Clinical Scientist

TidalSense; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A medical devices company in Cambridge seeks a Clinical Evidence Specialist to generate clinical evidence and scientific content to support regulatory approval and market adoption of their products. The role includes writing scientific publications, managing clinical research projects, and collaborating closely with various teams to ensure successful stakeholder management. Essential qualifications include a degree in a scientific field and experience in scientific writing and project management. The salary range is £40,000-75,000 with various benefits including flexible hours and mental health support.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working model

25 days annual leave

Pension contributions

Annual performance-based bonus

Work from abroad for 1 week per year

Mental health support

Qualifications

• Strong organisational, risk management and project management skills.
• Ability to deliver to deadlines in a busy environment.
• Experience with publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the company's clinical evidence strategy.
• Write and review clinical scientific content.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with key opinion leaders.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong analytical and research skills

Organisational and project management skills

Attention to detail

Strong team spirit

Education

Bachelor's degree in a scientific or clinical subject

Experience in scientific writing

Experience of designing and managing clinical research projects

Job description

Job Purpose

To take a leading role in the generation of clinical evidence and scientific content to support the regulation, scientific profile, and adoption of TidalSense's medical devices.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Clinical research

• Contribute to the creation and development of the company's global clinical evidence strategy
• Design, plan and project manage research programmes
• Write project charters, study protocols and ethics submissions and other required study documentation
• Contribute to and oversee study implementation, monitoring and close out, including:
  • site visits;
  • formal study reporting and registrations; and
  • communications with external stakeholders (eg MHRA, grant monitoring officers)
• Critically analyse current clinical processes, and design / implement process improvements to optimise efficiency and delivery of targets

Scientific writing

Write, review and edit clinical scientific content, including: peer-reviewed scientific publications, conference abstracts, white papers, scientific and clinical marketing content, product manuals and educational materials

• Support with writing grant applications for (clinical) research programmes

Stakeholder management

Work closely with the clinical, commercial and marketing teams to support key clinical stakeholder management, including building and maintaining a network of key opinion leaders to support current and future studies

• Work closely with the clinical, commercial and marketing teams to support key clinical stakeholder management, including building and maintaining a network of key opinion leaders to support current and future studies

Clinical evaluation and regulatory

With support from the rest of the clinical team, take a leading role in the planning and execution of clinical evaluation in accordance with EU MDR and other applicable regulatory requirements for existing and new medical devices, including:

• Writing and reviewing Clinical Evaluation Plans and Reports and Post-Market Clinical Follow-up Plans and Reports
  • Writing and reviewing Clinical Evaluation Plans and Reports and Post-Market Clinical Follow-up Plans and Reports
  • Planning, running and reporting systematic literature searches

Requirements & Skills & Competencies

Essential:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; with the ability to describe complex scientific concepts for diverse audiences
• Strong analytical and research skills, including the ability to conduct systematic literature searches, design studies, and interpret data
• Strong organisational, risk management and project management skills
• Ability to deliver to deadlines, comfortable with uneven workloads
• Excellent verbal communication and people skills
• Views Generative AI and automation tools as a 'force multiplier' for their own productivity and is eager to pioneer new workflows in a regulated healthcare environment
• Attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and develop processes and personal skills
• Strong team spirit and hands-on mentality

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or clinical subject
• Experience in scientific writing, including publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals and managing publications through the peer review process
• Experience of designing, managing or contributing to clinical research projects
• Experience of project management

Desirable:

• Qualified healthcare professional (e.g. doctor, nurse or other allied health professional)
• PhD or DPhil in a scientific or clinical subject
• Experience of protocol / bid / grant writing
• Experience of medical statistics and/or health economics
• Experience working within a quality management system (preferably ISO 13485 or ISO 9001)
• Experience working with medical device products

Other Requirements

• Legally eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Please note that we are open to sponsoring colleagues to move from an unsponsored visa to a Skilled Worker Visa once they have passed their probation
• Will need to be able to work in person in the Cambridge office at least 3 days / week (but ideally more)

Note to Applicants

• We read all applications carefully - including your free-text answers - in evaluating your application. Please make sure you spend some time answering these questions carefully
• Please answer questions truthfully and without using a LLM to auto-populate answers. Dishonesty is fundamentally against our values
• We appreciate that some candidates may hesitate to apply because they may feel that they might not meet all of the required criteria or be competitive enough. If this is you, please don't shy away from applying - we would like to hear from you!

Closing date for applications

Sunday 22nd February 2026

Benefits

Salary £40,000-75,000 (depending on experience)

• Flexible working hours to support your work preferences
• Hybrid working as per requirements above
• 25 days annual leave (pro-rated) + 8 public holidays
• Pension: TidalSense contributes 5% of qualified earnings
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Discretionary share options scheme
• Work from abroad for 1 week per year
• Buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave (pro-rated)
• Individual personal development budget + dedicated development days
• Mental Health support: wellbeing support and free 24/7 access to qualified counsellors and advisors
• Coaching and mentoring
• Team events and celebrations
• Beautiful award-winning Cambridge UK office stocked with quality drinks & snacks