Principal Medical Liaison

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based member of the US Medical Affairs team in Worldwide Medical at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Medical Science Liaisons are healthcare professionals who interact with the scientific clinical community, key opinion leaders (KOLs), researchers, and medical, pharmacy, and nursing educators. They are a point of contact with clinical investigators seeking investigator-initiated research (IIR) support and with scientific experts to identify opportunities and sites for future Baxter sponsored research. Medical Science Liaisons develop professional relationships with KOLs in key therapeutic areas of the US business. They participate in training and education sessions, deliver clinical/scientific presentations, and attend medical congresses and company-sponsored scientific symposia. This role will collaborate with the internal medical affairs and commercial teams in their therapeutic area of expertise to provide scientific information relevant to the launch of new products, and support key product strategies and publications. This role is focused on smart infusion pumps.

What You'll be Doing

• Identify, establish, and maintain scientific peer-to-peer relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and health care professionals, by partnering with them on scientific projects, presenting balanced scientific data, crafting sophisticated educational forums and providing scientific support in the development of clinical publications in accordance with company policies, applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards.  
• Attend and provide scientific support at R&D exhibits and scientific sessions at regional, national, and international medical conferences.
• Support advisory boards, clinical investigator meetings, educational forums and organize and chair roundtable and educational meetings as needed.
• Identify and communicate new scientific findings and opportunities or threats that could impact the portfolio.
• Provide medical and scientific support of our strategy of health outcomes, real-world evidence, and payer/provider engagements.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop long-term strategic plans as well as Medical Affairs Plans including comprehensive thought leader plans.
• Support the management of Grants - including acting as the primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) grants.
• Provide Medical support to Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Medical Information, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, and other functions as needed.

What You'll Bring

• Pharmacist professional degree with at least 5 years of hospital clinical pharmacy experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of intravenous drug dosing and administration.
• Experience with literature review and interpretation.
• Experience presenting medical education.
• Experience in reporting of adverse events with basic knowledge of biostatistics and trial design.
• Must be able to work independently and within groups in a collegial manner.
• Must have computer literacy and presentation skills.
• Travel will be required and will involve a minimum of 50% nationally within the United States.
• Strong process orientation.
   

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated understanding of drug library building, vetting, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of smart pump implementation.
• Knowledge of medication safety principles and their application to smart infusion pumps.
• Industry experience.
• Health outcomes experience.
• Board certification in pharmacy practice (e.g., BCPS), an additional medication safety credential/fellowship (e.g., FISMP, CPPS, CPHQ), or a PGY-2 in medication safety.

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