Robotic Clinical Specialist; Spokane WA)

Position: Robotic Clinical Specialist (Spokane WA)
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 2 Oct 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life We are seeking a committed professional to join our team. While this is a remote position not located at a physical Medtronic site, the candidate hired will be required to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role.

The Surgical Robotics Utilization Team manages all aspects of system installation, start-up, customer training, account analysis, drive and optimize the robotic program. Placement of a HUGO surgical robot in the hospital requires full-time support for an account specific period to ensure successful integration into the hospital’s service lines. The utilization team members are seasoned professionals with in-depth knowledge of the healthcare value chain as well as a broad experience across multiple disciplines.

They partner with all relevant hospital stakeholders to drive complex transformational changes, implement innovative growth strategies, streamline patient-focused care pathways and optimize operations.

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), the largest and most successful medical technology company in the world is entering the market of Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS). We are seeking talented individuals that are eager to use all their skills and competencies to quickly deploy our ground-breaking robotic assisted surgical therapies to patients, surgeons and hospitals in several countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).Territory:
Position is located in Spokane Washington. Willingness to travel throughout the country (75%) is required.

Primary Responsibilities:

As a Robotics Clinical Specialist you will be responsible for the successful integration of our HUGO RAS-system into a hospital. This might be an expansion of a current robotic surgery program, the creation of a new robotic surgery program or a shift from another platform to our HUGO RAS-system. The main activities of a start-up specialist include:

Meet with the robotic program stakeholders and develop program goals and metrics for HUGO RAS-system. Conduct regular program review meetings to remain on-track

Develop a surgeon training plan, coordinate attendance at Medtronic’s off-site training and arrange for proctored cases post-training as needed

Develop a training plan to support staff to include attendance at a Medtronic off-site training class and support staff through their learning curve

Support the technology adoption by attending to cases during a surgeon and staff member’s learning sessions

Utilize change management techniques to engage clinical stakeholders and attain buy-in Coach hospitals’ staff to promote skill transfer and achieve self-sufficiency in operational excellence

Cooperate with Medtronic field service engineer (FSE) and the hospital staff to prepare the operating room to host the HUGO RAS-system.

Track milestones to demonstrate the value delivered for the pilot site

This is a fully remote role. It will be required to travel thought the country 75%.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of clinical, sales or related experience  OR Advanced Degree with 0 years of related experience.

Ability to relocate to a major implementation site is required

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