Job Title: Medical Information Specialist

Locations: London (Hybrid)

Organisation: Springer Health+

Full time, Permanent  

About Springer Nature Group

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About Springer Health+ (Previously Springer Healthcare)

Springer Health+ is a leading global medical communications and education provider. Working in partnership with pharmaceutical companies and key opinion leaders. At Springer Health+, we see beyond the data – we see the people behind every breakthrough. We do more than help experts across the medical community keep up with science; we help them move it forward, making healthcare smarter and more human.

About the role

We’re looking for a proactive individual, keen to take on the integral role of Medical Information Specialist within our expanding operation in the UK, working with some of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry.  

To find out more about us visit our website at https://springerhealthplus.com/

Responsibilities

Complete product and therapy area training; become familiar with the SmPCs for the product(s) assigned to; keep up-to-date on therapy area and product knowledge.  

Follow client instructions and processes for managing inquiries, and developing Global Response Documents (GRD) within the required timelines.  

Using systems to manage inquiries and all aspects of response document development and approvals  

Monitor inquiry inbox/system for inquiries escalated to the Global team; monitor email inbox for inquiries to be handled as briefed by the client.  

Undertake appropriate literature searches (within PubMed; EMBASE; Google Scholar)  

Define the scope of the literature search and identify appropriate keywords accordingly to address the inquiry topic  

Critically evaluate literature search results  

Identify key references of relevance to the inquiry; where applicable, critically evaluate additional references cited within these key references  

Critically assess content of each reference to identify the key information and data of relevance to the inquiry  

Draft GRDs de novo, update expired documents in line with the latest version of the Style Guide and GRD template  

Qualifications and Experience:  

Essential

Degree in life science, pharmacy or proven equivalent experience  

Experience working in Medical Information  

Writing experience in a pharmaceutical/healthcare/med comms setting  

Ability to interpret and analyse clinical/scientific data  

Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

Ability to demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail  

A strong commitment to providing high-level client service and delivering results  

Desirable

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel  

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