Medical Writer

Synapse Medcom; Oakville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Synapse Medcom is seeking a Medical Writer to develop clinically relevant scientific content for pharmaceutical and biotechnology initiatives and to provide strategic consultation to clients. You will deliver therapeutic training programs to professional healthcare audiences and manage project plans, milestones, and budgets with senior team support.

The role requires 1–4 years in Medical Communications, strong English communication, and proficiency with literature databases and reference

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Life Sciences (biology/biochemistry/molecular biology/immunology).
• 1–4 years of experience in Medical Communications.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Experience with literature searching and reference management.

Responsibilities

• Develop clinically-relevant scientific content for medical and marketing initiatives.
• Provide strategic consultation to clients in pharma/biotech industries.
• Deliver therapeutic training programs to professional healthcare audiences.
• Create project plans, timelines and monitor milestones and budgets.
• Serve as primary client communications lead with oversight from senior team members.
• Collaborate with the development team throughout a project life-span.

Skills

English communication

Self-starter

Team player

Literature searching

Stakeholder liaison

GPP3 knowledge

Education

Graduate degree in Life Sciences

Life Sciences degree (preferred fields)

Tools

EndNote

PubMed

Embase

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Team members develop clinically-relevant scientific content for medical and marketing initiatives, related to pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. Team members also provide strategic consultation to clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and deliver therapeutic training programs to professional healthcare audiences.

Project Management Responsibilities of the Medical Writer:

• Ensure appropriately developed project plans and timelines
• Monitor adherence to pre-defined project milestones and budget
• Track completion of project milestones
• Anticipate project delays or budget constraints and develop appropriate contingency plans
• Serve as primary communication lead with clients with oversight and guidance from senior team members
• Manage and delegate design/studio requests from the medical writing team
• Liaise with various external stakeholders, including clients, clinicians and other supplier partners

Writing Responsibilities of the Medical Writer:

• Ensure appropriately focused project-based research
• Select supporting scientific literature appropriate for consideration by regulatory agencies and client review
• Critically appraise medical literature by applying the concepts of evidence-based medicine
• Accurately select, summarize and report clinical data and supporting statisticsEfficiently develop scientific content, following a defined process
• Effectively tailor content and style to a variety of audiences, including pharmaceutical representatives, healthcare professionals, academic researchers and patients
• Use a reference database (e.g., Endnote) to manage literature and indicate primary information sources
• Assemble, organize, and highlight sources of information for internal and regulatory review
• Collaborate with the development team throughout a project life-span
• 1-4 years of experience within Medical Communications field
• Graduate degree in Life Sciences preferably in biology, biochemistry, molecular biology or immunology
• Strong oral and written English communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Confident communicator with external stakeholders
• Self-starter and team player
• Experience with searching online medical literature databases (i.e., PubMed, Embase, etc)
• Knowledge of reference management software
• Familiarity with good publication practices and supporting guidelines (eg, GPP3, CONSORT, PRISMA, etc)

Attributes of the Medical Writer:

The successful candidate will be self-motivated and self-sufficient with a flexible and inquisitive approach. The candidate will also utilize their excellent interpersonal skills to succeed in a team environment. Strong written communication skills and a thirst for knowledge are a must and a desire to learn and improve your experience in a variety of therapeutic areas is required.