Medical Writer Job at Real Chemistry in UK | Medical Candidates Apply
Professionals seeking a dynamic medical writer job in the healthcare communications industry can explore this opportunity at Real Chemistry. Based in Edinburgh, London, and Manchester, this role offers experienced candidates the chance to contribute to high-impact scientific content within the medical affairs job landscape and global pharmaceutical sector.
Job Details:
- Job Position: Medical Writer
- Location: Edinburgh – UK; London – UK; Manchester – UK
About the Company
Real Chemistry is dedicated to making the world a healthier place. The drive to transform healthcare is informed by a blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, Real Chemistry provides a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Job Description
Medical Writers play a fundamental role in the business by contributing to day-to-day project delivery within an account to create outstanding medical content across a variety of therapy areas. This medical writer job is ideal for a proactive communicator with a passion for science, a keen interest in AI, and a strong eye for detail who is looking to further develop a career in medical writing and the broader medical affairs job domain.
Qualifications
- Strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post-graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected
- Passion for, and profound understanding of, healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry, along with a keen interest in AI technologies
- Personable, articulate, and detail-oriented approach
- Previous experience as a medical writer at an agency or within a pharmaceutical organisation
Key Responsibilities
Scientific Knowledge
- Has a good understanding of assigned therapeutic areas
- Effectively analyses and interprets scientific data to work on a wide range of assigned projects
Strategic Knowledge
- Understands the medical affairs and commercial spaces within which clients work
- Reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors and shares findings and implications with teams
- Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors
AI
- Confidently and efficiently uses AI tools to support assigned tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their work
- Seeks out new opportunities to apply AI tools to improve personal workflow and task management
Project Ownership
- Takes some responsibility for day-to-day delivery of scientific content under supervision of MWII or SMW and higher
- Ensures communication objectives are met on assigned projects
Editorial
- Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients)
- Structure and writes more commercially focused or complicated materials such as story flows/strategic frameworks, competitor intelligence, advisory board reports, etc. with clear supervision from SMW or higher
Quality Control
- Ensures all work is referenced appropriately and is provided with a full reference pack
- Ensures all work is tagged appropriately on VVPM
- Is fully adherent to and shows a good working knowledge of the ABPI code of conduct
- Demonstrates knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines and ensures project work is compliant with these with supervision from senior team
On Site
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May go on-site across a variety of events and interacting with clients and faculty to develop and finalise content
Client Liaison
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Has begun to have client contact for content development on straight-forward projects and escalates queries in more challenging scenarios
Project Management
- Adheres to project schedules and briefs
- Understands key dates in project timelines and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication
- Proactively clarifies how a project status is tracking versus the number of hours available
- Participates in the tracking of project deliverables, identifying impact of out-of-scope changes
- Adheres to project budgets, or proactively provides appropriate reasons not to
Teamwork
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Trains/mentors junior writers on writing and company processes
