Job Description
Job Summary:
- The Senior Clinical Evaluation Medical Writer is responsible for authoring, reviewing, and managing clinical evaluation documents and reports in compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- This role involves synthesizing clinical data, scientific literature, and regulatory guidelines to create clear, concise, and evidence-based documentation that supports the safety and performance of medical devices.
- The writer collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality clinical evaluation reports (CERs) and related documents.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate complex medical and scientific information effectively are essential for success in this role.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Review and summarize scientific literature.
- Appraise, analyze, summarize, and discuss clinical evidence from all the available sources.
- Conducts comprehensive literature searches and performs a critical evaluation of clinical evidence.
Maintains database of peer-reviewed literature. - Develop state of the art (SOTA) on product family for its intended purpose.
- Create & maintain plans and reports for regulatory authorities, including but not limited to Clinical Evaluation Plans (CEP), Clinical Evaluation Reports (CER), Post-Market Clinical Follow-up Plans.
- (Product-P), Post-Market Clinical Follow-up Reports (Product – R), Summary of Safety and Clinical Performance (SSCP), Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSUR).
- Reports instances of complaints/adverse events from literature.
- Create responses for audit/submission queries.
Required Skills:
- Knowledge of regulatory agencies’ guidelines on clinical evaluation requirements.
- Experience writing clinical evaluation documents.
- Medical Device experience.
- Strong project management skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to deliver and manage projects assigned and work with other stakeholders to achieve desired results.
- Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
Responsibilities May Include :
- Review and summarize scientific literature.
- Reports instances of complaints/adverse events from literature to GCH.
- Create responses for audit/submission queries.
- Maintains database of peer-reviewed literature.
- Appraise, analyze, summarize, and discuss clinical evidence from all the available sources.
- Conducts comprehensive literature searches and performs a critical evaluation of clinical evidence.
- Develop state of the art on product family for its intended purpose.
- Create & maintain plans and reports for regulatory authorities.
- Review/approve other documentation for device development.
- Knowledge of regulatory agencies’ guidelines on clinical evaluation requirements.
Specialist Career Stream:
- Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty.
- Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results.
- May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals.
- The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation – while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.
Differentiating factor Autonomy:
- Seasoned individual contributor.
- Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
- Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.
Organizational Impact:
- May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
- Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
Innovation and Complexity:
- Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.
- Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
- Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
Communication and Influence:
- Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
- Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.
Leadership and Talent Management:
- May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
- May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others’ work product.
Required Knowledge & Experience:
- Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
- May have practical knowledge of project management.
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.