Sr. Clinical Specialist - Buffalo, NY

Thornton Tomasetti; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is a global healthcare leader delivering life-changing technologies across diagnostics, devices, nutritionals, and medicines. The CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management division in Buffalo, NY offers a field-based role providing comprehensive engineering, sales, educational, and clinical support for CRM products to physicians, nurses, patients, and sales staff.

You will respond to field inquiries, train healthcare professionals, and help advance the Arrhythmia Management strategy while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering or related field or healthcare experience.
• 4+ years of related experience or a cardiac training program certificate.
• CRM product certifications are required.
• Knowledge of cardiology, electrophysiology, or cardiac electro-physiology procedures.
• Familiarity with cath lab and operating room procedures and protocol.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a senior clinical interface between the medical community and the business.
• Builds and sustains credible business relationships with customers and shares product expertise accordingly.
• Provides engineering, sales, education, and clinical support for CRM products in response to field inquiries.
• Develops, leads, and facilitates training sessions and programs on CRM products for healthcare professionals.
• Provides back-up sales support, regional training seminars, and data collection for clinical studies.

Skills

Biomedical Engineering

Cardiology knowledge

Clinical communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering or related field

Cardiac training program certificate

Tools

CRM product certifications

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott

Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity This position is a field-based position based in Buffalo, NY in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

What You’ll Work On Under general direction, the CRM Product Support Specialist provides comprehensive engineering, sales, educational, and technical support. This role responds to field inquiries from physicians, healthcare professionals, patients, and field sales staff regarding CRM (Cardiac Rhythm Management) products.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Interface: Acts as a senior clinical interface between the medical community and the business.
• Relationship Building: Demonstrates the ability to build and sustain credible business relationships with customers and share product expertise accordingly.
• Comprehensive Support: Provides engineering, sales, education, and clinical support in response to field inquiries on an as‑needed basis. Demonstrates a thorough command of all CRM products, related product and technical knowledge, trends, and players while providing regional case coverage.
• Training and Education: Develops, leads, and/or facilitates training sessions and other programs on CRM products for healthcare professionals.
• Sales Support: Provides additional back‑up support to Cardiac Rhythm Team in the following areas:
  • Sales support
  • Regional training seminars
  • Clinical studies/data collection
  • Trouble Shooting
  • New product in‑service training to physicians, nurses and sales representatives
  • Mentors and provides leadership for less experienced Clinical Specialists
• Continuously develops engineering, sales and technical skills relative to the overall Arrhythmia Management strategy, including learning opportunities via Sr. Sales personnel and management.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Bio-Medical Engineering, related field or equivalent healthcare experience.
• 4+ years of related experience or a program certification from an accredited cardiac training program.
• Must have certifications in CRM products.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cardiology, electro‑physiology, or cardiac electro‑physiology procedures.
• Familiarity with cath lab and operating room procedures and protocol
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of cardiac pacing systems.
• Must apply engineering skills and abilities to interpret and solve complex clinical problems.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal, presentation, analytical, and organizational abilities.
• Additionally, must be able to meet deadlines effectively.
• Must be detail-oriented and capable of working independently.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively with engineers, technical specialists, vendors, and customers to achieve assigned goals.
• Additionally, must be capable of managing multiple assignments simultaneously and efficiently.
• Must have extensive personal computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office or equivalent software, for tasks such as graphics, word processing, databases, and authoring programs, to develop presentation materials.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Support Services

DIVISION: CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

LOCATION: United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 50 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
• Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)
• Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

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Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next‑generation diagnostics, life‑changing devices, science‑based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well‑being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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