Senior Training and Education Specialist, Cardiovascular (15 months contract)

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day In The Life

Medtronic is a market leader, and our expanding portfolio delivers measurable clinical and economic value – and opens doors. With a passion for helping patients and a commercial mindset, you will make a significant difference together with Medtronic!
Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Reporting to the Training and Education Manager, the position requires close collaboration and working alignment with the local commercial and marketing teams for program prioritization and implementation. The position focuses on creating and implementing programs that support Sales Force Training and Medical Education Pathways.

The aim is to develop therapy knowledge and application skills of sales and health care professionals involved in the management of focus therapy in Cardiac Ablation Solutions and Structural Heart assigned portfolios. The role will require also execution of procedural and clinical education programs for targeted group of HCPs in alignment to OUs strategic objectives. Strong engagement with key local key opinion leaders is also a foundational pillar to this role. Serves as an expert in designing local context educational programs and raises the bar by creating and implementing new strategies and educational programs to help drive procedural adoption through safe & effective use training.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Plans, develops, and coordinates in-house product training programs for field support personnel and customers.
• Obtains information needed to prepare in-house training programs; prepares training materials; develops course content; determines methodology; and coordinates the development of training aids.
• Ensures training program(s) meets company and customer objectives.
• Maintains communication with customers to ensure effectiveness of training.
• May utilize trainers with technical expertise.
• Continuously revises lesson plans to meet new training requirements and to keep technical information up to date.

Required Knowledge And Experience:

• Overall, 3-5 years background in the medical devices business area is required. Previous clinical experience is an advantage.
• Preferred 2-3 years in the relevant field of specialty Electrophysiology and Structural Heart
• Experienced in medical education strategy and implementation is desirable, with a foundational knowledge of Competency Based Education concepts. 
• Proven ability to create / localize medical education training materials
• High level communications and presentation skills
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here