·Qualifications - Science degree or equivalent, e.g Nursing
·Languages - Fluent: Norwegian and English
·UK office (Richmond, North Yorkshire) or Home office based
·Expanding our global team due to successful contract bids
·Comprehensive training and career development
Professional Information is a leading Medical Information (MI) service provider. We work with over 85 Pharma companies, answering questions on their medicines from doctors, pharmacists & nurses. Our role is to provide information from the literature or other sources to healthcare professionals so they can make clinical decisions. We also help patients understand and use their medicines better.
Our Global multilingual team now comprises over 20 people speaking a variety of mainly European languages. We are continuing to be successful in winning global contracts and therefore need to expand this team further.
We are seeking life science graduates, who are fluent in Norwegian together with fluent English to join our successful multi-lingual team.
We are a company of 100 people, all working in the medical information field and, because of our size and expertise, you will have the opportunity to work across many different therapeutic areas. However, we are still a small enough company to make it a friendly place to work.
Training and career development are a major focus for our business. We provide all the ongoing training you will need to ensure that you rapidly develop the skills required to become competent and effective in this interesting and challenging career. We also develop people further through the Company’s personal development programmes.
Job primary duties:
·As part of a team, you will take responsibility for handling enquiries in both English and Norwegian.
·You will provide factual information about medicines in response to enquiries from healthcare professionals and the general public. This may involve providing the information from an already prepared answer or having to research the literature to find the relevant information to answer an enquiry. If you enjoy a challenge, then this is certainly the role for you. Medical Information is a stretching career but, at Professional Information, outstanding management back-up is provided at all times to support you in your day to day responsibilities and the development of new skills.
Job qualifications:
·Fluent in Norwegian.
·Fluent English speaking.
·A human life sciences degree. The current team at Professional Information includes a broad mix of science degrees, nurses, therapists including physiotherapists and psychologists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and dispensers.
·Excellent verbal communication skills.
·Attention to detail.
·Strong organisational skills.
Salary Expectations:
Dependant upon experience and qualifications and will be in the region of 18–25K.
This role appeals to people who want to make use of both their language skills and science background in an environment relating to health and the use of medicines.
