Job Purpose 

As product and therapy area expert, the Medical Advisor exists to provide non-promotional, medical support that helps to ensure the safe and effective use of GSK’s medicines. The Medical Advisor achieves this through effective scientific interactions with external stakeholders, provides support for physicians wishing to conduct investigator sponsored studies and/or participate in relevant compassionate use programmes, and by providing medical and scientific support for GSK internal stakeholders, including Commercial. 

The Medical Advisor ensures that they are at all times aware of the latest medical, regulatory and scientific insights through appropriate scientific exchange with external experts, attendance at key scientific meetings, literature review, and participation in internal cross-functional teams. 

In addition, the Medical Advisor develops and implements medical strategic and operational plans in the designated therapy area and is the primary internal medical/scientific training resource. Finally, they are the principal GSK Medical contact for external stakeholders such as physicians, pharmacists, and patient organisations. 

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 

Key Responsibilities,  

• Medical Advisors are expected to interface and provide value across a continuum of both External and Internal Stakeholders: e.g., Key External Experts and other healthcare professionals within assigned therapy area, (potential) investigators, professional societies, patient organisations, formulary decision makers payors, GSK Commercial Teams, Sales Team, North West Europe Medical, and GSK Franchise Teams 

• Proactively seek and collect the medical voice of the customer. Through appropriate scientific exchange and Scientific Engagement with external stakeholders, secure advice that informs and assists GSK in the development of medicines of value, for the ultimate benefit of patients. 

• Conduct balanced, peer-to-peer, scientific dialogue with external experts and deliver affirmative presentations to HCPs and formulary decision makers or payors within the scope allowed by the external engagement policy. 

• Lead GSK advice seeking activities (e.g., Advisory Boards) in accordance with the GSK Scientific Engagement Policy. 

• Attend both national and international scientific/medical meetings to gain the medical voice of the customer from recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to GSK. 

• Support clinical development activities, including Investigator Sponsored Studies by providing general insight into GSK research interests. Coordinate internal review of any ISS proposals through the ISS management system. 

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications: 

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals,  

• Science Degree/Professional Qualification. 

• Evidence of Clinical knowledge/experience. 

• Expert therapy knowledge in haematology clinical trials 

• A good understanding of the changing Irish health care environment. 

• Knowledge of the legal and ethical issues and Industry Codes affecting the promotion of new and existing products and apply these appropriately. 

Preferred qualifications,  

• A Medical Council registered medical doctor with the right to work in Ireland. 
• A Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland registered Pharmacist with the right to work in Ireland. 
• Residency and/or Post-doctoral training in a clinical practice/pharmaceutical industry setting 
• Wide breadth of experience of working on products at different stages of the lifecycle 
• Previous industry experience in variety of Medical Affairs roles in haematology in particular 

Closing Date for Applications – 19th September 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. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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