Job description Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street Posted Date: Nov 11 2024 405479 Medical & Scientific Advisor (Infectious Disease) Are you interested in a medical affairs role that leverages your project management expertise to accelerate global medical affairs engagement? If so, this Medical and Scientific Advisor role could be an ideal opportunity to explore. As a Medical and Scientific Advisor, you will be responsible for ensuring adequate therapy area input, maximised leveraging of existing Medical platforms, and aligned implementation of Medical Affairs processes and initiatives across the Medical organisation. You will also be responsible for delivering high quality & tailored external engagements across the healthcare system & through strategic medical partnerships to develop insight and understanding of the value of our medicines now and in the future. As a Medical and Scientific Advisor and acting as a Final Medical Signatory, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of our medical content and materials. Working within a dynamic and collaborative environment, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our communications adhere to regulatory guidelines while effectively conveying the benefits and risks of our products. Please note that depending on candidate suitability, we may be able to consider multiple applicants for positions in the department. We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK In this role you will Represent business voice, leverage Medical platforms, and lead implementation and support for Medical Affairs processes and projects launched across Global Medical Affairs (GMA) and regions (e.g. Medical Science Liaison practices, Medical Excellence, etc.) Uphold the highest compliance standards & provide authoritative opinion on medical and ethical matters to support colleagues across GSK, enabling the evidence- based use of GSK medicines and compliance with the relevant statutory requirements (e.g. ABPI Code of Practice, Medicines Act, and EU Directives). Responsible for conducting medical review and ABPI Code signatory examination and certification of materials Deliver high quality & tailored external engagement across the healthcare system, in line with the requirements of the NHSE/NICE Antimicrobial Subscription Model & through strategic medical partnerships to develop insight and understanding of the value of our medicines now and in the future. Writing of GSK’s response to complaints from bodies such as the PMCPA or MHRA – this will typically involve engaging with members of the extended brand team e.g. brand manager, regulatory affairs manager. Provide leadership, advice and coaching on how to work compliantly in the execution of UK Pharma Digital Engagement initiatives in order to deliver UK Digital Driven customer experience (DDCx ). Support creation & delivery of the Medical Digital & Technology plan for Omnichannel. Act as formal mentor & coach to new signatories/signatories in training. - if on approved UK list Lead, or provide input into, updating and or development of SOPs Why you? Basic Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Experience working as a nominated Final Signatory or commensurate experience working in copy approval under the ABPI guidelines in the pharmaceutical industry. A GMC-registered doctor or GPhC-registered pharmacist who is able to be a nominated final signatory Effective communication skills Relevant therapy area knowledge desirable but not essential A good understanding of the changing UK health care environment, including understanding of health technology assessments and market access challenges in the UK Broad Pharmaceutical industry experience or equivalent desirable Proactive, self- motivated, self-reliant. Closing Date for Applications – October 10th, 2024 (COB) Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Find out more: Our approach to R&D. Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. 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