What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ophthalmology Medical Science Liaison (Contract) - Southern California position at BESTMSLs?
Overview
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) reports to our National Director of Field Medical. MSLs are field-based healthcare professionals to our customers. They will engage in compliant scientific exchange and provide whole practice education on disease state and respond to inquiries related to our products. **This is a 5-month contract position**
Responsibilities
Manage key opinion leader (KOL) optometrists and ophthalmologists in a designated region, ensuring compliant conduct per PhRMA guidelines.
Be the primary medical affairs KOL point of contact for day to day needs and peer-based scientific exchange, adhering to our scientific platform; engagements may include both virtual and live interactions.
Collect actionable insights from field scientific exchange, prioritize and collate these insights to shape medical strategy.
Provide whole practice education to optometric and ophthalmic centers.
Provide resources to facilitate disease state education in Optometry schools and Ophthalmology residency programs.
Instruct customers (upon request) on investigator initiated trial and medical information procedures.
Compliantly identify and recommend KOLs for a variety of projects (including advisory boards, medical education initiatives, training, publications, special projects, clinical trials, business development evaluations) based on expertise, interests, and competencies.
Plan KOL engagements and schedule and attend scientific sessions at local, regional and national medical meetings as needed.
Liaise with local and regional optometric and ophthalmic medical societies.
Present scientific evidence to the payer community.
Provide leadership and expertise on medical affairs projects and initiatives.
Participate in continual optimization of training, insights gathering and field medical processes.
Host local disease state scientific exchanges and “lid lash labs.”
Participate in compliant and collaborative engagements with cross-functional team members including training and KOL meetings.
Provide clinical trial support as needed and determined by the clinical development team.
Manage territory budget, metrics, KOL mapping and CRM entries.
Qualifications
Doctorate of Optometry, or MD, PharmD, PhD with eye care expertise required.
2 years of experience as a medical science liaison in eye care is preferred; or 3 years of clinical experience in eyecare with at least one year of industry experience or 7 years of clinical practice in eyecare.
Strong emotional intelligence and presentation skills.
Ability to plan, organize, manage, and prioritize workload proactively in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and customer relationship management software.
Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, and navigate complex systems and processes.
Ability to collect actionable insights and critically analyze data.
Strong collaboration and influencing skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical and clinical information.
Territory Includes: Southern California
Ideal Candidate Locations: Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Santa Barbara, CA
Travel: 60-80%
Candidates must live in their assigned territory; preference given to those within 45 minutes of a major airport or metropolitan area.
