Medical Writer

Summary

Join OPEN Health as a Medical Writer and contribute to impactful medical publications and medical affairs initiatives. You will provide research and writing support for brand teams and new business ventures, collaborating with medical directors and cross-functional teams. Responsibilities include creating various medical communication materials, conducting literature searches, and ensuring scientific accuracy. The ideal candidate possesses a strong scientific background (MD, PharmD, or PhD preferred), excellent writing skills, and prior experience in medical affairs or medical communications. OPEN Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive pay, generous paid time off, health insurance, and ongoing training and development opportunities.

Requirements

• A strong scientific understanding (MD, PharmD, or PhD preferred) and excellent writing skills
• Prior publications, medical affairs, and/or HEOR experience, preferably for a pharmaceutical and/or medical communications company, or multiple publications related to postdoctoral research
• Ability to perform medical literature searches and produce high-quality medical writing based on direction supplied by a medical director
• Aptitude for the English language, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and strong ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in a clear, concise, accurate, and innovative way
• Independent interpretation of scientific statistics, clinical trial documents, and other primary data source materials, as well as published medical literature
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and estimate time needed to write standard projects
• Willingness and ability to work both independently and in a team structure
• Ability to perform all duties remotely and online, as OPEN Health is a paperless company
• Enthusiasm, team-player attitude, self-motivation, and professional demeanor
• Proficiency with PubMed searches and MS365 programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams), including figure and table development

Responsibilities

• Providing research and writing support on the projects listed above to assigned brand teams and in support of new business efforts
• Working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes a medical director, editor, graphic designers, and account personnel to accomplish project goals
• Consulting with creative, medical, and varying internal teams to conceptualize and develop images, diagrams, animations, or interactive assets for assigned projects and/or new business pitches
• Developing high-quality written materials that are scientifically accurate, fully referenced and annotated, appropriate to the target audience, and that meet the authors’ communication objectives, client specifications, and industry guidelines
• Incorporating feedback and revisions and addressing reviewer questions/comments
• Understanding team/company expectations in terms of budgeted hours and deadlines, and communicating with team regarding these as needed
• Interacting with key experts to solicit their input, facilitate alignment, resolve queries, and make constructive suggestions about content
• Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge in relevant therapy areas, including disease state, treatment guidelines, drug mechanisms of action, product efficacy and safety profile, and competitive landscape
• Attending meetings as required, including internal kick-off meetings, status meetings, client/author calls; most meetings are virtual but occasional on-site attendance at congresses, advisory board meetings, symposia, client meetings, or other meetings may be required
• Applying feedback from Medical Director, writing mentor, and authors within and across projects
• Following standard operating procedures (SOPs), including annotating and updating of project files, routing, and version-control conventions

Preferred Qualifications

EndNote experience

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous paid vacation and holidays
• Health insurance programs across all our locations
• Ongoing training and development opportunities which foster and shape your individual career path
• An active and growing commitment to bettering the communities our employees call home through our Corporate Social Responsibility program
• The opportunity to thrive in a global, collaborative environment while working every day to improve health outcomes and patient wellbeing
• Diverse, inclusive culture that encourages you to bring your whole self to work