Sr. Field Clinical Specialist - EP, Southeast

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); Illinois; Remote; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Field Clinical Specialist for the Southeast region to provide field-based clinical support for Electrophysiology (EP) technologies. This role focuses on enabling study start-up, patient enrollment, and protocol adherence across assigned sites.

The position requires expert troubleshooting, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and travel up to 75% during active clinical trial enrollment periods.

Qualifications

• Experience providing field-based clinical support for EP or electrophysiology technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop site-specific enrollment strategies for EP studies.
• Troubleshoot clinical procedures and protocol deviations with study teams.
• Provide ongoing feedback on study progress, enrollment, and safety to cross-functional partners.
• Support research sites with protocol requirements, reimbursement, and standard of care details.
• Collaborate with Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, R&D, marketing and commercial teams on EP BU projects.
• Act as scientific interface with healthcare professionals and site staff during studies.

Skills

Clinical research

Site management

Technical troubleshooting

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior EP Field Clinical Specialist - Southeast

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program an d 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We are seeking an experienced, high caliber Senior Field Clinical Specialist - Electrophysiology for our Southeast region. This position will be primarily responsible for demonstrated and consistent technical and clinical support to the Clinical Affairs Organization, with specific focus on Electrophysiology (EP) Business Unit (BU) technologies and therapy areas.

This individual will provide field support of clinical research study procedures with Abbott EP BU technologies, as well as accurate technical support/troubleshooting, project and/or territory management, general field image representation for Abbott, and field input to EP BU product management groups. You will function as an expert resource for covering clinical studies/procedures, handling challenging technical/protocol troubleshooting scenarios, critical software or product testing, product or project advisory boards, and high-profile presentations while collaborating with the sites and other cross functional partners on EP BU clinical studies.

Provide field support for clinical research related enrollment and procedures in EP therapy area.

Serve as a technology, protocol and clinical trial procedure expert and resource for Abbott stakeholders, physicians, and research personnel at the site.

Maintain and develop a productive clinical territory:

• Develop and maintain knowledge of clinical sites in the assigned territory
• Nominate, approach, and complete qualification processes including establishing site/sponsor expectations for study execution.
• Facilitate contract/budget escalations as part of the start-up process.
• Train facility staff regarding protocol requirements and technology.

This position is field based and remote to candidates located in the southeastern United States. Candidates must be willing to travel up to 75% during active Clinical Trial Enrollment Periods.

What You'll Work On

Develop site-specific strategies to promote appropriate patient enrollment.

Identify site successes and challenges and assist in implementing troubleshooting techniques that promote study goal achievement.

Provide ongoing feedback concerning all aspects of study progress, specifically enrollment and procedure related, for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that will optimize patient safety and contribute to organizational and corporate goals/objectives.

Provide support for all study-related aspects to research partners, including but not limited to the following aspects: protocol, standard of care, clinical trial reimbursement, etc.

Responsible for product reporting and troubleshooting with customers and field personnel within the EP BU clinical research portfolio.

Work with territory Clinical Site Leads to share best practices and develop capabilities to optimize trial data quality.

Collaborate with and provide feedback to Clinical Scientists, study teams, and Clinical Site Leads on study design and procedure and product experiences.

Identify and communicate best practices relevant to clinical trial execution.

Seek opportunities to continue demonstrating and developing technical, research, and organizational leadership qualities.

Collaborate with Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, R&D, marketing and commercial teams to support and advance key EP BU projects.

Serve as a scientific interface with healthcare profes