Medical Information Specialist - Afterhours

Job Description

THE POSITION:

Medical Communications is part of our integrated commercial services. This position is fundamental to building credibility and strengthening relationships with healthcare providers, patients, and industry clients. The position delivers industry-leading services, which include call center staffing for responding to product information request, identifying and in-taking of adverse events and/or product quality issue, and medical writing.

The role is home office based, (full-time position), ideally located in Poland, Ireland, or UK and the job holder must be legally eligible to work in the European Union, or the UK.

Must be able to work full time on a rolling 5 day week that will include weekend working. Shift rostering may include regular shifts during the day and night, Must be flexible with work scheduling as required by clients and management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:

• Translation of English documents into the target language or vice-versa, and delivering these translated responses either on the phone or in writing.
• Triage and respond to drug information inquiries from physicians, pharmacists, nurses, other health care professionals, and consumers/patients.
• Disseminate drug information either verbally or by written correspondence.
• Identify adverse events and product complaints during interactions with customers. Perform intake sufficient to generate initial adverse event and product complaint reports in compliance with EVERSANA-Medical Communications and client SOPs. Fulfill local Regulatory Authority regulations and requirements for post-marketing adverse event reporting. In addition to being fluent in safety terminology, the individual should be able to make accurate assessments regarding what information needs to be obtained and level or depth of information to be collected.
• Utilize writing skills for adverse event and product complaint narratives during intake as well as medical inquiry custom responses.
• Coordinate processes necessary for responding to quality-related complaints. This process may involve interactions with personnel in the following departments: Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, and the complainant.
• Utilise drug information skills to critically evaluate medical literature in researching and developing information for written dissemination to healthcare professionals.
• Miscellaneous projects including market and competitive product research, system development, sales training projects, and field liaison support.
• Medical Writing
• On-call responsibilities on an as assigned basis.
• All other duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Customer Services: Maintain and improve customer services associated with activity of the Medical Communications Call Centre.
• Place of Work: Home Office or European Hub Office
• Hours: Able to work full time on a rolling 5 day week that will include weekend working. Shift rostering may include regular shifts during the day and night, Must be flexible with work scheduling as required by clients and management.
• Metrics: Maintain and contribute toward process improvement which positively impacts metrics associated with activities of the Medical Communications Call Centre; metrics are subject to change annually or more often as deemed necessary.
• Travel: In general, this position does not travel; however, the incumbent will need to be able to travel up to 10%.

The above list reflects the general details necessary to describe the expectations of the position and shall not be construed as the only expectations that may be assigned for the position.

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the expectations listed above.

Qualifications

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.

• Education: Life Sciences or healthcare degree or equivalent
• Experience and/or Training: Strong clinical background and excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• In addition to mother tongue fluency in English is required, other European languages to level C1 or C2 (Common European Framework) should ideally be met.
• Strong translation skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: BSc. or MSc. in Pharmacy
• Experience and/or Training: Call Center, Medical Information, pharmaceutical industry, and clinical experiences including medical writing.
• Technology/Equipment: Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Window applications. Utilization of Medical Information Management Systems, Safety Databases, or equivalent.
• Positive Attitude and Energy: Exhibits an upbeat attitude, a genuine interest in others and a sense of humor. Energizes others and heightens morale through her/his attitude.
• Communication Skills: Possesses the ability to develop and articulate ideas and information that generate understanding and creates a climate that motivates and encourages others to participate.
• Innovator: Transforms creative ideas into original solutions that positively impact the company’s performance.
• Highly Principled: Proves to be a professional of unquestionable integrity, credibility and character who demonstrates high moral and ethical behavior

PHYSICAL/MENTAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

The physical and mental requirements along with the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

Office/Home Office: While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently required to reach, grasp, stand and/or sit for long periods of time (up to 90% of the shift), talk and hear. The noise level in the home office working environment should be moderately quiet, without frequent interruptions and multiple demands.

The employee must provide and maintain internet connectivity and at the performance level required for the role.