RWE Senior Medical Writer

KCR Placement; Reading; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave entitlements

Health insurance offerings

Competitive retirement planning

LifeWorks EAP program

Life assurance

Flexible country-specific benefits

Job summary

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. We are seeking a Senior Medical Writer to provide scientific and medical writing support for late‑phase projects on a remote basis.

You will collaborate with the client account team to ensure timely delivery of high‑quality, scientifically accurate documents, including protocols, study reports and abstracts. The role requires an advanced scientific degree, 5+ years’ professional medical writing experience, and strong

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Medical Writing
• Proven knowledge of ICH/GCP and GPP guidelines or other meaningful guidelines
• Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills
• Good computer literacy
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

• Write and review study documents such as Protocol, Synopsis, Informed Consent, Data Collection Documents and Study Report.
• Develop scientific communications such as abstracts, posters, manuscripts.
• Perform quality control for medical writing deliverables.
• Interpret statistical results and solicit statistician input for study reports, abstracts, manuscripts.
• Participate in the improvement of the quality assurance system.
• Participate in bid-defence presentations representing medical writing activities

Skills

Medical Writing experience

Education

Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, PharmD

Job description

Senior Medical Writer - Remote

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart.

As a global provider of drug development solutions, our work is serious business. But that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun while you do it. With our vision to be the partner of choice in drug development, we hire only the best and brightest in the industry. Are you one of them?

We are looking for conscientious, resilient, and inspiring individuals to join our team. As a Senior Medical Writer, your primary responsibility will be to provide scientific and medical/clinical writing support as part of a team dedicated to late-phase projects, servicing an assigned client. While the ability to work independently is key, the Senior Medical Writer will work closely with the ICON team and other members of the client account team to help ensure the timely delivery of high-quality and scientifically/medically accurate assigned projects.

This writer will work with Peri- and Post - Approval Safety studies and RWE studies

The Role

• Responsible for writing and reviewing study documents such as Protocol, Synopsis, Informed Consent, Data Collection Documents and Study Report, etc.
• Responsible for developing scientific communication such as abstract, poster, manuscript, etc.
• Responsible for performing quality control for medical writing deliverables
• Responsible for interpreting statistical results and for soliciting statistician input for developing study reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and other documents as required
• Participating in the improvement of the quality assurance system
• Responsible for participating in bid-defence presentations representing medical writing activities

What you need

• Advanced degree in a scientific discipline, PharmD
• 5+ years of professional experience in Medical Writing at a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, CRO or other health care setting
• Proven knowledge of ICH/GCP and GPP guidelines or other meaningful guidelines or industry standard
• Outstanding written and verbal interpersonal skills
• Good computer literacy
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with cross-functional teams

What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here