Senior Medical Writer

Real Chemistry; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health innovation company is seeking a Senior Medical Writer in Edinburgh. The role involves creating scientifically accurate materials across various therapy areas, leading discussions with clients, and mentoring junior writers. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in medical writing, excellent communication skills, and a relevant degree.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Dental insurance

Pension contributions

Five-week sabbatical program

Health and wellness reimbursements

Happy hours

Free healthy snacks

Qualifications

• Experience in a Medical Writing role within an agency environment.
• Proven ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to lead discussions on therapy areas.

Responsibilities

• Create a range of material across several therapy areas.
• Lead discussions with clients and external experts.
• Review junior writers’ work and provide constructive feedback.

Skills

Excellent written English

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Prioritization skills

Adaptability

Education

Master’s degree in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or related discipline

PhD (advantageous)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Veeva

Job description

It's not every day we have a chance to make the world a healthier place—but here, it’s our way of life. Idealistic? Maybe. Deeply pragmatic? Always. Real Chemistry is a global health innovation company that has carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, tech, and the people at the heart of it all. It’s with a great sense of purpose that we work together with brave health and wellness companies to create and inspire healthier, happier, and longer lives. It’s our passion. And if you’re still reading, we’re guessing it might be yours too. We are looking to add to our alchemic mix of more than 2,000 talented professionals. At Real Chemistry, we don’t just wish the world was healthier. We leverage tech, data and creativity to make it so. You in?

Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Medical Writer to join our growing team!

As a Senior Medical Writer at Real Chemistry, you will be working across several therapy areas to create a range of material, ensuring the language and content is appropriate for the target audience. Naturally your work will be of the highest quality, scientifically accurate and aligned to the relevant brand.

What you’ll do:

• Able to step confidently into therapeutic areas outside those already assigned
• Confident in leading discussions on therapy area, drivers influencing treatment decision-making and patient pathways with clients and external experts
• Undertakes content delivery for more complex projects with minimal supervision from senior team and delegating to AMW/MWs as needed to ensure timely execution to a high standard
• Clear, persuasive writing style, able to develop a compelling narrative from complex information. Able to:
• Structure and write novel projects that may not have been executed previously
• Take responsibility for overall quality of deliverables with minimal oversight
• Apply critical thinking skills towards applying a project brief to achieve deliverables in a timely and efficient manner, challenging and evolving client briefs as appropriate to ensure a high-quality result aligned with a client’s goals
• Understands how to balance telling a coherent and compelling story within the regulatory framework
• Able to review junior writers’ work for adherence to brief, client objectives and quality of writing, providing constructive feedback to support professional development
• Able to challenge client / account teams on the most effective approach in addressing client / brand needs
• Has a point of view on client strategy and ensures messaging is meeting the strategic intent
• Leads scientific discussion with clients and external experts as appropriate to capture briefs, resolve queries, and progress scientific content development in timely and efficient manner
• Can ‘sell’ (i.e., present) work to clients and has the ability to articulate the story
• Provides input and recommendations to enhance service offering and support organic growth of designated accounts
• Can articulate the scientific story to non-scientific colleagues in a clear and concise manner
• Able to flex to changing pressures from client timelines and needs while protecting QC steps to maintain output even if this means ‘pushing back’
• Proactively identifies new business opportunities with new and existing clients
• Supports the development of scientific strategy for other therapeutic areas for new business and can present this as part of a pitch presentation
• Trains/mentors and manages junior writers on writing and company processes
• Provides scientific and editorial feedback regarding material development to peers in support of client goals
• Drives project completion, ensuring all internal deadlines are met, and proactively deals with potential issues
• Provides timely and accurate communication to accounts team on writer hours, and project progress
• Leads meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors
• Provides a proactive, solution-focused approach towards defining client brief and expectations, resolving queries, and addressing feedback

This position is a perfect fit for you if:

• Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.
• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

What you should have:

• Experience in a Medical Writing role within an agency environment
• Educated to at least Master’s degree level in life sciences, medicine, pharmacy or a related discipline. A PhD would be an advantage, but is not essential
• Proven ability to work under pressure as business needs arise
• Excellent written English (vocabulary and grammar), with good attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and awareness skills
• Excellent IT skills, particularly using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Understands and has experience of Veeva (this wouldn’t be a daily task!)

Working with HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have offices in cities with many employees and clients – New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Manchester, UK and London, UK – that serve as hubs where and when they need us, and we encourage employees who live less than a 45-minute commute of a Real Chemistry office to go in at least two days per week. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Hybrid and Regional Teams approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including a primary office location near in Moorgate, 25 days holiday, private medical insurance, dental insurance, pension contributions and a five-week sabbatical program. Other perks include health and wellness reimbursements, happy hours, and free healthy snacks to keep you running all day long. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at: http://www.realchemistry.com/.

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