Medical Science Liaison - 12 months Secondment /FTC starting January 2025
Region: South Region
Competitive Salary & Benefits
As a Medical Science Liaison, you will act as a medical and clinical education liaison to external and internal partners while supporting the company's commercial, research, and educational objectives. This role will engage with customers and colleagues across medical affairs and commercial groups to provide medical and scientific support for our on-market products as well as help launch newer products. The ideal candidate will have a combination of Biologics knowledge and experience. Please note that this role covers the South region, including Portsmouth, Southampton, and Oxford.
Accountabilities:
As a regional field medical affairs expert, you'll share knowledge and insight with cross-functional colleagues, support research discussions with clinical leaders in your dedicated region, and engage in account-level cross-functional working with sales and market access colleagues. You'll maintain an understanding of the local health economy and how it interacts with the patient pathways relevant to their therapy area. You'll also own relationships and partnerships with priority Key External Experts (KEEs) and support their professional development.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Life sciences degree or other appropriate qualification (e.g. nursing, pharmacy)
- Clinical, scientific or life sciences background – within Respiratory
- Understanding of clinical pathways design and delivery, common barriers to optimal care and how to navigate
- Communication and presentation skills
- Business acumen/entrepreneurship; seek out opportunities and new ways of working
- Understanding of evidence-based medicine and its application into clinical practice
- Understanding of ABPI Code of Practice and its practical application
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Previous experience working within an MSL role within Pharma (Ideally within Respiratory or NHS experience)
- Higher degree in science or business subject
- Experience in the development of clinical trial programmes in support of the therapy area portfolio an advantage
- Experience of account management
- Knowledge +/- experience of real-world data projects
AstraZeneca offers a unique opportunity to work along the patient journey to realize the potential of our science. Here, we take a holistic approach to patients, going beyond just medicines to address the patient experience. We work along the whole patient journey—from prevention to better diagnosis. Only then can we help to realize the truly transformative potential of our science. At AstraZeneca, you will be at the forefront, using your unique position as a medical leader across our enterprise and the healthcare ecosystem to shape the future of healthcare. There's so much opportunity here as we continue to grow—no better place to improve patients' lives and develop with AstraZeneca.
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