Experienced Medical Writer

Are you an experienced Medical Writer looking for an exciting new opportunity in a people-first business? Do you want to elevate your career and have an impactful role which delivers on a mission to improve patient outcomes by speeding access to life-changing healthcare innovations?

We are a dynamic, friendly, and rapidly expanding independent market access and HEOR consultancy with offices in Oxfordshire, London, Manchester, and York, along with hubs in Newcastle and Cambridge (our hubs comprise local team members who meet for social events and ad hoc face-to-face working, but do not have permanent physical offices). We provide strategy and solutions to help Pharma and Medtech companies bring interventions to market, providing more patient choice and meeting the needs of the healthcare environment.

We strive to be the consultancy of choice for people pursuing careers in market access and HEOR by maintaining a high-performing, happy, motivated community. We are proud of our collaborative, nurturing environment, and are known for our exemplary work, agility, and innovation.

Our core services are Health Economics, Systematic Literature Review and Network Meta-analysis, Global Market Access and Pricing, UK NHS insights, HTA support, and Customer Communication.

Mtech Access are now part of Petauri™. This marks a significant and exciting milestone in our journey, and aligns with our commitment to partnering with industry to bring life-enhancing technologies to market.

For more details about the role and the skills/experience we are looking for please keep reading, but at Mtech Access we believe talented individuals can come from a range of backgrounds, so even if you don’t tick every box, or have not previously worked in a similar consultancy we still want to hear from you if you believe you have got what it takes to make a difference.

Please note: to be considered for any role you must have the right to live and work in UK without sponsorship.

The role

We are seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated, experienced Medical Writers, with a genuine interest in how healthcare innovation is communicated, to join our expanding team of market access writers at Mtech Access.

The ideal candidate would have a high energy work ethic, and be team oriented and hands-on in a varied role, with a minimum of 3 years of relevant writing experience gained within a consultancy or similar environment. In this role, you will work across the business providing market access writing expertise to support the successful delivery of client projects and internal workstreams, working in a dynamic, supportive, and collaborative environment.

You will be required to work closely with colleagues within multi-disciplinary project teams and externally with clients, external associates (e.g. key opinion leaders), and third-party agencies to achieve project objectives.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the Lead Writer on projects to deliver evidence-based, fully-referenced content consistently to a high standard to meet deadlines


• Working across a varied range of therapeutic areas and a breadth of market access deliverables, including but not limited to:

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  • Health technology assessment evidence submissions
  
  
  • Global value dossiers
  
  
  • Value proposition slide decks
  
  
  • Objection handlers
  
  
  • Budget impact tool introductory screens
  
  
  • Workshop/expert interview summaries
  
  
  • Publications
  
  
  
  

• Additional activities may include:

• Desk-based research


• Participation in expert knowledge elicitation activities, e.g. interviews and workshops, development of reference packs, data validation, and use of client approval systems to upload and annotate references


• Adhering to internal and client quality control measures, and taking personal responsibility for the quality of your work


• As a key member of project teams, actively contributing to the intellectual design, planning, and organisation of projects


• Effectively managing the input of support writers on projects


• Actively contributing to the continued growth and development of the Medical Writing Team and the company as a whole


• Mentoring other writers on or off project may be required depending on experience

Requirements

Essential

• A life sciences degree or equivalent qualification


• Relevant experience gained within a consultancy (or similar) environment


• Experience of developing market access materials, which may include health technology assessment submissions, global value dossiers, value proposition slide decks, objection handlers, budget impact tool introductory screens, workshop/expert interview summaries, and publications


• Highly skilled with Word®, PowerPoint®, Excel®, and EndNote® (or other bibliographic software)


• Proficiency in basic research and literature reviews (basic knowledge of PubMed functions required)


• Highly autonomous with evidence of critical thinking, sound judgement and excellent communication and interpersonal skills


• Excellent attention to detail and an ability to assimilate information quickly and accurately


• High level of integrity, with a strong understanding and ability to maintain confidentiality


• Strong planning, organisation, and time management skills


• Ability to work on own initiative


• Capable of working in a changing and fast-paced environment


• Proactive, positive attitude with an ability to find effective solutions to issues


• A commitment to ongoing development and learning


• A high work ethic, with a can-do attitude towards management of priorities


• Fluent written and spoken English skills

Desirable

• A life sciences PhD


• Experience with the use of Veeva PromoMats


• Working knowledge of key industry guidelines, e.g. ABPI


• Experience of mentoring junior writers

What we offer 

• A competitive salary and annual bonus scheme


• The opportunity to develop your own skills in a supportive and friendly environment


• A hybrid mix of home and office working


• 25 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service


• Up to 3 days of additional paid leave during our Christmas closure


• Your birthday off


• An employee volunteering day each year


• 5% employer pension contribution


• Life Assurance at 4x gross salary


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Well-being, recognition, and employee savings scheme


• Optional private healthcare insurance via salary sacrifice


• Subsidised eyecare


• Cycle-to-work scheme


• Enhanced parental leave policies
  
  

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Note to recruitment agencies

Mtech Access have an internal Talent Acquisition function. Mtech Access may supplement from time to time with the assistance of staffing agencies, placement services, and professional recruiters ("Agency").

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Mtech Access employees directly to present candidates. Our internal Talent Acquisition function must present all candidates to hiring managers.

To protect the interests of all parties, Mtech Access will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Mtech Access, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Mtech Access office address, email address, submitted to the Mtech Access website, emailed directly to Mtech Access employees, or submitted to the Mtech Access Applicant Tracking System will be considered Mtech Access property. This also applies to any resumes sent via LinkedIn to any Mtech Access employees.

Mtech Access will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Mtech Access will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.

Agency must obtain advance written approval from Mtech Access to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed placement agreement. Mtech Access will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.