Senior Field Clinical Specialist - Structural Interventions (LAAO)

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Field Clinical Specialist - Structural Interventions (LAAO)

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Abbott Electrophysiology (EP) division. This position will support our Field Clinical Team focusing on Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO). We are seeking an experienced Senior Field Clinical Specialist (FCS).

Primary responsibilities will include outstanding management of Pre and Post market Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (LAAO) clinical trial execution in an assigned territory. In this role, the FCS supports internal and external customers and cross-functional teams. This FCS position works closely with Global Clinical Affairs (GCA) including the Medical Director and Program Management, Global Clinical Organization (GCO) field personnel, and Abbott’s Commercial LAAO team. This position has significant interaction with Study Investigators, Research Coordinators, Physician Assistants, and Nurses. This position is required to execute their job responsibilities within established corporate policies and standard operating procedures.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.  We aim to lead the markets we serve by requiring the solutions we offer to customers provide an improved benefit/risk profile as compared to existing standards of care; a performance threshold that by definition, guides and ensures the productive output of our engineering, business development, and clinical research efforts result in outcomes that advance the standard of care.

What You'll Work On:

• Effectively manage territory by developing long-standing research partnerships with clinical sites, establishing regular touch points with site investigators and research teams to elevate trial visibility. Supporting site research teams by streamlining screening activities, developing tools and best practices to qualify trial candidates, and identifying barriers to enrollment.
• Acquire critical knowledge of sites’ clinical research capabilities to support Abbott’s clinical evidence generation strategies.
• Responsible for ensuring timely clinical trial site nominations, qualification assessments, and activations for the Structural Heart Division.
• Be a LAAO Subject Matter Expert (SME) providing expertise in subject eligibility, training, and case support delivering strong enrollment, outstanding clinical outcomes, and data quality.
• Train physicians, support staff, and research personnel on investigational devices, clinical trial Procedural techniques and protocols.
• Provide procedural guidance to physicians when implanting investigational LAAO devices or acting as back-up to commercial clinical support as needed.
• May act as a mentor to less exper