Clinical Specialist, Vessel Closure - Columbia, SC

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity

This is a field-based position, supporting Abbott’s Vascular division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices, peripheral stents, thrombectomy catheters and atherectomy devices.

We currently have an opportunity for a Clinical Specialist, Vessel Closure, in Columbia, SC . The Clinical Specialist will primarily be responsible for case planning, case support coverage, and product pull- through throughout the designated territory, and throughout the Region as needed. The Clinical Specialist will promote Vascular products through education, service and training of customers in the hospital setting. The Clinical Specialist will provide clinical education and sales support in order to assist in achieving projected sales goals, increasing sales revenues within assigned product lines, and increasing market share. This position will have a heavy focus on Vessel Closure.

What You’ll Work On

• Serves as the technical procedure and product expert in support of case coverage in the hospital setting.
• Focuses on Electrophysiologists and Interventional Cardiologists and hospital staff to support the complete Vessel Closure portfolio including small and large bore arterial, venous, and future product releases.
• Meet with existing and potential customers (e.g., physicians, physician office groups at hospitals) to identify their clinical needs, goals, and constraints related to patient care and to discuss and demonstrate how Vascular products can help them to achieve their goals.
• Develop relationships with hospital personnel; make new contacts in hospital departments; identify key decision makers.
• Serve as primary resource for clinical support in case coverage, troubleshooting and in-service education for company products.
• Educate customers on the merits and proper clinical usage of company products by giving presentations and demonstrations using a wide variety of formats and platforms (e.g., slides, transparencies, manuals) to keep all customers abreast of the latest product, therapy, and technology developments and current items of interest in the industry.
• Attend clinical procedures in the Cardiac Cath Lab, Interventional Radiology Lab, and Operating Room to ensure customer and patient success with Vascular products.
• Respond to customer needs and complaints regarding products and service by developing creative and feasible solutions or working with other related personnel (e.g., sales, clinical research, marketing, product development) to develop optimal solutions.
• Support the broader Region as needed with case support in addition to defined territory.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2-5+ years of related work experience
• Ability to travel 50% within assigned region

Preferred Qualifications

• Patient interaction experience within a lab/operating room environment
• Relevant Technical Certification

The base pay for this position is

$61,300.00 – $122,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Sales Force

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 50 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Driving a personal auto or company car or truck, or a powered piece of material handling equipment, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: is the Law link - Espanol: