Medical Writer Ii

Opening: Medical Writer II (New Zealand)

Global Medical Communications

Position is remote based in New Zealand

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation. From molecule to medicine, we advance clinical research providing outsourced services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and government and public health organisations.

With our patients at the centre of all that we do, we help to accelerate the development of drugs and devices that save lives and improve quality of life.

Our people are our greatest strength, are at the core of our culture, and the driving force behind our success. ICON people have a mission to succeed and a passion that ensures what we do, we do well.

The Role:
The position of Medical Writer II includes all duties such as writing at a higher level, greater project and client responsibility. This includes acting as a lead medical writer on more complex projects and an ability to function at a greater level of responsibility and autonomy on those projects.

As a Medical Writer II (MW II), your primary responsibility will be to provide scientific and medical/clinical writing support as part of a dedicated team servicing an assigned client.

While the ability to work independently is key, the MW II will work closely with client team Senior Medical Writer(s) and/or Scientific Manager (SM, aka Scientific Director) and other members of the client account team to help ensure the timely delivery of high-quality and scientifically/medically accurate assigned projects.

As a Medical Writer, II you will participate in internal company initiatives, as required, which can offer additional potential opportunities for growth.

What you will be doing:
As a Medical Writer II, background researching, developing, and writing for the diverse array of deliverables within medical publications and medical communications is an integral foundation for this role. While prior experience is helpful, ample onboarding, training, and interactive review of assigned work and progress in the role will be provided and actively managed. Based on this and the overall description, the MW II role will fall broadly across the following approximate allocations (individual client account teams may have, from time to time, specific needs that may alter these allocations as may be necessary/required)

90% of your time will be devoted to content development and writing, from inception to delivery, including but not limited to, responsibility for:

- the accurate interpretation of clinical data (e.g., from clinical study reports, safety summaries, biostatistical tables, published articles, etc), and its accurate, concise adaptation to meet assigned projects’ stated objectives
- all compliance requirements for medical publications and medical communications, as relevant and appropriate (e.g., authorship guidelines, journal requirements, client confidential materials, etc)
- representing assigned work at internal and external (client) meetings as required (e.g., project status, author interactions, client publication committee meetings, etc)
- understanding client publication and communication plans as required (e.g., impact on project timelines, appropriate congress and journal venues for assigned client/therapy area, relevance to client drug development planning, etc)

5% of your time will be devoted to assisting in the management of (your) medical writing resources, including but not limited to, responsibility for:

- collaborating with the Senior Medical Writer / Scientific Manager and Account Managers to help ensure adherence to agreed-upon timelines (e.g., project status reports, proactive flagging of problems, time/resource limitations/availability, etc)

5% of your time may be devoted to on-the-job training initiatives (over and above required ICON training) such as assisting the SM and/or GMC Senior Leadership in business development activities including but not limited to, participation in
- background research and writing support for new business proposals
- background research and writing support for assigned account(s) organic growth opportunities

To be successful in the role, you will have:

- PhD level in the required field
- Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience of high-level content development
- Prior relevant experience in a medical publications/medical communications agency is required
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journal content; ability to develop and write to prescribed styles and formats
- Familiarity with ICMJE and GPP guidelines
- Ability to learn to work with network directories/databases
- Proficiency with commonly used software including but not limited to word processing (e.g., MS Word), graphics (e.g., PowerPoint or Prism), and bibliographic software (e.g., EndNote), and adaptability to other applicable software
- Must have demonstrable command of the English language (read, write and speak)
- Benefits of