Medical Affairs Specialist

Expected Travel: Up to 10%

Requisition ID: 9730 

About Teleflex Incorporated

Teleflex is a global provider of clinically effective medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, interventional cardiology, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, interventional urology, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.

Global Functions – The Corporate division is the central operating unit of the company; setting strategy and policy and providing business development, finance, human resources, information technology, investor relations and legal support to the businesses. The global Company headquarters is located just outside of Philadelphia in Wayne, PA. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.

Position Summary

The Medical Affairs Specialist leads and participates in several dynamic Medical Affairs workstreams.  This position will play a key clinical role in supporting our patients, internal colleagues, and customers, contributing clinical expertise, and leading and supporting processes in areas such as:  
•    Promotional and other materials review 
•    Risk Management activities, including patient safety evaluation, documentation of risk/harm stratifications. 
•    Managing requests for medical information for the Interventional Urology business unit.
•    Processing and determinations of complaints in clinical studies and real-world situations in collaboration with associated teams. 
•    Responses to patient inquiries and surrounding processes, participation in special projects and other duties as assigned.
As an integral member of the Clinical Medical Affairs team, this role will enable you to utilize and grow your skills in multi-program management, on-going development, and improvement of processes, building strong internal relationships and representing Medical Affairs in activities driven by other departments. This work will rely on your skills in clinical decision-making, project management, medical writing, and process improvement methods. We are looking for someone with a clear understanding of healthcare delivery, and an interest in /exposure to clinical operations and regulatory requirements; strong, customer focused skills and the ability to perform independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Lead and participate in the process of promotional and other materials, working internally and cross-functionally to ensure materials are processed completely, based on accurate interpretation of clinical practice and data.
•    Manage requests for medical information, utilizing appropriate cross-functional input to create and standardize responses.
•    Collaborate with Clinical Study and real-world complaint handling teams to process, document and adjudicate complaints.
•    Develop, write, and edit medical content and source documents for multiple therapeutic areas for a wide range of topics and events.  
•    Includes performance of comprehensive literature searches to develop in-depth education and in understanding current scientific literature to support of identified product lines and clinical landscapes.
•    Participate in cross-functional Risk Management activities, including but not limited to:
•    Evaluation and input on Health Hazard Analyses in collaboration with Medical Affairs team members
•    Cross-functional development of risk documents.
•    Assessment of medical adverse events and adjudication of clinical and commercial complaints. 
•    Develop, implement, and improve templates and standardization of processes for reportable event follow-up and regulatory submissions. 
•    Perform other duties as assigned.
•    Contribute to our culture of being collaborative, respectful, transparent, ethical, 
efficient, high-achieving, and fun!
 

Education / Experience Requirements

•    MD, NP, PA, PharmD, RN, LPN/LVN or equivalent practical experience with at least 7 years of experience in or combination of experience in clinical care, medical device, biotech, hospital administration or pharmaceutical industry (com 
•    Strong customer focused skills with the ability to respond to verbal and written inquiries for all levels including executives, physicians, and patients.
•    Adaptable and welcoming of change and willingness to