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Syneos Health
Sr Medical Scientist - Infectious Disease - HIV
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What they do
An Infectious Disease Scientist performs scientific research with the aim of discovering new solutions or improving existing ones within the fields of infection sciences such as clinical microbiology, immunology, parasitology, and virology. Plans and conducts laboratory experiments, evaluates the results, develops new experiments, performs routine testing procedures, and summarizes findings in reports.
$101,258 / year median in the U.S.
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Sr Medical Scientist
- Infectious Disease
HIV Updated:
Yesterday Location:
Remote, ID, United States Job ID:
25112009-OTHLOC-1500-2DID-2DR Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Network Description Sr Medical Scientist- Infectious Disease
- HIV Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success.
- for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know: Why Syneos Health
- We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
- We are committed to building an inclusive culture
- where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose
- Driven to Deliver
- which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone's life.
- We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress. Job Responsibilities
- Works with Medical Director to develop medical plans (Medical Management Plan, Medical Data Review Plan, and Eligibility Review Plan). Engages with outside experts/consultants/advisors to coordinate the acquisition of necessary medical/scientific input to prepare the respective medical plans.
- Performs regular and ad-hoc medical review of data listings and data visualization as needed; analyzes the data to identify risks and data patterns/trends and supports documentation of medical reviews. Pro-actively identifies and resolves medical data review issues as they arise. Review of SAE reports.
- Authors medical data queries and reviews query responses, approves query closure in association with Medical Director. . Clinical point of contact for scientific issues/questions for internal and external stakeholders (e.g., IRB, sites)
- Responsible for trial design and endpoint development in collaboration with Medical Director
- Sets up/supports SAC, DMC, adjudication committees
- Protocols/amendments
- collaborates with medical writer, participates in governance committee review
- Authors protocol clarification letters
- Contributor to study specific documents (e.g., SMP)
- Reviews/updates informed consent
- Provides scientific input to PM for data management activities (e.g., EDC, DRP, CRFs)
- Monitors data issues requiring clinical input
- Monitors central lab reports and other external data for safety and critical values
- Prepares scientific slides, attends and presents protocol information at Investigator Meeting
- Reviews specifications, initiates allocation request form and approval schedule in allocation schedule generation system
- Coordinates planning of lab, bio specimens and imaging specifications
- May co-author newsletters with PM
- Participates in Database lock activities
- Collaboratively plans CSRs and other deliverables with medical writing
- Supports publications/presentations as needed
- Reconciles and review all protocol deviation classifications and periodic reviews
- Assesses and prepares protocol deviation list for CSR
- Collaborates with medical writing to develop trial results communication for investigators
- Provides scientific assessment for Operational Reviews
- Supports PM, Stats, Medical Writing and other activities as needed to achieve study deliverables.
- Provides clinical specifications to study team to support interactions with external vendors
- May act as mentor to other CSs
- Collaborates with study team members including Clinical Operations, Data Management, Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, and Project Management (set-up and/or lead meetings as appropriate) to identify risks related to data integrity and subject safety.
- Adheres to all data privacy guidelines, International Committee on Harmonization (ICH), and Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), all enterprise policies, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and project plans.
Salary Range:
$79,800.00- $139,600.