Clinical Trainer/Educator

Job Title: Clinical Trainer

Pay Rate: $47 to $55/Hr

Duration: 11 Months (Part-time - 20 hours a week)

Location: Newton, MA

Note: This position requires travel 25-50% with overnight stay up & travel outside the US as well.

This position is for the Healthcare Diagnostics division.

We are looking for a Clinical Trainer

We are currently looking for an ambitious Clinical Trainer, contractor, to join our Endovascular Robotics business within Advanced Therapies. We are a global technology leader in robotic-assisted vascular interventions. We believe the combination of endovascular robotics, image guidance, and dedicated devices will change the way neurovascular procedures are done in the future, enabling better outcomes and providing our customers to provide better access to care.

As a Clinical Trainer, you will be responsible for training healthcare professionals on the proper use and best practices of a new medical device.

Medical device training

• Develop, conduct, and track/document training sessions (didactic and hands-on as needed) for healthcare professionals of a new medical device.
• Provide expertise to answer clinical questions and address concerns related to the device’s use.
• Drives overall education and training activities for Physicians and Hospital Staff (technicians/nurses/etc) of a new medical device.
• Provide on-site, device training and procedural technical support to assist the Clinical Affairs Research Team during clinical trials.
• Technical support may include all aspects of the device, handling, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Document procedural/device case observations for marketing insights

Continuous improvements:

• Develop and continuously improve training curriculum, training materials, and training tools, based on clinical experience and feedback from healthcare professionals
• Collaborate with Product teams to provide feedback on device iterations and new device development
• Technical and Clinical Expert.
• Translates complex technical messaging, dispels competitive claims, resolves complex technical issues, and maintains customer relationships through technical expertise.
• Timely collaboration with the Clinical Affairs Research team relative to device training, case support, and observations that may impact the outcome of clinical studies (i.e., device malfunction(s) during a procedure).
• Collaborates with the Usability team to ensure training requirements meet risk profile

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, a registered nurse or a radiology technician, a plus, with a minimum of 8 years of experience in education/sales/service/engineering/rad tech/ OR technician/etc with neurointerventional device sales experience a plus, OR an Advanced Degree, with a minimum of 5 years of experience in education/sales/service/engineering, experience a plus
• Demonstrated experience in device training during clinical trials in the US and OUS.
• Experience in training clinicians, technicians, clinical field specialists, or sales professionals.
• Strong work ethic in accomplishing the objectives of the position.
• Ability to meet vendor credentialing requirements.
• Excellent customer service and/or education skills.
• Proven ability to build/maintain positive relationships with peers and colleagues across organizational levels.
• Excellent interpersonal, written/verbal communication skills; specifically, the ability to create educational content.
• Frequent travel to customer sites, hospitals, and off-site meetings.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
• Occasional handling of equipment and supplies weighing up to 40 pounds, and moving items from one surface to another at approximately the same level, and from ground level to table height.
• Sitting, standing, and/or walking for up to eight hours per day.
• Environmental exposures include infectious disease, radiation, and blood and bodily fluids.
• Ability to wear a 5-7 lbs lead apron for extended periods of time.

Preferred Skills:

• Degree in biomedical engineering, nursing, radiology technologist, or similar.
• Neurointerventional device sales experience a plus.
• Robotic experience is a plus.
• Experience in interventional neurology, neurological surgery, and hemodynamic monitoring technology.
• Knowledge and understanding of neurovascular science.
• Thorough working knowledge of neuro-medical terminology and the medical device industry.
• Ability to coordinate/participate in numerous tasks/projects in a fast-paced environment in an organized manner while meeting deadlines.
• Moderate understanding of medical device regulatory requirements and documents, device accountability, and adverse events reporting.
• The successful candidate will preferably have experience in marketing new technologies and therapies, preferably systems that involve capital and disposable. surgical/interventional equipment.