410200 Medical and Scientific Advisor (12 Month Secondment/Fixed Term Contract)

We are recruiting for a Medical & Scientific Advisor in the UK Vaccines Medical Team that will lead the medical affairs strategies, objectives and activities for one of the therapy areas in the Vaccines Medical Team. You will develop strong partnerships with external experts and internal stakeholders as you design and deliver a broad range of medical activities that support the therapy area.

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In this role you will

• Lead, define and execute medical activities that support the therapy area, including advisory boards, scientific meetings, medical education and local evidence generation plans.
• Drive UK medical strategy and plans and align with global strategies for the brand.
• Become a therapy area expert and provide scientific advice to colleagues in GSK.
• Provide clinical and scientific input into brand initiatives, working collaboratively with commercial, health outcomes, global medical and R&D colleagues.
• Provide clinical input into vaccines tender dossiers and input into UK market access strategy.
• Advise on medical and ethical matters to support colleagues across GSK UK including providing medical review and certification as final medical signatory.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the UK governance requirements (ABPI/MHRA) and company SOPs
• Identify, establish, and maintain strong relationships with key external experts and professional bodies to identify and address scientific and patient needs.
• Provide oversight and support to investigator-led studies and named patient programmes.
• Act as the Local Medical Lead for UK vaccine clinical studies, establishing the need and type of study and the UK requirements. Provide input into feasibility assessments and protocol, attend ethics submissions and maintain oversight of governance. Provide input into the post-study analysis and interpretation for the UK.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Extensive applied knowledge and experience working with the ABPI code of Practice in a copy approval/medical review setting
• Continuous record of career achievement in the life sciences industry
• Medical Affairs experience in a relevant therapy area
• A good understanding of the changing UK health care environment
• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Superior organisation skills
• Proven project management skills to lead and manage change projects
• Proactive, self-motivated, self-reliant.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Previous experience as a nominated Final medical signatory
• A GMC registered medical doctor or GPhC registered pharmacist
• Therapy area knowledge in vaccines, infectious diseases, immunology, public health, general medicine is desired but not essential.
• A good understanding of the changing UK health care environment, especially in relation to implementation of vaccine programmes
• Excellent understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities.

Closing Date for Applications – January 2nd, 2025 (COB)

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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.

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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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