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Posted by: George Buckland
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Medical Writer

United Kingdom House, London, UK
Job Description

Freelance Medical Writer

Location : Central London (Oxford Circus)

Dates : January to March 2020 ( 3 months )

Hours & Days of work : On-site 5 days a week at 7 hours a day office hours (10.00 to 18.00 with one hour lunch)

Rate : £50 per hour 

Freelance Medical Writer - Job Vacancy :

This large global medical communications group consisting of  a practice in Medical Education, Healthcare PR, Healthcare Advertising, Healthcare Branding, Digital & Creative Healthcare Marketing is seeking a Freelance Medical Writer. The office is a vibrant environment of motivated intelligent employees meaning easy cross divisional working and learning. It’s a sociable team driven environment. Your day to day wellbeing is catered for by free fruits & snacks, excellent free coffee, lots of break out spaces, outdoor patio, and of course you have all the fun of the West End on your doorstep.

 

Freelance Medical Writer - Tasks :

 

You will join 5 medical writers to create content for a range of Medical Education projects such as :

  • eLearning programmes for Health Care Professionals (HCP)
  • Training documents for use by Medical Affairs teams
  • Speaker slides, scientific poster presentations, and exhibition booth content  
  • Video scripts for training videos
  • Advisory Boards reports
  • Mode of Action (MOA) videos 
  • Digital copy for HCP medical information websites 
  • Patient information materials
  • Review articles
  • Medical Conference summary reports
  • Support the Healthcare PR & Advertising teams by providing scientific expertise and medical writing for PR and promotional campaigns
  • Make certain that medical copy compliant with pharmaceutical marketing regulations such as ABPI code

As well as writing materials for medical education projects there is opportunity to attend medical meetings and conferences providing support such as editing of speaker slides. Moreover attending scientific meetings allows you to meet with representatives of the Pharmaceutical Company client, and engage with Key Opinion Leaders. Further you will attend oral presentations, and other meetings, so as to enhance your medical and scientific understanding.

 

Working as a Freelance Medical Writer you will gain exposure to a variety of therapeutic areas at this Medical Education Agency - key areas of focus are Oncology, Rare Diseases, Ophthalmology and Dermatology.

 

This is a client facing role requiring regular face to face meetings with representatives of your pharmaceutical company client and scientific experts. You will be involved in providing scientific input for new business pitches, and strategy meetings. Moreover you will meet with scientific experts to gather clinical opinion of treatments and therapeutic understanding. You will provide constructive feedback to Key Opinion Leaders regarding their speaker and other content. Further you will meet with Medical Science Liaison / Medical Affairs Teams to present and further develop medical education materials.

 

Job ID Reference
1425
Desired Skills & Experience

Freelance Medical Writer - Candidate Criteria :

  • At least 3 years of experience working as a Medical Writer
  • Understanding of evidence-based medicine
  • Client focussed - flexible can-do approach to implementing solutions & meeting client needs
  • Proactive confident personality
  • Team orientated
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet set deadlines
  • Good influencing skills when engaging with scientific experts regarding content development
  • Efficient project planning skills
  • Excellent time management
  • Quality focussed including proficiency in reviewing other colleagues medical writing
  • Educated to higher degree level in life sciences

 

Company
  London, United Kingdom
  +44(0)2073213701
  http://www.georgebuckland.com
George Buckland Ltd is a London based Recruitment Agency managing a wide range of job opportunities including jobs in Medical Communications, HealthCare Advertising, and Publishing.
george@georgebuckland.com
+44(0)2073213701
  Workplace
 United Kingdom House, London, UK