Overview

Job Title: Medical Writer, Medical Communications (Previously inScience Communications)

Locations: London, Manchester, Chester (Hybrid)

Organisation: Springer Health+

Employment: Full time, Permanent

About Springer Nature Group

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 175 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities – enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

About Springer Health+ (Previously Springer Healthcare)

Springer Health+ is a leading global medical communications and education provider. Working in partnership with pharmaceutical companies and key opinion leaders. At Springer Health+, we see beyond the data – we see the people behind every breakthrough. We do more than help experts across the medical community keep up with science; we help them move it forward, making healthcare smarter and more human.

About The Role

As a Medical Writer you’ll work closely with senior team members to produce high quality scientific content of medical communications that satisfy client needs in terms of quality, commercial focus, timing and cost.

You’ll contribute to account and strategic publication/communication plans through maintaining current awareness of developments in therapeutic areas or disciplines.

There will also be interaction with stakeholders at all levels of the Springer Health+ organisation as part of an established team who actively share ideas and works in partnership with our clients.

To find out more about us visit our website at https://springerhealthplus.com/

Responsibilities

• Project delivery
  • Write and edit scientific content for a range of medical communications for various audiences, according to client needs, deadline, budget and internal quality standards, as directed by the senior Scientific Services Team
• Business planning/commercial
  • Contribute to account plans, strategic publication plans and communication programmes, where appropriate, by maintaining current awareness of developments in therapeutic areas or discipline
• Financial
  • Monitor own adherence to budget and utilisation rate
  • Record and monitor actual time spent on a project against budgeted time, and complete timesheets in an accurate and timely manner
• Organisational and team work
  • Support team working principles and collaboration within the account team(s) and wider inScience Communications group; attend and contribute to team and account meetings

Experience, Skills And Qualifications

Education

• Essential Life Science degree or equivalent
• Desirable Higher degree (MSc or PhD)

Skills

• Proven medical writing skills and able to demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven experience and confident in interacting with clients and medical experts
• A proactive and flexible team player with a collaborative approach
• Proven organisation/time management skills with the ability to be proactive and use your initiative to get results
• Highly computer literate with good working knowledge of common software (e.g. Microsoft Office suite) and gains new software skills quickly

Springer Nature is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and wish to submit your application in an alternative format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process, please get in touch either by phone on +44 (0)207 014 4020 or by email SpringerNatureUKCareers@springernature.com so we can make any necessary arrangements.

At Springer Nature we value the diversity of our teams. We recognize the many benefits of a diverse workforce with equitable opportunities for everyone. We strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles. Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

Industries

• Book and Periodical Publishing