Medical Advisor

Job description

Details:
Job Purpose:
As product and therapy area expert, the Medical Advisor exists to provide non-promotional, medical support that helps to ensure the safe and effective use of GSK's medicines. The Medical Advisor achieves this through effective scientific interactions with external stakeholders, support for physicians wishing to conduct investigator sponsored studies and/or participate in relevant compassionate use programmes, and by providing medical and scientific support for GSK internal stakeholders, including Commercial.

The Medical Advisor ensures that they are at all times aware of the latest medical, regulatory and scientific insights through appropriate scientific exchange with external experts, attendance at key scientific meetings, literature review, and participation in internal cross-functional teams.

In addition, the Medical Advisor develops and implements medical strategic and operational plans in the designated therapy area and is the primary internal medical/scientific training resource. Finally, they are the principal GSK Medical contact for external stakeholders such as physicians, pharmacists and patient organisations.

Scope Of Responsibility:
Stakeholders
• Medical Advisors are expected to interface and provide value across a continuum of both External and Internal Stakeholders: e.g. Key External Experts and other healthcare professionals within assigned therapy area, (potential) investigators, professional societies, patient organisations, formulary decision makers, GSK Commercial Teams, Sales Team, UK Medical Team, and GSK Franchise Teams

External
• Proactively seek and collect the medical voice of the customer. Through appropriate scientific exchange and Scientific Engagement with external stakeholders, secure advice that informs and assists GSK in the development of medicines of value, for the ultimate benefit of patients.
• Conduct balanced, peer-to-peer, scientific dialogue with external experts and deliver affirmative presentations to HCPs and formulary decision makers within the scope allowed by the external engagement policy.
• Lead GSK advice seeking activities (e.g. Advisory Boards) in accordance with the GSK Scientific Engagement Policy.
• Attend both national and international scientific/medical meetings to gain the medical voice of the customer from recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to GSK.
• Support clinical development activities, including Investigator Sponsored Studies by providing general insight into GSK research interests. Coordinate internal review of any ISS proposals through the ISS Portal.
• (If applicable) Management of Irish compassionate use programmes in the designated therapy area.
• (If applicable) Work closely with clinical colleagues (Ireland or UK) to ensure Irish involvement in the development and implementation of research studies.
• Provide documentation for all interactions with HCPs according to applicable policies

Strategic
• Work closely with Commercial colleagues to provide proactive input into the strategic management of branded medicines.
• Create and implement an effective Medical Affairs Plan and Strategy in the designated therapy area
• In the designated therapy area, provide authoritative opinion on medical and scientific matters to support colleagues across GSK Ireland, enabling the evidence based use of GSK medicines and compliance with the relevant statutory requirements (e.g. GSK and IPHA Codes of Practice, GSK's Scientific Engagement Policy, and SI No. 541/2007).
• Responsible for Medical aspects when formulating and implementing effective national and local market access strategic plans and tender submissions (as applicable).

Training
• Develop sales and commercial team training materials
• Ensure Sales Representatives are adequately prepared for the annual Knowledge Testing
• Provide scientific training for GSK sales and marketing colleagues regarding GSK products and the conditions they treat

Code of Practice/Procedures
• Final signatory for GSK Stand-Alone meetings (iMail) and Sponsored Meetings (eForms)
• Medical reviewer of copy approval promotional materials in the designated therapy area (Zinc)
• Primary responsibility for the tracking and national implementation of EU Risk Management Plans in the designated therapy area
• Responsible for co-ordinating GSKs response to complaints from bodies such as IPHA or the HPRA
• In the designated therapy area, provide authoritative opinion on compliance with the relevant statutory requirements (e.g. the GSK Code of practice for promotion and scientific engagement (prescription medicines), the IPHA Codes of Practice, and SI No. 541/2007).
• Local Medical responsibility when dealing with product issues (e.g. Local Incidence Committees, discontinuation decisions).

Impact of role on business objectives:
As the key LOC medical role, the Medical Advisor has a significant impact on the business objectives of GSK Ireland. The Medical Advisor is responsible for the creation and implementation of the Medical Plan part of the Annual Brand Plan which operates in tandem with the Commercial Plan to deliver the brand objectives. The Medical Advisor is the medical training resource for Commercial and Sales, responsible for both initial training and annual preparation for Knowledge Testing.

The Medical Advisor is the product and therapy area expert in the Brand Team and the main medical resource for Commercial and the Sales Teams. Further, the Medical Advisor is the principal GSK medical contact for external Healthcare Professionals, Payors, and Government and Patient Organisations.

Finally, the Medical Advisor approves all promotional materials in their designated therapy area, is responsible for the correct implementation of EU Risk management Plans and is the single resource in the LOC that can gain external insights through appropriate Scientific Engagement activities.

Contact information:
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Desired profile

Basic qualifications:
Basic Education:
• Science Degree/Professional Qualification. Evidence of Clinical knowledge/experience.
• Good command of written English.
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, Intranet, etc.)
• Good presentation skills and training skills

Basic Experience:
• Expert therapy knowledge in one or more of the following therapeutic areas: Respiratory, Vaccines, or Urology.
• A good understanding of the changing Irish health care environment.
• Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues and Industry Codes affecting the promotion of new and existing products and apply these appropriately.

Preferred qualifications:
Preferred Education:
• A Medical Council registered medical doctor with the right to work in Ireland
• Residency and/or Post-doctoral training in a clinical practice/pharmaceutical industry setting.

Preferred Experience:
• Wide breadth of experience of working on products at different stages of the lifecycle Previous industry experience in variety of Medical Affairs roles