Medical Writer

Company: Real Chemistry
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

  • Scientific knowledge
    • Has a good understanding of assigned therapeutic areas
    • Effectively analyses and interprets scientific data to work on a wide range of assigned projects
  • Strategic knowledge
    • Understands the medical affairs and commercial spaces within which clients work
    • Reviews literature and competitive information to continually expand understanding of brand/marketplace and emerging competitors and shares findings and implications with teams
    • Participates in meetings and strategic discussions with clients, authors, and advisors
  • AI
    • Confidently and efficiently uses AI tools to support assigned tasks, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in their work
    • Seeks out new opportunities to apply AI tools to improve personal workflow and task management
  • Project ownership
    • Takes some responsibility for day‑to‑day delivery of scientific content under supervision of MW2 or SMW and higher
    • Ensures communication objectives are met on assigned projects
  • Editorial
    • Adapts writing style to suit different audiences (e.g. primary and secondary care physicians, nurses or patients)
    • Structure and writes more commercially focused or complicated materials such as story flows/strategic frameworks, competitor intelligence, advisory board reports, etc. with clear supervision from SMW or higher
  • Quality control
    • Ensures all work is referenced appropriately and is provided with a full reference pack
    • Ensures all work is tagged appropriately on VVPM
    • Is fully adherent to and shows a good working knowledge of the ABPI code of conduct
    • Demonstrates knowledge of good practice/industry guidelines and ensures project work is compliant with these with supervision from senior team
  • On‑site – May go on‑site across a variety of events and interact with clients and faculty to develop and finalise content
  • Client liaison – Has begun to have client contact for content development on straightforward projects and escalates queries in more challenging scenarios
  • Project management
    • Adheres to project schedules and briefs
    • Understands key dates in project timelines and keeps the account team apprised of status on projects by providing timely and accurate communication
    • Proactively clarifies how a project status is tracking versus the number of hours available
    • Participates in the tracking of project deliverables, identifying impact of out‑of‑scope changes
    • Adheres to project budgets, or proactively provides appropriate reasons not to
  • Teamwork – Trains/mentors junior writers on writing and company processes

Qualifications and Skills

  • You should bring a strong scientific background with a degree in a scientific or medical discipline (post‑graduate degree preferred). A high level of academic achievement is expected
  • A passion for, and profound understanding of, healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential, as well as a keen interest in AI technologies
  • You’ll need to be personable, articulate, and have a keen eye for detail
  • You should bring previous experience as a (junior) medical writer at an agency or within a pharmaceutical organisation

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.

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Posted: April 17th, 2026