Medical Writer

About this role

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Medical Writer

Role Purpose

Our MWs play a fundamental role in our business by contributing to day-to-day project delivery within an account to create outstanding medical content across a variety of therapy areas. This position is ideal for a proactive communicator with a passion for science, a keen interest in AI, and a keen eye for detail who is looking to develop their medical writing career further.

Key Responsibilities

• Scientific knowledge:

• Has a good understanding of assigned therapeutic areas

• Effectively analyses and interprets scientific data to work on a wide range of assigned projects

• Strategic knowledge:

• Understands the medical affairs and commercial spaces within which clients work

• Reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors and shares findings and implications with teams

• Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors

• AI

• Confidently and efficiently uses AI tools to support assigned tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their work

• Seeks out new opportunities to apply AI tools in to improve personal workflow and task management

• Project ownership:

• Takes some responsibility for day-to-day delivery of scientific content under supervision of MW2 or SMW and higher

• Ensures communication objectives are met on assigned projects

• Editorial:

• Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients)

• Structure and writes more commercially focused or complicated materials such as story flows/strategic frameworks, competitor intelligence, advisory board reports, etc. with clear supervision from SMW or higher

• Quality control:

• Ensures all work is referenced appropriately and is provided with a full reference pack

• Ensures all work is tagged appropriately on VVPM

• Is fully adherent to and shows a good working knowledge the ABPI code of conduct

• Demonstrates knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines and ensures project work is compliant with these with supervision from senior team

• On site: May go on-site across a variety of events and interacting with clients and faculty to develop and finalise content

• Client liaison: Has begun to have client contact for content development on straight-forward projects and escalates queries in more challenging scenarios

• Project management

• Adheres to project schedules and briefs

• Understands key dates in project timelines and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication

• Proactively clarifies how a project status is tracking versus the number of hours available

• Participates in the tracking of project deliverables, identifying impact of out-of-scope changes

• Adheres to project budgets, or proactively provides appropriate reasons not to

• Teamwork: Trains/mentors junior writers on writing and company processes

Qualifications and skills

• You should bring a strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post-graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected

• A passion for, and profound understanding of, healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential, as well as a keen interest in AI technologies

• You’ll need to be personable, articulate, and have a keen eye for detail

• You should bring previous experience as a (junior) medical writer at an agency or within a pharmaceutical organisation

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