Entry-level Medical Writer UK 2021
AMICULUM Access is a full-service market access agency with extensive experience supporting global, regional and local market access teams within pharmaceutical companies. We undertake a wide range of market access projects, including payer landscaping, pricing and reimbursement, and value communications. Our activities support a drug’s route to market, ensuring it is approved, reimbursed and that patients can access it.
AMICULUM Access is part of AMICULUM, an independent family of healthcare communications, consulting and learning businesses with offices in New Zealand, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Switzerland, UK and USA. Our agencies offer services in medical communications, healthcare learning, clinical and commercial consultancy, market access, rare diseases, genomic medicine, digital engagement and advocacy.
The opportunity
AMICULUM Access has developed an excellent reputation for providing clients with high-quality communications, research and consultancy services. As a result of this continued success, we are creating a new opportunity for an entry-level medical writer with a specialist interest in market access, health economics and value communications to join our team.
This new role can be based from our UK offices in Bollington (Cheshire), Dundee, Manchester, Oxford, Brighton or Richmond (London), or from home.
Key responsibilities
- Developing market access materials, including value communications, HEOR deliverables and strategic content plans
- Creating high-quality scientific content for a range of communications, according to scientific data and evidence and in line with project objectives and brief
- Adapting writing styles and tones according to the needs of the client brief and target audience
- Collaborating effectively with colleagues to ensure consistency and quality of content
- Working professionally and proactively with client teams and external expert contacts
About you
You will be a life sciences graduate with an interest in market access/health economics and an understanding of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. As an exceptional communicator, you will be passionate about transforming complex scientific information into clear, accurate and engaging content.
No prior experience is required as full training will be provided, so you will need to be eager to learn and ready to receive feedback as part of your development process.
You will reflect the key attributes that we look for in all colleagues, which are:
- Intellectual curiosity: you will have good academic record in life sciences or health economics (MSc or PhD preferred)
- Teamwork and collaboration: you will be an enthusiastic team member, collaborating with colleagues both locally and internationally to deliver industry-leading client service
- An exceptional eye for detail: you will be passionate about the technical accuracy of your work
- Accountability and responsibility: you will take responsibility for your workload and deadlines
Why work at AMICULUM?
We are proud to be a flexible and inclusive employer that provides a supportive working environment. We are committed to developing the careers of our team members and encourage colleagues to create their own career path: we are a job-title-free business that offers progression based on knowledge, skills and ambition. We value creativity and encourage colleagues to offer ideas that further the success of our business, and in return, we offer competitive salaries and a great benefits package, including two annual bonus schemes, a generous pension scheme, life and income protection insurance, and 25 days’ annual leave plus public holidays.