Medical Scientific Liaison

Your Responsibilities:
We are currently recruiting a Medical Scientific Liaison to be based in the South West of England; (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucestershire. The Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert in their assigned therapy area. A key objective as a member of the medical team is to build partnerships with external experts, to provide non-promotional, medical and scientific support in order to:

• Help ensure the safe and effective use of GSK's medicines.
• Provide support to clinical development colleagues in site selection and with investigators conducting GSK clinical trials.
• Provide scientific support and insight for GSK internal stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be involved with a diverse range of activities including:

• Work with colleagues and external experts to develop the local strategic and operational medical plan.

• Build relationships with external experts (e.g. Health Care Professionals, Payers, Patient groups), through robust, scientific dialogue.

• Conduct meetings with clinical study investigators, steering committee members, advisory board members, consultants etc, in relation to medical activities being conducted with GSK.

• Responds in a timely and accurate manner, to unsolicited requests for on or off label information or safety concerns from HCPs through standing information requests in response to medical information enquiries that arise from the field.

• Delivers scientific presentations as the internal medical expert at commercial meetings.

• Supports clinical development activities in their assigned therapy area by participating in site identification and assessment, addressing subject retention and other scientific issues in partnership with the study management team.

• May engage in discussions concerning research project proposals, and work with assigned therapy area medical team to process these for funding consideration.

• Attend and potentially present at national and international scientific meetings to gather information on recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to GSK; or to address HCP's unsolicited questions.

• Within the aligned therapy area, provide scientific support for field based account teams and play a role in providing training for these teams.

• Work with the Health Economy Business Director for an allocated area, provide medical governance leadership to embed the GSKs governance framework within field based account teams.

During the course of your application you will be requested to complete voluntary information which will be used in monitoring the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policies. Your information will be treated as confidential and will not be used in any part of the selection process.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application / selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements please contact . This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

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Interview you may contact

Closing date for applications: 29th May 2018

When applying for this role, please use the 'cover letter' of the on-line application to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above.
The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.

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Why You?Basic qualifications:
• Accredited Health Care Professional or Life Science Degree.
• Evidence of postgraduate work experience within a medical or pharmaceutical industry setting.
• Valid UK driver's license.

Preferred qualifications:
• Deeper understanding of either scientific medical research methodology or clinical patient care will be an advantage to candidates in this role.

Why GSK?:
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a world leading research-based pharmaceutical company that combines both individual talent and technical resources to create a platform for the delivery for strong growth in a rapidly changing healthcare market. Our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.

Contact information:
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