Principal Clinical Specialist, Pain Interventions - St Louis, MO

Medtronic; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Principal Clinical Specialist to support Neuromodulation Pain, Target Drug Delivery and Interventional Therapies in surgical coverage, follow-up support, troubleshooting, customer service and education. The field-based role covers St. Louis, MO.

The incumbent will educate clinicians, support surgeries, and manage device programming and testing, while ensuring inventory and compliance are maintained across the district.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma with 11 years of clinical or medical sales experience; or an Associate Degree with 9 years of clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Represents Medtronic as a device specialist during surgical procedures, ensuring equipment availability and performing testing.
• Manages patients through all clinical phases and educates them on product features and benefits.
• Provides clinical support in surgeries, re-programming, troubleshooting, and follow-ups in hospitals and clinics.
• Educates physicians, hospital staff, and office staff through sessions, in-services, and seminars.
• Responds promptly to device-related inquiries from customers and patients.
• Flexibility to work outside normal hours for clinical events as needed.
• Adheres to policies and documents activities with Medtronic tools.
• Manage inventory and ensure proper product retrievals and turnover within territory.
• Contributes to district and regional goals through collaboration with leadership.
• Travel to cover district cases and maintain relationships with accounts.

Skills

Clinical sales experience

Medical devices knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate Degree

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 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

As one of Medtronic's three comprehensive portfolios, Neuroscience is focused on improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life, we develop innovative therapies that help people regain function and improve quality of life. Within the portfolio, the Neuromodulation Operating Unit provides advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions through technologies such as spinal cord stimulation and targeted drug delivery systems that deliver personalized patient care worldwide.

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At Medtronic, the Principal Clinical Specialist, supports the Neuromodulation Pain, Target Drug Delivery and Interventional Therapies in the areas of surgical coverage, follow-up support, troubleshooting, customer service and education. This person will be engaged in basic market development activities depending upon the needs of the assigned territory and district.

This is a field based role based position covering StLouis,MO.

Primary Responsibilites:

• Represents Medtronic as device specialist during surgical procedures by ensuring all necessary equipment and products required are available, providing technical support and device selection, and performing programming and testing of all device systems
• Manages patients through all phases of the clinical process as well as educate them on the features and benefits of Medtronic products
• Provides clinical support in surgeries, re-programmings, trouble-shooting and follow ups in hospitals and clinics
• Educates and trains physicians, hospital personnel and office staff on products and therapies. This is expected by, but not limited to, coordinating one on one teaching sessions, formal in-services, education programs, seminars and/or outside symposia (based off quarterly Plan of Action as directed by Leadership)
• Responds promptly and professionally to device-related inquiries by customers and patients
• Ability to be flexible with schedule while working and/or attending clinical events, possibly outside of normal business hours to include weekends and after hours and at the discretion of Clinical Specialist Manager
• Adheres to company policies and complies with required event reporting and documentation, utilizing Medtronic technology tools
• Responsible for managing inventory provided for case coverage, including: timely transactions when product is used, sold or transferred, maintaining a required level of cycle count accuracy, executing product retrievals as instructed, turning over inventory in a reasonable time frame, not implanting expired product or product that is on hold
• Contributes to the achievement of quarterly goals associated with specific initiatives at the district, regional and/or national level by partnering with colleagues and communicating effectively and regularly with Leadership
• Maintains a working knowledge of competitive products
• Regularly visits accounts to establish/maintain relationships with office staff and Health care providers
• Accountable for placing orders with customer service for pending purchase orders and product replacement
• Expected to work with materials management to collect POs for cases covered within the territory/district
• Ensures personal understanding of all quality policies/system items that are personally applicable
• Assists Management and Sales Training department in education/training of new employees within the district
• Effectively utilizes Excel, a mobile phone, an IPAD, a laptop, and/or a Samsung tablet regularly
• Manages business expenses and budget effectively and in given timeframe
• Functions as a clinical leader within their territory and district, illustrating a high degree of autonomy and expert clinical acumen
• Key contact for complex case coverage and troubleshooting
• Is active in territory business planning and aligns activities to support sales objectives
• Acts as a field trainer
• Mentors all levels of Clinical Specialists
• Completes all new hire therapy trainings as directed by medical education
• Completes all corporate compliance training prior to date due
• Travels to cover district cases as needed

Required Qualifications:

• A High School Diploma or GED with a minimum of 11 years of clinical or medical sales experience; or
• An Associate Degree with a minimum of 9 years of clin