Medical Writer/Editor (Consultant)

Location - London or Winchester Hybrid working - MINIMUM of 2 days per week (40%) in office with Tuesday as the team day We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant with a proven track record in medical writing to join our team and play a key role in growing our medical writing offering. You will need to have experience in writing and managing the development of a wide variety of value communication deliverables, including but not limited to Global Value Dossiers (GVDs), payer formulary packs, HTA submissions, white papers, data visualisation tools, medical education, training materials, and HEOR/ RWE focused manuscripts. Joining LCP’s Health Analytics team offers a unique opportunity to be part of an exciting growth phase as we expand our market access and broader value communication capabilities. This role is ideal for someone looking to make a tangible impact, take on leadership opportunities, and grow their expertise in a supportive and dynamic environment. Who are we and what do we do? In 2020 LCP launched our Heath Analytics practice, providing analytical and research services for organisations across the life sciences and healthcare industries. Our team brings together scientists, HEOR experts, market access specialists, epidemiologists, clinicians, and health data specialists alongside our established actuarial, analytics and technology teams to deliver new solutions for the fundamental challenges in health. Over the past five years we have built a track record for leading approaches to real world evidence generation, health economic modelling, literature reviews and statistical analysis, market access strategy and innovative reimbursement design, including support in the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) submissions and development of compelling value communications. We have been growing the team quickly in response to the demand we are seeing for the service offerings we have developed and now have a team of over 50 people working across three service areas of evidence generation, HEOR, and market access. Our team’s mission is to help move health systems from importers of illness to exporters of health and to support our clients to deliver value to patients. This is underpinned by our approach to support clients to improve the population’s health and reduce inequalities. What will you be doing? LCP’s Health Analytics team works across the healthcare and life sciences markets, combining health expertise with innovative approaches from our work in other sectors to tackle leading health issues. Examples of the types of projects that this role will cover include:

• Development of GVDs and other similar documents i.e. early value dossiers, AMCP and other formulary access tools (including payer value decks and HEOR/ access toolkits), payer value propositions/ messages and objection handlers
• HTA dossier development and submission management with a focus on the UK and Ireland (NICE / SMC / AWMSG / NCPE)
• JCA submission dossier development
• Literature review and statistical analysis reports
• Publications including posters, abstracts and manuscripts
• Development of data visualisation/ infographic type deliverables
• Conference, advisory board and other similar reports

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Act as lead writer in the delivery of high-quality content which is fully referenced and reflective of the evidence base, and which is tailored to the target audience in terms of its content and style
• Lead HEOR and market access focused medical writing projects as required, including coordination and project management of internal delivery teams alongside client-facing coordination of projects
• Develop Health Analytics team “house style” and similar editorial standards, processes and templates
• People responsibilities including the line management and development of junior members of the team, depending on your experience and interests

What skills, qualities and experience do you need to be considered?

• Demonstrable, proven experience as a medical writer in a consultancy environment, to include preparing HTA submissions and other HEOR and market access focused medical writing projects (including but not limited to; GVDs, early value dossiers, AMCP and other formulary access tools, manuscripts, conference presentations, payer value propositions/ messages and objection handlers)
• Demonstrable experience in scientific/ medical writing across a broad range of Market Access/ HEOR communication materials is a core required competence
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and be highly competent in the use of Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and relevant reference management software (i.e. Mendeley, Endnote or similar)
• Ability to develop search strategies and run literature review using widely available scientific/ medical literature tools and databases (i.e., PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, Google Scholar etc.) is desirable
• Experience in developing house styles and editorial standards along with demonstrable experience in working in visual, MS PowerPoint and prose-based, MS Word and similar formats is required
• Experience leading the preparation of client-facing presentations and reports, effectively communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Ability to conduct and guide others in targeted secondary research utilising a wide variety of sources to address specific research questions
• Comfortable leading on day-to-day project activities and managing the workload of others
• You should be comfortable engaging in a variety of project types across HTA, market access and HEOR (appropriate support will always be provided)
• Experience in business development activities, including proposal writing and pitch presentations, is highly desirable
• Ability to demonstrate initiative in every aspect of your work and be creative in developing original solutions to problems
• Excellent communication skills
• Enjoy, embrace and thrive working in a dynamic and forward thinking environment

What’s in it for you? Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes: For you:

• Hybrid working (see top of the advert for details)
• Professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Discounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insurance through our flexible benefits
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Digital GP services

For your wealth:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• High street discounts
• Season ticket loans

For others:

• Volunteering opportunities

For the environment:

• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (qualifying period applies)

And much more! We continuously strive to build an inclusive workplace where all forms of diversity are valued, including age, background, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or sexual orientation. LCP is committed to making our opportunities accessible to all and would welcome you getting in touch to let us know if an adjustment can be made to help with your application. This may be extra time for assessments, pre-interview site visits, interview structure or questions, or asking us about building accessibility. Whatever it may be, please get in touch via our dedicated email address - accessibilityaware@lcp.uk.com to discuss how we can support you with your application. LCP currently holds a sponsorship license for skilled worker visas, allowing us to assist with applications aligning with the UK Government's criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. If you anticipate needing sponsorship for a skilled worker visa, we recommend reviewing the sponsorship criteria for your desired role before applying by visiting https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa Recruitment agencies LCP operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for recruitment agencies which is reviewed annually. We do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies who are not part of our current PSL. LCP only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place, and the agency has been instructed by a member of our recruitment team to supply CVs via the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for a legitimate, open vacancy. If this process is not adhered to, LCP reserve the right to contact these candidates directly and have discussions with them without paying any agency fees. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to any employee or Partner at LCP.