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Bilingual Medical Information Specialist Job at AstraZeneca
Job ID: R-086067
Date posted: 07/06/2020
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Contract (12 months), full-time
As a member of the Medical Information team, you provide accurate, consistent and timely medical and scientific information to healthcare practitioners. As a core member to the therapeutically-aligned business unit, you will support the medical strategy by building medical/scientific content and providing insights and recommendations to internal partners.
Responsibilities include:
- Be a scientific specialist to AstraZeneca therapeutic areas, including products, disease state, emerging therapies and therapeutic landscape
- Provide accurate and timely responses (verbal and/or written) to triaged medical information requests from healthcare practitioners
- Ensure that all local and globally driven key performance indicators for Medical Information-related tasks and deliverables are met
- Build, review and maintain local medical information content (i.e. standard response letters, literature comparisons, and market intelligence, etc.) to align with global assets and local strategies
- Support the build of and/or lead internal brand and therapeutic training; working closely with the team (Medical Science Liaisons, Medical Advisors, etc.) create, revise and maintain scientific presentations
- Working with the brand team, provide scientific expertise and review when crafting promotional materials
- Responsible for collecting and reporting Adverse Events in accordance with AstraZeneca policies andprocedures.
- Actively participate in and contribute to digital initiatives
- Mentor, develop and provide scripted answers to Medical Information Associates to positively support development of the team
- Provide back-up to the team as needed and perform additional tasks as assigned by management to improve how we work and enhance your development
- Be trained and conduct activities and interactions consistent with what we value and in compliance with the Code of Ethics and supporting Policies and Standards, reporting potential issues of non-compliance should these occur
- You have a university degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing
- Industry or similar experience, preferably in Medical Information or the Medical Affairs function is preferred
- You have an strong MS Office and database search skills
- You have effective relationship skills and a strong commitment to positively impacting a team
- You are a strong communicator, and are able to critically evaluate, assess and synthesize scientific and clinical literature
- Bilingual (English/French)
About AstraZeneca
At AstraZeneca, we are united by a common purpose – to push the boundaries of science to deliver medicines. This purpose underpins everything we do; our work helps to make hearts healthier, to help people breathe easier, and to help more people survive cancer. Every day, we make a difference by delivering potentially life-changing medicines to millions of people worldwide and by leading breakthrough science that promises to transform the treatment of disease.
Our purpose is ambitious and so is our approach. Becoming a more agile and innovative company means creating a vibrant, dynamic culture where we celebrate entrepreneurial thinking and act with a sense of urgency. We are courageous, taking risks and learning from both success and failure. We are curious, creative, and open to new ideas and ways of working. Above all, we are passionate about science and driven to always put patients first. Join us and be part of a great place to work; an environment that energizes and empowers each of us to contribute to achieving our goal to develop and deliver life-changing medicines.
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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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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