Therapy Specialist, MCTC

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About Abbott
 

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
 

Working at Abbott
 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of

• Amazing health and wellness benefits and perks.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  
   

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 Sydney
 

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:

• Echocardiography experience is favorable but not mandatory. 

• 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 and Clinical Support

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

The base pay for this position is

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

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