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Regional Medical Advisor - Obesity

Category: Clinical Development and Medical

Location:

Cardiff, Wales, GB

Join our team of dedicated experts as a Regional Medical Advisor and make a positive impact on the lives of individuals struggling with obesity. With your expertise and passion, you will provide vital support and guidance to healthcare professionals, empowering them to deliver the best possible care for people living with obesity.

This is a role based in the Southwest England and Wales territory, so it is required to live within the mentioned territory.

The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced medical professional to join our team as a Regional Medical Advisor in the therapeutic area of Obesity. As The Regional Medical Advisor, you will play a critical role in supporting the healthcare industry in Wales and Southwest England by providing expert medical guidance, training, and support to healthcare professionals in both NHS and private market.

The key purpose will be to develop regional medical advisory services for healthcare professionals. The main overall objective of the role is to ensure local Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) understand the scientific basis for and clinical value of Novo Nordisk products for the treatment of Obesity.

In this role, you will:

• Identify, contact, develop and maintain relations with key influencers and major institutions in the health care sector
• Assist in the development of medical educational initiatives for external stakeholders within obesity business unit
• Provide medical input and support to Clinical Research activities
• Support sales and marketing with medical advice for customers and provide medical advice and training to Novo Nordisk employees in the region.
• Have ability and willingness to quickly adapt to new situations in a continuously evolving environment.

This role will require travel, but you will also need experience using teams for virtual meetings.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a medical doctor (GMC registered) or clinical pharmacist with clinical experience in obesity, or PhD in related area (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes, Metabolic syndrome) with prior experience in the field of obesity/metabolic disease.

On top of what we would expect:

• Good understanding of the UK NHS environment
• A holder of valid driving licence and willing to travel.
• Strong communication and networking capability together with excellent presentation and training skills

About the Department

Medical Affairs is a department within the Clinical, Medical & Regulatory (CMR) department, responsible for the medical and scientific dialogue supporting the appropriate use of innovative treatments including Novo Nordisk products. Medical Affairs ensure that Novo Nordisk\'s activities are undertaken in an ethical and appropriately scientific manner, thereby safeguarding the trust and respect of health care professionals and patients. The Department is divided into an office team of Medical Advisors and a field team of Regional Medical Advisors and obesity education facilitators.

What We Offer

• Bonus: We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached, you\'ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Your workplace: Our offices will be your primary workplace but with flexibility to work 2-3 days at home during your working week
• Pension: a market leading pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Wellness: We want you to be your best self, so you\'ll have access to an award-winning Wellness programme, including Private Medical Insurance, the Lifeworks App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and offerings
• Insurances: All colleagues are covered by our private medical, life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind
• Inclusive culture: our culture is one of care, support and respect for our people. We are committed to making your workplace safe and believe that a transparent, inclusive culture and leadership is the way to empower every individual to do their very best

Working at Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk is its people. We know that life is anything but linear and balancing what is important at different stages of our career is never easy. That\'s why we make room for diverse life situations, always putting people first. We value our employees for the unique skills they bring to the table, and we work continuously to bring out the best in them. Working at Novo Nordisk is working toward something bigger than ourselves, and it\'s a collective effort. Together, we go further. Together, we\'re life changing.

Application support

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. If you\'re a person with a disability, if you\'re neurodivergent, and need any adjustments to be made during the application and selection process, please send an email to GIFJ@novonordisk.com. Please include your name, the role you are interested in and the type of adjustment your need.

Contact

Please, submit your application via the Novo Nordisk website. We are unable to accept direct CVs.

Deadline

Please apply before 8th September 2023.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we\'re life changing.

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