Medical Science Liaison – HIV; Field- North

We are expanding our Medical Affairs Speciality Medicines team and we have a brand new role for a Medical Science Liaison HIV
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This is a field‑based role covering territories in the North of England Midlands Northern Ireland and Scotland and is up to 75% externally focused interacting with Health Care Professionals and other external stakeholders through hybrid ways of working (combination of virtual and face‑to‑face meetings). The travel will depend on agreed collaboration with HCPs considering their needs and preferred ways of working.

You will be travelling nationally and be prepared for overnight stays if required depending on location.

You will report to the Therapy Area Medical Head Speciality Medicines and support the General & Speciality Medicine portfolio strategy with a focus on the HIV therapy area. Whilst the focus of this role is HIV there may be a requirement to work across other General & Specialty Medicine (GSM) therapy areas as required.

As the Medical Science Liaison HIV
- General & Specialty Medicine (GSM) you will have a blend of strong scientific and clinical expertise and a high level of communication skills. You will have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team as the situation demands. A thorough knowledge of the allocated therapeutic and disease area or areas is preferable or the ability to demonstrate the aptitude to rapidly assimilate the knowledge.

A comprehensive knowledge of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries Code of Practice to ensure that all activities undertaken are conducted in a non‑promotional manner is needed. A working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and a thorough understanding of the wider NHS environment is desirable. Excellent Stakeholder relationship skills are needed.

• Engage in field‑based non‑promotional medical and scientific partnerships with the aim of providing high quality accurate and timely scientific advice to healthcare professionals, providers and other relevant stakeholders regarding the company’s products and associated disease area.
• Identify, develop and maintain credible relationships with healthcare professionals, providers, scientific leaders and academic centres in the relevant disease area and in collaboration with relevant internal functions deliver improved patient outcomes in a given disease area.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of strategic planning for the UK by providing medical and scientific insight and applying expert knowledge about the product and disease area.
• Champion cross‑functional partnership across the business, represent the Medical Department at local or regional non‑promotional meetings and support commercial colleagues to provide balanced and scientific information and training.
• Ensure that all activities and interactions are conducted in compliance with applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, codes of conduct (including but not limited to the ABPI Code of Practice), company policies and accepted standards of best practice.
• Provide fair, balanced, non‑promotional and unbiased field‑based medical and scientific support in response to specific requests from healthcare professionals.
• Interact with healthcare organisations, healthcare professionals, clinical investigators and other health care providers and organisations in order to provide complete accurate balanced scientifically rigorous and non‑promotional medical and clinical information.
• Participate in the development of Medical Affairs Plans and implements tactics identified in the Medical Affairs Plans which align with the Company’s therapeutic areas of interest and where necessary contribute to advice seeking activities, for example advisory boards.
• Identify areas of educational need for the external healthcare community developing resources and events to address these needs.
• Facilitate research publication of articles supporting therapeutic areas of interest in a manner ensuring the independence and objectivity of the publications are maintained.
• Act as an authoritative resource to all departments for the identification of scientific leaders…