Robotics Clinical Specialist

Medtronic plc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible Benefits Package

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Robotic Clinical Specialist based in Sydney to support installation, adoption, and growth of Robotic-Assisted Surgery systems. You will partner with hospital teams, develop implementation plans, and lead training to drive clinical adoption while traveling up to 40%.

This field-based role offers exposure to cutting-edge healthcare technology and a collaborative Medtronic culture, with opportunities to influence patient outcomes across Australia.

Qualifications

• Degree plus 2 years relevant experience with medical devices industry.
• Operating Room knowledge or experience.
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation, through detailed implementation and results delivery.
• Experience in change management process.
• Valid driver’s license and own transport and willingness to travel as required to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and execute robotic surgery system installation, start-up, and workflow readiness.
• Develop and maintain account-specific implementation plans, including governance, milestones, risk management, stakeholder roles, training, and readiness checkpoints.
• Lead regular program review meetings with hospital stakeholders and Medtronic partners to monitor progress, manage barriers, and keep implementation on track.
• Design and coordinate surgeon and operating room staff training plans, including Medtronic training, proctored cases, simulation, dry-lab, and on-site learning activities.
• Support clinical adoption by attending procedures during the learning phase, coaching hospital teams, and reinforcing safe, efficient, and standardized workflows.
• Build strong relationships with surgeons, nurses, hospital leadership, and administrative stakeholders to support program development, expansion, and long-term utilisation growth.
• Use program data, customer feedback, and documented lessons learned to drive continuous improvement, support sustainable program growth, and maintain compliance with quality, regulatory, and Medtronic requirements.

Skills

Operating Room knowledge

Change management experience

Idea to delivery execution

Willingness to travel

Education

Degree in medical devices or related field

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life Join Medtronic's Robotic Surgical Technologies (RST) team as a Robotic Clinical Specialist (RCS) based in Sydney, NSW and help shape the future of robotic surgery in Australia. The Surgical Robotics Clinical Specialist plays one of the most important roles within RST at Medtronic, supporting our customers during the launch, development and expansion of their surgical robotics programs.

The RCS manages the end-to-end integration, operational readiness, clinical adoption and growth of the Robotic‑Assisted Surgery (RAS) system. In this role as an RCS, you will be responsible for the successful integration of the RAS portfolio within an assigned hospital. At Medtronic, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes.

Through our Surgical Robotics portfolio, we are expanding access to minimally invasive surgery and helping transform surgical care through robotic, digital and data‑driven solutions. This is a field‑based position with travel requirements of up to 40%, depending on business needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with hospital teams and Medtronic field support to plan, prepare, and execute robotic surgery system installation, start‑up, and workflow readiness.
• Develop and maintain account‑specific implementation plans, including governance, milestones, risk management, stakeholder roles, training, and readiness checkpoints.
• Lead regular program review meetings with hospital stakeholders and Medtronic partners to monitor progress, manage barriers, and keep implementation on track.
• Design and coordinate surgeon and operating room staff training plans, including Medtronic training, proctored cases, simulation, dry‑lab, and on‑site learning activities.
• Support clinical adoption by attending procedures during the learning phase, coaching hospital teams, and reinforcing safe, efficient, and standardised workflows.
• Build strong relationships with surgeons, nurses, hospital leadership, and administrative stakeholders to support program development, expansion, and long‑term utilisation growth.
• Use program data, customer feedback, and documented lessons learned to drive continuous improvement, support sustainable program growth, and maintain compliance with quality, regulatory, and Medtronic requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Degree plus 2 years relevant experience with medical devices industry.
• Operating Room knowledge or experience.
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation, through detailed implementation and results delivery.
• Experience in change management process.
• Valid driver’s license and own transport and willingness to travel as required to meet business needs.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life‑changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need. Life‑transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight‑driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting‑edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E‑Verify program, please click here.