Associate Clinical Specialist (CRM): Winter 2026 & Spring 2027 Undergraduates

Medtronic plc; Minnesota; On-site; USD 60,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking an Associate Clinical Specialist to launch a development path into a field-based Cardiac Rhythm Management career. You will gain hands-on training and support physicians, hospital teams, and patients across CRM devices and therapies.

This role requires a degree (Bachelor's or Associate or high school with experience), a valid driver's license, and willingness to travel within the assigned territory to hospitals and clinics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; OR Associate's degree plus 2 years of healthcare, field sales, or related math/science/compute experience.
• Valid driver's license, active vehicle insurance, and driving record meeting company standards.
• Healthcare/medical devices experience or related customer-facing environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for CRM devices and therapies, including system checks, interrogations, implant support, troubleshooting, and other training-aligned activities.
• Support accurate patient documentation, inventory and equipment management, programmer software maintenance, and daily coverage coordination.
• Provide product and therapy education to physicians, hospital staff, office personnel, customers, and Medtronic field partners.
• Collaborate with sales leadership and field partners to understand customer needs and market dynamics.
• Help identify customer opportunities, support purchase orders, monitor competitive trends, and share field feedback.
• Maintain current knowledge of CRM products, therapies, solutions, and patient management offerings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Driving

Customer-focused communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High school diploma + 4 years healthcare/field sales experience

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Oct 2026

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

Clinical Specialist Opportunities for Early Career Talent

The Associate Clinical Specialist role is designed as a development pathway into a field-based Cardiac Rhythm Management clinical career. Through comprehensive CRM field training and hands-on experience, you will build the clinical, technical, operational, and customer-facing skills needed to support healthcare professionals, Medtronic field teams, and patients.

Associate Clinical Specialist Highlights

• Complete comprehensive field training designed to build expertise in cardiac rhythm management devices, therapies, procedures, and patient management solutions.
• Support physicians and hospital teams during CRM implants, device checks and interrogations, programming activities, and troubleshooting.
• Learn to provide technical, educational, operational, and clinical support for Medtronic pacing, defibrillation, and remote monitoring technologies.
• Educate physicians, hospital staff, office personnel, and field team members on CRM products, therapies, and solutions.
• Partner with Clinical Specialists, Sales Representatives, and district leadership to understand customer needs and deliver reliable, high-quality support.
• Develop strong clinical judgment, communication, problem-solving, organization, and relationship-building skills in a fast-paced field environment.
• Gain exposure to innovative cardiac technologies that help clinicians manage patients with heart rhythm disorders.

Great for candidates who want to:

• Build a clinical career at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and patient outcomes.
• Work directly with physicians and healthcare professionals in hospitals, clinics, and other patient-care environments.
• Learn how implanted cardiac devices and remote monitoring technologies are used to support patient care.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, confident support for customers and field partners.
• Work independently while contributing to a highly collaborative territory and district team.
• Grow into a long-term clinical field role supporting life-changing therapies and customer relationships.

What You Will Do

• Provide technical support for CRM devices and therapies, including system checks and interrogations, implant support, troubleshooting, and other activities aligned with your training and role responsibilities.
• Support accurate patient documentation, inventory and equipment management, programmer software maintenance, and daily coverage coordination.
• Provide product and therapy education to physicians, hospital staff, office personnel, customers, and Medtronic field partners.
• Collaborate with sales leadership and field partners to understand customer needs, market dynamics, and the value of Medtronic CRM solutions.
• Help identify customer opportunities, support purchase order activities, monitor competitive trends, and share relevant field feedback.
• Maintain current knowledge of CRM products, therapies, solutions, and patient management offerings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Location and Work Model

This is a field-based role supporting a designated geographic territory. The individual hired must reside within the assigned area and travel regularly to hospitals, clinics, customer accounts, and business meetings. Clinical Specialists must be available to support urgent customer needs and participate in weekend, holiday, and occasional after-hours coverage as business needs require.

Required Qualifications

• To be considered, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet one of the following basic requirements: Bachelor's degree; OR Associate's degree plus a minimum of two years of work experience in healthcare, field sales, or a role utilizing complex mathematics, mechanical concepts, science, or computing; OR High school diploma plus a minimum of four years of work experience in healthcare, field sales, or a role utilizing complex mathematics, mechanical concepts, science, or computing.
• Valid driver's license, active vehicle insurance, and a driving record that meets company standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, life sciences, biomedical engineering, or a related discipline.
• Academic, internship, research, volunteer, or work experience in healthcare, medical devices, patient care, engineering, life sciences, or a customer-facing environment.
• Experience presenting technical, scientific, academic, or project-related information to g