Therapy Specialist

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

We are at the forefront of transforming structural heart therapies, leading the development of more advanced solutions for patient care. As a passionate, committed, and innovative group of people with a fresh perspective, we strive to be your best partner—so that you achieve successful outcomes and empower lives filled with potential. This position will be primarily responsible for clinical and sales support for MitraClip™.  MitraClip™ is a transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) device to treat Mitral Regurgitation.  It is an echocardiography-guided procedure. 

We are now inviting expressions of interest to join the SH division as a therapy specialist supporting MitraClip™. This procedure is complex in nature and requires high level of clinical understanding.  Experience in either TAVI, Echocardiography or Cardiac Cath Lab would be advantageous.  Medical Device sales experience would also be looked upon very favorably.  The primary scope of this role is to cover Perth and Adelaide. 

The main aspects of this role include:

• Assist customers and other clinical stakeholders with MitraClip case planning, including assessing patient suitability.

• Provide clinical case coverage during the MitraClip procedure.

• Interact with customers and other clinical stakeholders for any post-case MitraClip discussion and evaluation.

• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders and physicians within the MitraClip account (i.e. Interventionalist, Echo Cardiologist, CV Surgeon, Valve Coordinator, Nurse Unit Manager, General Cardiologist) to generate awareness and referrals.

• Assist in conducting customer training workshop (including echo workshops) ranging from on-boarding training activities to continuous education to maintaining and increasing physician skill levels.

• Optimize process regarding patient screening and procedure scheduling

• Call on referring physicians to present the MitraClip technology and clinical data.

• Advice physicians and team members on complicated cases.

• Support local and national conferences / programs.

To succeed in your new role, you would need to have:

• Good understanding of the industry process and function; able to confidently discuss this with customers, as well as internal and external experts

• Minimum of 2 years Sales Experience / Medical Clinical Support

• Medical experience is necessary.  Echocardiography experience is favourable but not mandatory. 

• Proven track record in the sales / clinical introduction of sophisticated medical therapeutic, procedure enabling devices that requires significant clinician training
   

Abbott provides some fantastic benefits for our employees, these include:

• Ongoing Learning and development opportunities

• Discounted Healthcare

• Free Flu Vaccination

• Discounted Shares program

• AND….Lots, lots more
   

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please visit our careers site at www.abbottcareers.com for more information.
 

Abbott is an equal opportunity employer.

We ask that recruiters respect our internal recruitment process and PSA panel, and refrain from contacting us, or referring candidates to this role.

The base pay for this position is

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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