Medical Writer (multiple locations considered)

About us

We are a dynamic, friendly, and rapidly expanding independent market access and HEOR consultancy with offices in Oxfordshire, London, Manchester, York, Newcastle, and Cambridge. 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.

The role

We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated Medical Writer, with a genuine interest in how healthcare innovation is communicated, to join our expanding team of writers at Mtech Access. The ideal candidate would have a high work ethic, be collaborative, and hands-on in a varied role, with a minimum of 18 months’ 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, in a dynamic and supportive environment. You will work closely with colleagues within multidisciplinary project teams and externally with clients, external associates (e.g. key opinion leaders), and third party agencies to achieve project objectives, as well as play an active role in the continued growth of the Medical Writing Team and company as a whole.

This is a permanent position, which could be based in a number of our offices.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Acting as the support or lead writer on projects to deliver evidence-based, fully-referenced content, consistently to a high standard and to deadlines
  • Working across a varied range of therapeutic areas and a breadth of market access deliverables, including health technology assessment evidence submissions, global value dossiers, value proposition slide decks, objection handlers, formulary packs, budget impact tool introductory screens, workshop/expert interview summaries, and publications
  • 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
  • Actively contributing to the continued growth and development of the Medical Writing Team
  • 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

Requirements

Essential

  • 18+ months’ relevant experience gained within a consultancy (or similar) environment
  • A life sciences degree or equivalent qualification
  • 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
  • Proficient with Microsoft Word®, PowerPoint®, and EndNote® (or other bibliographic software), and competent in the use of Excel®
  • Proficient in basic research and literature reviews, including basic knowledge of PubMed functions
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken (English)
  • 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

Desirable

  • A life sciences PhD
  • Experience with the use of Veeva PromoMats
  • Working knowledge of key industry guidelines (e.g. ABPI)
  • Experience in developing Medical Education packages
  • Experience in developing AMCP dossiers

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
  • An additional 3 days 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
  • Wellbeing, recognition, and employee discounts scheme
  • Optional private healthcare insurance via salary sacrifice
  • Subsidised eyecare
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Enhanced parental leave policies

This is a permanent position that can based in any of our office locations across Bicester (Oxfordshire), London, Cambridge, Manchester or Newcastle.