Medical Writer
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KJT Group Inc is a leading provider of medical communications and research services.
Summary:
The Medical Writer will create a variety of medical communications materials and advise clients on best practices for presenting research findings. Applicants need a PhD/MPH in Life Sciences, PharmD, MD and at least 2 years of medical writing experience.
Requirements:
Technology: Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, reference management software, editing software
Hard Skills: Proven medical writing skills, Understanding of drug development, clinical research, study designs, biostatistics, pharmacology, and medical terminology, Strong organizational skills, Professional integrity, Technologically astute
Credentials: PhD, MPH, PharmD, MD
Experience: Medical communication/publication writing experience in an agency setting., Collaborates with Medical & Scientific Communications team members to interface with clients, stakeholders, key opinion leaders, journal editors, and authors., Analyzing and synthesizing information obtained through primary and secondary research into cohesive written communication deliverables., Working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, client centric environment.
Job Description:
General Job Summary:
The Medical Writer is responsible for creating communications materials including but not limited to literature reviews, conference abstracts, conference posters, manuscripts, plain language summaries, graphical abstracts, medical affairs materials, and blogs.
Additionally, this team member will serve as a consultant to KJT’s in-house research teams and external client partners by advising on best practices and gold standard processes to socialize research results across a variety of venues and forums.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Medical Writer is engaged in all aspects of client interactions from initial kickoff through creation and delivery of all items commissioned by our clients. The duties listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties and projects may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Key Responsibilities
Client Management
- Engages in active listening with clients to ensure a clear understanding of their communication objectives.
- Contributes to enthusiastic and thought-provoking, consultative discussions regarding medical and scientific communications and publications planning and tactical project scope, communicating clearly with all stakeholders.
- Independently anticipates, identifies, and mitigates client/project risks and challenges, taking personal ownership for respectfully and expeditiously addressing or escalating issues.
- Ensures client requirements are clearly understood, feasible and delivered in the most efficient and effective way in accord with deadlines.
Medical Writing & Analysis
- Is experienced in reviewing and developing publications for primary research results from studies involving real-world evidence, patient-reported outcomes, and health economic and outcomes research source information as well as clinical research.
- Reviews study data and existing literature and synthesizes results into thorough and well-written deliverables including but not limited to manuscripts, abstracts, podium presentations, publication extenders, posters, and medical affairs deliverables.
- Creates visually appealing, relevant, and effective tables and figures to communicate results clearly and concisely for manuscripts, abstracts, slide decks, and scientific presentations.
- Conducts literature searches utilizing various sources (e.g., journal subscriptions, academic libraries, and literature search databases) to compile a thorough appropriate bibliography of medical literature related to client objectives and information needs.
- Displays working knowledge of good publication practices.
- Reviews, edits, and ensures accuracy and quality of all deliverables.
- Collaborates with internal team in a respectful and productive manner.
Consultation
- Engages and manages non-client authors to participate in deliverable development, including but not limited to reconciliation of input, addressing author input, and communication with authors to ensure inclusion, transparency, and maintenance of compliance standards.
- Provides expert guidance to clients and author teams related to communication flow and content.
- Delivers recommendations on appropriate conferences and journals for clients to submit abstracts, posters, and manuscripts in support of their stated objectives.
- Provides input in creating and maintaining processes and procedures for publication development.
- Proactively communicates with KJT team and clients to ensure clear agreement and understanding of project objectives, requirements, deliverables and executes these in accordance with client deadlines.
Compliance and Commitment to Continuous Improvement
- Collaborates with other members of the Medical & Scientific Communications team to identify, develop, and maintain best practices and ensure adoption across projects.
- Abides by established processes and documentation requirements as determined by KJT and defined by each client, for each project.
- Adheres to department processes and identifies opportunities to gain efficiency.
- Identifies when permissions need to be obtained for reproducing copyrighted material and work with appropriate program staff to obtain them.
- Follows governmental regulations and company SOPs for document preparation.
Information Security Management
The person in this role is responsible for being compliant with the KJT Group Information Security Policy and all other policies, processes, and documentation related to information security within KJT Group.
