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Medical Communications

principal medical writer

Key responsibilities: The Principal Medical Writer will work across a range of UK, Global and European medical communications activities, build on their existing therapeutic and project experience and use insights to generate innovative ways of engaging healthcare professionals and patients. You will typically lead one client account and provide scientific support to others. 

A Principal Medical Writer is a key part of the team, balancing the responsibilities of developing the scientific strategy for projects with day to day delivery of high-quality content. At this level, an individual may start to manage a medical writer. 

As a senior member within an agency, a Principal Medical Writer will be responsible for growing an account organically whilst also identifying new business opportunities. The individual will also be expected to attend client and external meetings – this could involve small advisory boards, or weeklong conferences within a specified therapy area.

Previous roles/experience would include:Senior Medical Writer

Usually reports into:Scientific Director or Editorial Director

Sits within this team:Editorial or Medical Writing

Qualifications:PhD minimum

Salary band:£45,000 - £55,000 Basic Salary Pension, Annual Leave, Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme

Related topics: Principal Medical Writer, Medical Communications, Healthcare Communications, MedComms, Medical Education, Medical Writing, Homeworking, Pharmaceuticals, Publications, Editorial, PhD, Communications, Science Writing

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Capital of the UK, home to the Big Ben, the British Museum and Buckingham Palace, London is one of the most famous cities in the world. With more than 2000 years of history behind it, London is filled bursting with iconic buildings, bridges and people.  

With more than 170 museums, and over 300 languages spoken by its residents, London is known for being one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. The British Museum alone contains more than 13million artefacts from the ancient world. If that’s not enough, there is also the National Gallery, the Tate Modern, the Natural History Museum and the Southbank Centre to explore – many of which are free entry, with reasonable admin charges for special exhibitions and events.

London may not be the largest city in the world, but it makes the most of the space it does have - Hyde Park alone offers everything from free yoga to fully fledged music festivals. Whether you want to wander through Camden Market, see Shakespeare’s Globe or catch a Clipper across the Thames… you’ll be hard pressed to run out of things to do - from street food to fine dining, the West End to the IMAX, London has a plethora of *activities to suit any budget. 

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London job market is booming. In addition to being one of the world’s most significant financial and cultural capitals, London has one of the largest concentrations of universities and higher education institutions in the world – nurturing our future workforce.

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