Medical scientist job description
This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Medical scientist in details. A complete job...
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This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Medical scientist in details. A complete job description concludes Medical scientist key duties/responsibilities, Medical scientist job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…
I. List of Medical scientist duties:
1. Provide field-based scientific exchange and communication of FDA approved and pipeline products
2. In support of FDA approved products, work within the Medical Scientist team’s objectives and plan of action
3. Identify, establish, and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders regarding disease-state and product-specific information
4. Educate payers (Health plans, Medicare, Medicaid), key decision makers (P&T members, opinion leaders, pharmacists), agents (specialty pharmacy, GPO, and PBMs); differentiate products based on clinical (efficacy & side effect profiles) and economic data to support formulary decisions
5. Facilitate scientific development of pipeline compounds at research centers, and secure the company’s presence in the designated therapeutic areas
6. Support the clinical operations organization, as needed, in Jazz Pharmaceuticals sponsored research
7. Serve as primary liaison with investigators interested in developing and performing investigator initiated research
8. Cross-functional nature of role requires close alignment with the Medical Affairs, Commercial, and Clinical Development groups
9. Document and forward reports of adverse events according to Jazz’s policy to ensure safe and effective use of Jazz Pharmaceuticals' products
10. Attend and provide scientific support of Medical Affairs activities and scientific sessions at regional and national congress meetings.
II. List of Medical scientist qualifications
1. Advanced medical scientific degree (PharmD, MD, DO, or PhD) with minimum 5 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Preference will be given those within the therapeutic areas of Sleep, Neurology, or Psychiatry; however, other relevant backgrounds will be considered.
2. Thorough understanding of applicable federal and state regulatory requirements for field-based scientific personnel
3. Demonstrated ability to develop trust and relationships with opinion leaders in disease states of interest
4. Ability to effectively communicate scientific data to both internal and external customers, including opinion leaders and managed care organizations
5. Collaborative, team-based approach; ability to network and partner with internal and external stakeholders, including medical opinion leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, managed care organizations, medical directors and pharmacy directors in institutional practices
6. Ability to travel 50-60% of the time, as needed.
III. Tips to write job description
1. Too-long job description:
Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.
2. Too-short job description:
While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.
3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:
Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.
4. Key functions
Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.
5. Grammar and spelling
Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.
6. Not specific enough:
Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.
7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:
This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.
8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:
In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.
9. Using slang or legal words:
Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.
10. Not updating the job description:
The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.
