of med comms deliverables and therapy areas and supporting in team management responsibilities.

**Key Responsibilities**

**Writing and Editing**:

- Maintain a high quality of medical writing
- Good briefing and reviewing skills
- Continually feedback to all members of the writing team effectively, ensuring learnings are taken forward onto future projects
- Assist with the promotion of quality control processes and procedures
- Address internal and external comments on your work intelligently and question any that are inappropriate, inaccurate or unclear

**Scientific content and expertise**:

- Develop understanding of new therapeutic areas quickly and comprehensively
- Build understanding of client and competitor products, therapy areas, portfolio, and clinical and commercial strategy in the context of the current market
- Keep up-to-date with industry codes of practice/legislation

**Internal relationships and leadership**:

- Begin to act as the Technical Lead on designated client projects
- Work with other members of the writing team to ensure that departmental objectives are met
- Plan your workload and contribute to resourcing for your team

**Client service and external relationships**:

- Work collaboratively with account team members to ensure that all account objectives are met
- Build relationships with clients and/or external experts
- Attend meetings in the UK or elsewhere, providing on-site support as required

**Business development**:

- Identify opportunities to maximise existing client accounts
- Assist with the development of proposals and present at pitches when appropriate

**Financial**:

- When appropriate, contribute to development of project specifications, cost estimates and reconciliations
- Monitor project costs against agreed budgets and notify the Client Services team of any changes to the specification at the earliest opportunity
- Communicate clearly to team members at all times, schedule and budget guidelines, and adhere to those given by a project's Technical Lead

**What we offer**:

- A competitive salary
- 25 days’ annual holiday
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- Discounted gym membership
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee referral award scheme
- Season ticket/travel loan
- Annual flu vaccination
- Annual eye test support
- Comprehensive training programmes
- Additional retail discounts and benefits available through Perkbox
- A rewarding workplace and a fun team environment
- Sciterion are Equal Opportunity Employers. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law._

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discounts
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Thames Ditton, KT7 0QJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Reference ID: SMW22