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Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Clinical Research Scientist

Clinical Research OperationsPosted on Nov 9
Full-timePlymouth, MN, USA$61.3k - $122.7kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Public Health, Epidemiology, Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, or a related scientific discipline is required.
  • Minimum experience equivalency is a Bachelor's degree plus 2–4 years of relevant experience, a Master's degree plus 0–2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD plus 0 years of relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated scientific writing ability is required.
  • Foundational understanding of clinical research methodology, clinical trial design, and evidence generation is required.
  • Ability to critically evaluate scientific literature and apply findings to scientific and clinical research questions is required.
  • Foundational understanding of statistical concepts, including study endpoints, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and interpretation of clinical study results, is required.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate scientific information to cross-functional stakeholders, are required.
  • Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and clinical research regulations is required.
  • Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams is required.
  • Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines are required.
  • Broad knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures, and practices are required.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the development, review, and maintenance of study-related documents, including clinical study protocols, protocol amendments, case report forms, investigator brochures, informed consent forms, study manuals, clinical study reports, and associated scientific documentation.
  • Support the planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of prospective clinical studies, registries, observational studies, post-market studies, and other evidence-generation activities.
  • Conduct literature reviews, scientific assessments, competitive analyses, and evidence evaluations to support protocol development, endpoint selection, publication activities, clinical strategy discussions, and evidence-generation planning.
  • Collaborate with clinical operations and contract research organization partners to support study execution, enrollment monitoring, site communications, protocol compliance, issue identification, and study-risk mitigation.
  • Review clinical data listings, summary tables, statistical outputs, and study reports, and contribute to interpretation of study outcomes, safety findings, and clinical evidence.
  • Participate in scientific data reviews and contribute to analyses supporting study conclusions, publication activities, clinical evaluation activities, and evidence-generation initiatives.
  • Contribute to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, posters, white papers, podium presentations, and other scientific communications for internal and external audiences.
  • Support publication activities through scientific writing, literature reviews, data review, and collaboration with internal teams and external authors.
  • Contribute to compiling and organizing clinical evidence supporting regulatory submissions, clinical evaluations, reimbursement activities, and regulatory authority responses.
  • Support maintenance of clinical study documentation, inspection readiness, audit activities, and compliance with quality system requirements.
  • Participate as an active study-team member and contribute scientific input during protocol development, study execution, data analysis, and reporting.
  • Communicate scientific findings, study progress, and project updates to department stakeholders.
  • Develop working knowledge of electrophysiology therapies, cardiovascular disease states, product technologies, clinical evidence, and evolving treatment paradigms.
  • Build collaborative working relationships with investigators, research coordinators, study sites, and cross-functional business partners.
  • Perform the job in a quality-system environment and comply with applicable governmental regulations.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree is preferred.
  • Medical device clinical research experience is preferred.
  • Knowledge of electrophysiology therapies and cardiovascular clinical research is preferred.
  • Experience supporting clinical trials or investigator-sponsored research is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of clinical trial statistics, including endpoints, confidence intervals, p-values, and hypothesis testing, is preferred.
  • Familiarity with FDA, MDR, ISO 14155, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements is preferred.
  • Experience authoring or contributing to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, posters, or presentations is preferred.

About the Company

Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Abbott Park, IL
Founded
1888

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