New · posted Nov 10
Abbott · Medical Devices
Clinical Research Scientist
- Plymouth, MN
- On-site
- Full-time
- Associate & Specialist
The role
This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location, in the Electrophysiology division, we’re advancing the treatment of heart and vascular disease through breakthrough medical technologies, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
The Clinical Research Scientist will participate in scientific and operational activities supporting the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of clinical studies within Abbott's Electrophysiology portfolio. This role contributes to the generation of clinical evidence supporting product development, regulatory approvals, reimbursement initiatives, post-market surveillance activities, and scientific communication efforts.
The Clinical Research Scientist will work collaboratively across multiple functions to support clinical research programs from study planning through publication and reporting while developing expertise in clinical research methodology, medical device development, scientific communication, and evidence generation.
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists
What you need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Public Health, Epidemiology, Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, or related scientific discipline.
- Minimum experience equivalency:
- BS + 2-4 years relevant experience
- MS + 0-2 years relevant experience
- PhD + 0 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated scientific writing ability.
- Foundational understanding of clinical research methodology, clinical trial design, and evidence generation.
- Ability to critically evaluate scientific literature and apply findings to scientific and clinical research questions.
- Foundational understanding of statistical concepts including study endpoints, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and interpretation of clinical study results.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate scientific information to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and clinical research regulations.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Broad knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures, and practices.
Preferred Qualificationsnice to have
- Advanced degree preferred.
- Medical device clinical research experience.
- Knowledge of electrophysiology therapies and cardiovascular clinical research.
- Experience supporting clinical trials or investigator-sponsored research.
- Working knowledge of clinical trial statistics including endpoints, confidence intervals, p-values, and hypothesis testing.
- Familiarity with FDA, MDR, ISO 14155, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements.
- Experience authoring or contributing to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, posters, or presentations.
What you'll do
What You'll Work On
This position will work closely with the clinical study team including clinical scientists, project management, clinical operations, biostatistics, data management, regulatory affairs, quality affairs, medical affairs, reimbursement, and research and development personnel. This position will execute limited scoped responsibilities in accordance with applicable regulations, company procedures, and quality system requirements. Additionally:
- 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 CRO partners to support study execution activities, enrollment monitoring, site communications, protocol compliance activities, issue identification, and study-risk mitigation efforts.
- 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 development of scientific manuscripts, abstracts, posters, white papers, podium presentations, and other scientific communications intended 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 compilation and organization of clinical evidence supporting regulatory submissions, clinical evaluations, reimbursement activities, and regulatory authority responses.
- Support maintenance of clinical study documentation, inspection readiness activities, audit activities, and compliance with quality system requirements.
- Participate as an active member of study teams and contribute scientific input during protocol development, study execution, data analysis, and reporting activities.
- 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.
The job will be performed in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
Pay and benefits
$61,300 – $122,700 a year
Employer providedThe base pay for this position is
$61,300.00 – $122,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Free medical coverage option (HIP PPO plan)
Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
Tuition reimbursement
Freedom 2 Save student debt program
FreeU education benefit
Career development
Where you'll work
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JOB FAMILY
Clinical Affairs / Statistics
DIVISION
EP Electrophysiology
LOCATION
United States > Minnesota > Plymouth : 5050 Nathan Lane N
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Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This roleEmployer provided
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $61,300 | — | $122,700 |
This role: Abbott's own published range.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Clinical Development
The general path across 289 open Clinical Development roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Abbott's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 45 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Clinical trial conduct18
- Collaboration and leadership12
- Documentation and SOPs8
- GMP and compliance5
- Lab testing and methods4
- Investigations and CAPA3
- Quality systems and risk3
- Regulatory submissions2
- Data and digital systems1
Regulatory intelligence
The rules, regulations and standards behind this role
The regulations, guidance and standards that govern Clinical Development work in medical devices, led by the five this posting names, each linked to the agency or standards body that publishes it.
- ISOISO 14155(official source, opens in a new tab)Good clinical practice for clinical investigations of medical devicesNamed in the posting
- ICHICH E6(R3) good clinical practice(official source, opens in a new tab)The international standard for the design, conduct and reporting of clinical trialsNamed in the posting
- EUEU MDR (Regulation 2017/745)(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU Medical Device Regulation: CE marking, technical documentation, vigilanceNamed in the posting
- HHSHIPAA Privacy Rule(official source, opens in a new tab)Federal protections for individually identifiable health informationNamed in the posting
- EUGDPR (Regulation 2016/679)(official source, opens in a new tab)The EU General Data Protection Regulation for personal data, including health dataNamed in the posting
- FDA21 CFR Part 812(official source, opens in a new tab)Investigational device exemptions for clinical studies of devices
- FDA21 CFR Part 50(official source, opens in a new tab)Protection of human subjects: informed consent in FDA-regulated trials
- FDA21 CFR Part 56(official source, opens in a new tab)Institutional review boards for FDA-regulated clinical investigations
- EUMDCG guidance(official source, opens in a new tab)The Medical Device Coordination Group's endorsed guidance on applying the MDR and IVDR
- ICHICH E9 and E9(R1)(official source, opens in a new tab)Statistical principles for clinical trials and estimands
- FDAFDA Investigations Operations Manual(official source, opens in a new tab)How FDA investigators plan and conduct inspections
- ISOISO 19011(official source, opens in a new tab)Guidelines for auditing management systems
- HHS45 CFR Part 46 (Common Rule)(official source, opens in a new tab)The federal policy for the protection of human research subjects
- NIH42 CFR Part 11(official source, opens in a new tab)Clinical trial registration and results reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov
- FDAFDA Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO)(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA inspections of clinical investigators, sponsors, IRBs and GLP labs
- FDA21 CFR Part 11(official source, opens in a new tab)FDA rules for electronic records and electronic signatures
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