Medical Information Specialist

Location: Pancras Square

Competitive Salary & Benefits

Advert Closing Date: 30th April 2023

Do you have expertise in and passion for Medical Information specialists? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the Medical and Scientific Affairs in a company that follows science and turns ideas into life-changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

A critical part of AstraZeneca’s success, we provide medical leadership across the whole product lifecycle – from advising on Research & Development investment decisions to leading pre-launch scientific efforts and accelerating evidence-based healthcare changes in the real world.

Site Location

Our move to Pancras Square offers us the strongest possible platform to transform the lives of patients in the UK as the country’s leading biopharmaceutical company. It will bring AstraZeneca UK closer to our customers, partners and stakeholders in the UK’s healthcare environment, as well as cultivate greater collaboration with the wider AstraZeneca footprint.

In this role, you will provide a high-quality, comprehensive, technical, scientific, and medical information service for external and internal customers by supporting and enhancing the safe and effective use of products, thereby allowing our customers to make informed decisions about the AstraZeneca product range.

What you'll do

• Provide a comprehensive second-line technical and scientific information service to external customers in line with company and industry standards
• Prepare and maintain all standard response documents relating to assigned AZ products
• Proactively identify gaps in current library of response documents for assigned products.
• Maintain strong working relationships with aligned members of the UK cross-functional team and Global Medical Information team for aligned brands
• Maintain (and be able to articulate) good knowledge of the therapy area, competitor landscape and AZ commercial and medical strategies for aligned brands
• Partake in project work as advised by Medical Information Manager and Lead
• Proactively identify new (and support ongoing) innovation opportunities in the Medical Information area.
• Support the Out of Hours Medical Information service on a rota basis if required
• Develop regular and tangible medical information trends and insights and provide them to aligned brand and medical teams
• Maintain strong working relationships and insight and knowledge sharing with aligned medical field team members (MSLs and Medical Educators)
• Identification of areas for improvement in product knowledge in Sales teams based on enquiry insights
• Perform technical review on new/updated local promotional material for aligned brands as required
• Contribute to Medical mentoring support to Development Team through the delivery of product and/or therapy area training to sales/customer service staff.
• Contribute to the development and execution of a medical brand plan where appropriate

Essential for this role

• Life science degree or appropriate professional qualifications

• Experience in Medical Information
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
• Experience with external customer interactions
• Ability to optimally influence and interact with cross-functional colleagues

• Understanding of basic pharmacovigilance concepts and requirements

Desirable for this role

• Postgraduate qualification in the medical/scientific field
• Product/therapy area knowledge for AZ brands/products
• Awareness of NHS customer groups and other key customers
• Knowledge of ABPI Code of Practice
• Experience in medical writing
• Broad range of IT experience
• Project management experience
• Technical review of promotional material experience

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

Where can I find out more?

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.