• Job Description

  Req#: 361216

  Medical Advisor, Respiratory

  Are you interested in a medical affairs role that leverages your therapy area experience in respiratory to drive engagement and support one of GSKs most successful brands? If so, this Scientific Advisor role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

  As a Medical Advisor you will play a key role in the planning and development of promotional and non-promotional (including scientific engagement) activities and materials, with alignment to the global to local (MOC-LOC) process.

  In this role you will

  Play a key role in the planning and execution of promotional and non-promotional (including scientific engagement) activities and materials, with alignment to the global to local (MOC-LOC) process. You will be responsible for:

  • The alignment of scientific content with the commercial strategy
  • The briefing and provision of data to the medical and commercial teams
  • The scientific review of materials for copy approval process
  • Input into the medical budget and track on a regular basis
  • Scientific review of IME and Grants & Donations requests and contribution with GSK Med Edu projects

  As a Medical Advisor within the medical team you will also be expected to:

  • Analyse and review GSK and competitor respiratory products, making recommendations, which assist marketing in the determination of current and future strategic direction.
  • Input into the medical quarterly respiratory therapy area reviews and the medical business plans for your aligned therapy area e.g. COPD, Asthma or Severe Asthma. This should be delivered through the co-create process, working closely with the local commercial and global medical teams to ensure timely input and review.
  • Deliver training and briefing presentations for internal stakeholders, to ensure scientific data and medical concepts are understood and consistent with the commercial strategy.
  • Brief information out to internal stakeholders for regulatory or safety changes to GSK medicines within your aligned therapy area, keeping them up to date with important clinical information on GSK medicines.
  • Input into the preparation of tailored responses from a medical/ scientific view to support market access issues for a defined product in a particular geographical areas/CCGs, hospital trusts etc.
  • Input into the Evidence Generation process to identify local data needs and options for generating evidence, including in the planning of clinical trials ensuring that they are aligned to short- and long-term business needs. Communicating these needs and requirements into the global medical team/ brand planning. Lead the identification of opportunities for the interpretation of trial results for local commercial benefit.
  • Through attendance at congress and customer meetings:
    • Increase your knowledge within your aligned therapy area and understand any challenges which influence the positioning of GSK medicines.
    • Support the delivery of scientific engagement and increase the scientific/ clinical understanding and positioning of GSK medicines. This insight should be used to ensure that GSK medicines are used appropriately and benefit patient care.
  • Develop networks across clinical, R&D and the wider global respiratory team

  Closing Date for Applications: August 27th, 2023 (COB)

  Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.

  
  When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV 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.

  
  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 0808 234 4391.

  This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.

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  Why you?

  Qualifications & Skills:

  We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • A GMC registered medical doctor or GPhC registered pharmacist
  • Previous experience working as a nominated ABPI signatory OR significant experience working within UK Pharma with strong familiarity with and confidence in the ABPI Code of Practice and its application, specifically in the generation, review and sign off of promotional and non-promotional materials
  • Therapy knowledge in Respiratory
  • Be able to interpret scientific data and information on pharmaceutical products, and to communicate this information in such a way as to enhance current strategic and promotional and non-promotional activities
  • Pharma customer facing experience particularly in respiratory field and NHS
  • Be able to review promotional and non-promotional materials within agreed timeframes with maximum accuracy

  Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

  If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

  • Confidence in decision making, problem solving capability and ability to rationalise, and document carefully evaluated decisions
  • Focused on people culture and team development
  • Structured mindset, proactive, self-motivated and self-reliant
  • Ability to prioritise and organise workload, and think clearly under pressure and time constraints and work with pace and focus in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to facilitate internal relationships across disciplines and network within both the UK company above country functions and the external stakeholders.
  • Clear communicator with sufficient business acumen and experience to enable communication and engagement with key stakeholders supported by influencing, challenging and negotiating skills.
  • Be flexible and sensitive to the needs of others to deal with urgent matters as they arise, such as complaints on promotional items, unfavourable articles, or drug safety issues.
  • Self-motivation and the ability to work proactively and with a minimum of supervision are required

  GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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  GlaxoSmithKline plc is a British multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Brentford, England.

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