Job Description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies.

Alongside clinical research through our PPD® clinical research portfolio, our work in Accelerated Enrollment Solutions optimizes each step of the patient journey in clinical trials, such as securing sites and recruiting patients, allowing for more patients to participate in clinical research. Your determination to put patients at the heart of every decision will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Do you have a background in sales/marketing or perhaps you are a recent graduate with a life science or marketing degree?

Fancy working in a fast moving, dynamic industry and passionate about making a difference to patient’s lives?

Are you interested to learn how Synexus attracts patients to clinical trials?

We are currently looking to recruit a Patient Marketing Specialist in Manchester, to be responsible for maximising patient engagement for our clinical trials at the site.

This is a remote role, with the expectation to be at the clinical site 2 days per week, to ensure close collaboration with the clinical team/site manager to keep your finger on the pulse!

Key roles and responsibilities of the Patient Marketing Specialist are to:

• Medical partnerships - Identify opportunities that result in the expansion of medical partners across primary & secondary care, as well as maintaining existing partnerships. These relationships would be across GPs, Practice Nurses, Practice Managers, Hospital Consultants, and other healthcare professionals.

• Build a network of specialist consultants in our key therapeutic areas who would help identify potential patients for recruiting studies.

• Community outreach - Identify opportunities to expand our access to patients in the community, including social media outreach.

• Identify and attend conferences, exhibitions etc. to drive patient engagement/attraction.

• Handle patient information in accordance with Good Clinical Practice. Ensure confidentiality in all aspects of role and organisation activity. Comply with all regulatory and in-house standard and corporate operational requirements.

• Keep up to date with local and national healthcare news, issues, and guidance.

• Awareness of competitor initiatives in previously unchartered recruitment methods.

• Complete weekly progress reports

To be considered for this exciting opportunity you will need the following skills and experience -

• Have a background in or possess an interest in marketing – identifying the most effective way to engage/attract potential patients - creating engaging content, managing social media platforms & implementing email marketing campaigns.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Proactive and problem-solving approach, with the ability to work autonomously.

• Strong analytical skills paired with a focus on doing things right, first time.

• The ability to multi-task, manage conflicting priorities.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.