Clinical Technical Writer Jobs

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We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

The Resuscitation division of ZOLL Medical Corporation develops and delivers innovative lifesaving products and software solutions to EMS, hospital, public safety, and military customers globally. Our dedicated employees take pride in their commitment to improving patient outcomes while delivering world-class customer service.

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Job Summary

This position requires a strong candidate with experience in medical writing of clinical and regulatory documents. The position will mainly focus on development of Clinical Evaluation Plans/Reports (CERs), with future additional responsibility for development of other clinical evidence documents as part of the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and Medical Device Directive (MDD).

Essential Functions

• Critically appraise scientific literature and write clinical summaries for products
• Participates in and/or performs comprehensive literature searches to develop and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of current scientific literature required to support identified product lines and related clinical studies, stay informed about applicable clinical landscapes and trends.
• Managing regulatory/clinical documentation timelines required by product development teams and global Regulatory Bodies by utilizing the appropriate project management tools.
• May author routine Clinical Study Progress Reports.
• Ensure compliance with corporate (e.g., SOP’s) and regulatory requirements (e.g., GCP and US and OUS guidelines)
• Review the literature and interpret and summarize risks, alternate therapies and device specific benefits from literature; collect and summarize primary data to support risk assessment.
• Acquire or possess in-depth knowledge of therapeutic areas, competitor devices, current clinical/market developments, literature review processes and the ability to keep abreast of current literature.
• Perform periodic reviews of risk documentation and product labeling; ensure appropriate updates are implemented.
• Will support broader Clinical/Scientific Affairs activities such as Regulatory submissions/responses
• Conduct proofreading, editing, document formatting, review comment integration and document completion / approval activities.
• Providing product guidance and expertise to conduct literature searches on products/product families.
• Provide clinical perspective and support to guide new product development for CE Mark purposes. May require ongoing core team support (e.g., weekly meetings) or periodic, as needed participation and input.
• Authoring Clinical documentation mainly the Clinical Evaluation Plans and Reports (CEP/CER) including clinical section of regulatory authority requests.
• Interacting with internal teams (engineering/product development/regulatory) to define the plan and strategy for development of the Clinical evaluation plans/reports for new products requiring CE Mark.

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree In scientific, clinical or regulatory field is preferred o equivalent work experience required.
• Must have a minimum of 2-5 years of medical writing experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in clinical evaluation report writing in a medical device industry.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Consistently shows dedication or strong work-ethic to help meet aggressive timelines or multiple projects when necessary
• Must be able to work effectively on cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with high attention to detail and organization.
• Ability to identify critical information needs and identify roles / individuals to involve for decision making within clinical evaluation assessment and report development.
• Ability to learn quickly and self-educate on different surgical specialties as applicable to medical products and procedures (Self-starter attitude)
• Previous experience in the application of in-depth therapeutic and/or device knowledge to development of clinical evaluation plans/reports.
• Strong experience in conducting literature searches, reviews and appraisal of the scientific data.
• Excellent critical and analytical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and effectively communicate verbally and in technical or scientific writing; demonstrated effective scientific writing skills.
• Must be able to manage multiple projects across numerous surgical disciplines.
• Strong experience in protocol development, writing clinical section for regulatory submission and clinical evaluation report writing.
• Must have high level of attention to detail and accuracy.

ZOLL is a fast-growing company that operates in more than 140 countries around the world. Our employees are inspired by a commitment to make a difference in patients' lives, and our culture values innovation, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Join us in our efforts to improve outcomes for underserved patients suffering from critical cardiopulmonary conditions and help save more lives.

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