Senior Specialist Medical Affairs

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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

This position is field based and remote to candidates located in the United States. Candidates must be willing to travel up to 50%.

We are seeking an experienced, high caliber Senior Field Clinical Specialist. This position will be primarily responsible for demonstrated and consistent technical and clinical support to the Clinical Affairs Organization, with specific focus on BU technologies and therapy areas.

This individual will provide field support of clinical research study procedures with Abbott BU technologies, as well as, accurate technical support/troubleshooting, project and/or territory management, general field image representation for Abbott, and field input to BU product management groups. Will function as an expert resource for covering clinical studies/procedures, handling challenging technical/protocol troubleshooting scenarios, critical software or product testing, product or project advisory boards, and high-profile presentations while collaborating with the sites and other cross functional partners on BU clinical studies.

What You’ll Work On

• Provide field support for clinical research related enrollment and procedures in specified therapy area.

• Serve as a technology, protocol and clinical trial procedure expert and resource Abbott stakeholders, physicians, and research personnel at the site.

• Maintain and develop a productive clinical territory:

• ​Develop and maintain knowledge of clinical sites in the assigned territory

• Manage the following aspects of study progress:

• Nominate, approach, and complete qualification processes including establishing site/sponsor expectations for study execution.

• Facilitate contract/budget escalations as part of the start-up process.

• Train facility staff regarding protocol requirements and technology.

• Enrollment

• Develop site-specific strategies to promote appropriate patient enrollment.

• Identify site successes and challenges and assist in implementing troubleshooting techniques that promote study goal achievement.

• Provide ongoing feedback concerning all aspects of study progress, specifically enrollment and procedure related, for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that will optimize patient safety and contribute to organizational and corporate goals/objectives.

• Provide support for all study-related aspects to research partners, including but not limited to the following questions: technical, protocol, standard of care, clinical trial reimbursement, etc.

• Responsible for product reporting and troubleshooting with customers and field personnel within the BU clinical research portfolio

• Work with territory Clinical Site Leads to share best practices and develop capabilities to optimize trial data quality

• Collaborate with and provide feedback to Clinical Scientists, study teams, and Clinical Site Leads on study design and procedure and product experiences. 

• Identify and communicate best