Sr. Field Clinical Specialist - EP, Southeast

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Free medical coverage for employees
  * via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. We are seeking an experienced, high caliber Senior Field Clinical Specialist – Electrophysiology for our Southeast region.

• Provide field support for clinical research related enrollment and procedures in EP therapy area.
• Serve as a technology, protocol and clinical trial procedure expert and resource for Abbott stakeholders, physicians, and research personnel at the site.
• Maintain and develop a productive clinical territory:
  • Develop and maintain knowledge of clinical sites in the assigned territory.
• Manage study progress:
  Nominate, approach, and complete qualification processes including establishing site/sponsor expectations for study execution. Facilitate contract/budget escalations as part of the start-up process. Train facility staff regarding protocol requirements and technology.
• Clinical Trial Enrollment:
  • Develop site-specific strategies to promote appropriate patient enrollment.
  • Identify site successes and challenges and assist in implementing troubleshooting techniques that promote study goal achievement.
  • Provide ongoing feedback concerning all aspects of study progress, specifically enrollment and procedure related, for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that will optimize patient safety and contribute to organizational and corporate goals/objectives.
  • Provide support for all study-related aspects to research partners, including but not limited to the following aspects: protocol, standard of care, clinical trial reimbursement, etc.
• Responsible for product reporting and troubleshooting with customers and field personnel within the EP BU clinical research portfolio.
• Work with territory Clinical Site Leads to share best practices and develop capabilities to optimize trial data quality.
• Collaborate with and provide feedback to Clinical Scientists, study teams, and Clinical Site Leads on study design and procedure and product experiences.
• Identify and communicate best practices relevant to clinical trial execution.
• Seek opportunities to continue demonstrating and developing technical, research, and organizational leadership qualities.
• Collaborate with Clinical Affairs, Medical Affairs, R&D, marketing and commercial teams to support and advance key EP BU…