We are delighted to team up with our client in Chelsea to bring you this long term office based contract as Medical Writer, an amazing opportunity to work with a great team on different projects and business processes.

As a Medical Writer you will be responsible for creating high-quality written materials across a range of media, including slides, manuscripts, posters, meeting reports and websites in collaboration with our clinical advisors and PR team.

Here's an idea of what you will be doing:
The Medical Writer will contribute to the development of high-quality, medically accurate documents, in the field of thrombosis, addressing different target audiences.
Depending on the scope and nature of each project, this responsibility will include: content development (writing), editing, conducting background research, data checking, reference annotation and taking minutes at meetings.
Other responsibilities will include assistance with strategic publication planning and meetings' support.
Key Responsibilities:

• Content development of written materials (e.g. abstracts, posters, slides, manuscripts, and a wide range of other medical communication activities)
• Builds an increasing knowledge of the science/medicine of thrombosis to the degree required for effective communication with internal team members, clients, authors and target audiences
• Conducts searches of the published medical literature and other sources of medical, marketing and drug development information as directed by the team members
• Maintains and organizes electronic reference libraries using EndNote
• Uploads files and complete submission for abstracts and manuscripts
• Maintains the publication plans for various studies
• Works with multidisciplinary project teams and external advisors to ensure projects are delivered within-budget, on-time and on-message
• Occasional travel, including international travel, required

You should recognise yourself here:

• A sound scientific understanding and strong writing ability
• An aptitude for interpreting data and distilling complex scientific information into engaging and effective content, with a keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to find and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar and check text for consistency, clarity and accuracy
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A high level of personal motivation and initiative
• The ability to work independently and effectively in a team across multiple projects
• A flexible and proactive attitude, with the ability to prioritize and work to tight deadlines without compromising quality

Qualifications/Experience

• A PhD or MSc in life sciences
• Proven previous experience as a Medical Writer in the life sciences
• Some project management experience
• A basic understanding of statistics
• Experience in working with collaborative, cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and processes

All interested candidates are required to complete a writing test.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.

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