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Job Overview
Within a structured program, supports Medical Writing deliverables and focuses on specific tasks under senior supervision, while gaining experience, knowledge, and skills in Medical Writing. Prepares assigned documents in accordance with IQVIA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and customer requirements as well as to the agreed timelines.

Keeps abreast of current medical and/or technical writing/regulatory knowledge, including Good Clinical Practice (GCP), along with developments and advances in drug development/medical and/or technical writing.

Essential Functions
• Consolidate and expand knowledge, experience, and competence in specific Medical Writing tasks by preparing assigned documents to a high standard, with growing independence, focusing on tasks such as writing patient narratives.
• Manage day-to-day workload, track timelines, draft assigned documents to a high standard, and implement review comments and customer requests with senior guidance/review, keeping manager/senior staff abreast of progress on tasks and any potential problems.
• Interact with internal clients. May have some external interactions, mostly directed by senior staff.
• Keep abreast of current data, trends, medical and/or technical writing/regulatory knowledge, developments and advances in area of drug development/medical and/or technical writing.
• Comply with customer requirements and with IQVIA Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and standards.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's Degree in life sciences related discipline or related field Req
• Master's Degree Master's Degree in life sciences related discipline or related field
 Pref
• Ph.D. Ph.D. in life sciences related discipline or related field Pref
• Typically requires completion of at least 1 year as a Medical Writing Trainee within the program with a high level of performance, including significant experience in preparing CSR narratives to a high standard and with decreasing levels of guidance. Req
• Good knowledge of drug development, medical writing, and associated regulations, and in particular the requirements and standards for patient narratives. Good understanding of statistical principles and of medical terminology across a range of therapeutic areas. Req
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including grammatical/technical writing skills.
• Familiarity with the structural and content requirements of clinical study reports, protocols, and similar documents.
• Clear understanding of the purpose and requirements of different types of narratives and the sources of their content.
• Good understanding of common statistical methods used in clinical trials and/or interpretation of their results.
• Ability to integrate, interpret, and summarize data from a variety of sources in a clear and concise manner.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Communicates clearly, effectively and confidently with others.
• Demonstrated abilities in collaboration with others and independent thought.
• Demonstrates confidence and maturity in most routine medical writing situations.
• Demonstrates good judgement in requesting input from senior staff.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and customers.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and projects.
• Must be computer literate.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com