Senior Medical Writer

COMPANY SUMMARY 

At AirLife, we are dedicated to improving the quality of every breath. Excellence with Every Breath is not just a tag line, but the way we work and take care of our customers. With a mindset to evolve, innovate, and grow, we are a premier manufacturer of the highest-quality and market-leading breathing consumables. This growth philosophy has positioned us to increase our global footprint and business reach, impacting even more people around the world. Our expanding family of the most trusted brands offers a product portfolio that spans the continuum of care from first responder to home care, with safety, patient comfort, and clinical performance in mind. Collective expertise allows us to provide quality products and experiences to our patients, customers, and our people. Our values of Customer first, Differentiate with our People, Bias for Action, Continuous Improvement and Accountability define who we are and how we work. Join us!

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Medical Writer is primarily responsible for preparing Clinical Evaluation Reports (CERs) and associated documents for regulatory submissions and Post-market Surveillance for analysis of existing product clinical performance, while working in a cross-functional team. This includes conducting searches of peer-reviewed publications, risk management files and post market quality tabulations to compile relevant data. Report preparation involves summarizing data and writing risk versus benefit analyses for products in a format defined to satisfy regulatory requirements. The medical writer may also prepare technical documents, study protocols, investigational plans, manuscripts for publication, or white papers. The scope includes AirLife anesthesia and respiratory medical devices.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated bibliographic research and editorial skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• Strong ability to interpret and disseminate results of published literature and clinical studies, working knowledge of statistics.
• Basic understanding of regulatory compliance for medical device.
• Basic understanding of Medical Writing, including familiarity with writing styles such as American Medical Association.
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) .
• Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail; ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in conducting focused literature searches on PubMed, MedLine or other similar medical literature databases.
• Project management skills.

Education:

• BS/BA in respiratory therapy, nursing or a similar technical discipline preferred.
• Five or more years of experience as a medical or clinical research writer, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of experience in authoring Clinical Evaluation Reports to the EU MDR Regulation 2017/745.
• Clinical background in the medical device industry desired, with a strong preference to those with experience in the respiratory and anesthesia products.

Travel Percentage: 

Up to 10%.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

The core tasks, duties, and responsibilities that must be performed on the job.

• Develop Clinical Development Plan as part of design validation for new medical devices to support product registrations internationally.
• Prepare Clinical Evaluation Plan (CEP) & Clinical Evaluation Report (CER) documents in accordance with European Union guidance using relevant information compiled from clinical research, peer reviewed publications, risk management files and post market data. This will also include project management of CER or Post Market Surveillance (PMS) activities in collaboration with quality and regulatory organization.
• Maintain periodic updates, perform gap analysis, and revise existing CERs to meet current international regulations.
• Collaborate with the Quality, Engineering & Regulatory Affairs organization and perform Clinical Risk Benefit Analysis (CRBAs) to support risk management activities.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs and provide support to respond to clinical questions from regulatory agencies.
• For all documents, coordinate and manage the review process, lead discussions on document revision, revise document per comments from external and internal reviewers, and ensure timely approvals from all reviewers.
• Conduct scientific literature searches and clinical evidence mapping, manage the literature database, and prepare literature reviews for external and internal stake holders.
• Participate in the periodic reviews of recent scientific publications and online content relevant to the business, draft article summaries for distribution to key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain SOPs and writing tools, such as templates and style manuals.
• May attend conferences to keep current with advancements in the field; contribute to the development of conference coverage reports for internal distribution.
• Develop and create clinical study protocols, protocol amendments, informed consent forms, case report forms, and study reports (e.g., human factors testing, user preference evaluations, performance bench studies.) in support of the Clinical Affairs department and in coordination with Regulatory Affairs and Engineering.
• Performs other duties and tasks for Clinical Affairs, as required,
• Provide leadership and assistance to other team members.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Focus on achieving our Company mission.
• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness in daily work; look for ways to improve and promote quality & safety. 
• Inspire the trust of others; treat people with respect and dignity and embrace the value of diversity.
• Use time efficiently; perform job accurately, thoroughly, and conserve Company resources to improve profits.
• Contribute to building and maintaining a positive team environment.
• Assure all policies and guidelines are implemented and followed.

QUALITY POLICY

At AirLife, Quality is our promise. It is our commitment to customer satisfaction and our dedication to product excellence in an evolving global healthcare market. This promise is kept through a continuously improving and effective Quality Management System and compliance to Regulatory Requirements.

DEIA STATEMENT

At AirLife, we are committed to building a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace that reflects the communities and customers we serve. We believe our philosophy on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advancement (DEIA) encourages excellence and equips us to serve an evolving global marketplace.